Chianese joined Union Savings Bank in 2001 as commercial and small business lending administrator. Her new responsibilities as assistant vice president include supervising the commercial services administrative staff, overseeing the department’s administrative workflow and providing commercial loan documentation training. Prior to joining Union Savings Bank, she was a commercial administrator for Fleet Bank in Fairfield County and administrator to the area manager of retail banking at Connecticut Bank and Trust.  

A resident of Danbury, Chianese graduated from the Danbury Business Institute with her certificate in Accounting. She has also completed a number of banking courses with the Center for Financial Training. She is a member of the City of Danbury’s Fair Rent Commission and is a volunteer at the Ridgefield Theater Barn.

Meyn began her career at Union Savings Bank in 2009 as consumer loan servicing representative. She quickly advanced within the loan servicing department. First to loan operations specialist and then most recently as loan servicing development officer. In her current position as assistant vice president, development and document retention manager, she is responsible for development and training within the loan servicing department, supporting project and system enhancement initiatives, and managing subsidiary loan and investor reconciliation, document retention and financial and insurance tracking within loan servicing.

A resident of New Milford, Meyn graduated magna cum laude with honors from Siena College and most recently received her diploma, with honors from the Connecticut School of Finance and Management, where she was named valedictorian. She is currently working towards her MBA at Post University.

Dantas began at Union Savings Bank in 2010 as commercial loan servicing representative. He advanced to loan servicing officer prior to his current position. As assistant vice president, loan servicing manager, his responsibilities include managing the Commercial/Leasing loan servicing team, including personnel, system support and product management and customer service. He will also provide internal support to commercial officers and administration, special assets, and credit administration.

A resident of Waterbury, Dantas is currently enrolled in the Connecticut School of Finance and Management and has completed a number of banking courses with the Center for Financial Training.  

Turian began her career with Union Savings Bank in 1999 as a customer service representative prior to moving to the Education and Development department as retail trainer. In her current position of assistant vice president, education and development support specialist, she is responsible for supporting and assisting the branches and other departments, and updating bank policies, procedures and manuals.

A resident of New Milford, Turian received her Bachelor’s Degree from Western CT State University. She volunteers her time with the Salvation Army Auxiliary and Junior Achievement of Western CT.  

About Union Savings Bank

Established in 1866 and headquartered in Danbury, Conn., Union Savings Bank is a $2.5 billion mutual bank dedicated to being the bank of choice. As a full-service financial institution, Union Savings Bank provides banking, mortgage, investment, trust and insurance products throughout western Connecticut with 29 offices in Bethel, Bridgewater, Brookfield, Canton, Danbury, Goshen, Kent, Litchfield, Marble Dale, Monroe, New Fairfield, New Milford, Newtown, Ridgefield, Roxbury, Sharon, Southbury, Torrington and Washington Depot. The bank provides financial services to individuals, businesses, not-for-profit organizations and government entities through its commercial, residential and consumer lending, corporate services, retail banking and wealth management divisions.

For more information, please visit unionsavings.com, and connect with the bank on LinkedIn and Facebook.

“Deb, Matt and Karen’s promotions are a reflection of their extensive job experience, performance accountabilities and dedication,” said Dattalo. “Union Savings Bank is fortunate to have such accomplished professionals.”

In her new position of senior vice president, Jacobson will work to ensure the Bank complies with all relevant state and federal laws and regulations through the execution of a bank-wide management program. She is responsible for understanding and applying new laws and regulations, monitoring their implementation and ensuring appropriate staff are trained, in addition to risk management functions and providing counsel for regulatory matters.

Prior to joining Union Savings Bank in 2010, Jacobson served as compliance officer at The First National Bank of Litchfield. Previously, she served as senior vice president, risk management, compliance operations at Webster Financial Corporation in Waterbury; chief administrative officer, private client services at IBJ Schroder Bank and Trust in New York City; and senior services manager, dividend reinvestment at Citicorp Capital Markets, Inc. also in New York. Jacobson received her bachelor’s degree in English from UCONN. She is also a graduate of the American Bankers Association National Regulatory Compliance School. Jacobson resides in Goshen, where she is a member of the Friends of the Goshen Library.

Wilcox began with Union Savings Bank as assistant vice president, eMarketing specialist in 2011. As vice president, he will be responsible for coordinating, creating and implementing all electronic marketing functions of the Bank, including the Bank’s web site, social media platforms, email campaigns, newsletter distribution, in-branch video system and ATM screen communications. Additionally, he is responsible for the development and management of a variety of electronic marketing products and services.

Prior to joining the Bank, Wilcox was director of strategic marketing and business development at Affinion Group in Stamford. A resident of Fairfield, he obtained his bachelor’s degree in business management form Fairfield University. He is a volunteer basketball coach at Wakeman’s Boys and Girls Club and a team member of the St. Baldricks Foundation, an organization committed to supporting promising research to find cures for childhood cancers.

Farrenkopf started her career at Union Savings Bank in 2004 as human resources senior administrative assistant and held positions of senior payroll specialist, human resources officer and most recently assistant vice president of hiring and retention. In her new role as vice president, her main responsibility will be sourcing, screening and negotiating all offers of employment on behalf of the Bank, for both internal and external hires.

Prior to joining the Bank, Farrenkopf was service supervisor at MetLife and Health and responsible for accounts payable and human resources at Dental Associates. She received her associate’s degree from S.U.N.Y Farmingdale and completed the University of Wisconsin’s Graduate School of Banking Human Resouces Management School as well as the Leadership Danbury program sponsored by the Greater Danbury Chamber of Commerce. A resident of Bethel, Farrenkopf is assistant treasurer of the Stony Hill Volunteer Fire Dept.

About Union Savings Bank

Established in 1866 and headquartered in Danbury, Conn., Union Savings Bank is a $2.5 billion mutual bank dedicated to being the bank of choice. As a full-service financial institution, Union Savings Bank provides banking, mortgage, investment, trust and insurance products throughout western Connecticut with 29 offices in Bethel, Bridgewater, Brookfield, Canton, Danbury, Goshen, Kent, Litchfield, Marble Dale, Monroe, New Fairfield, New Milford, Newtown, Ridgefield, Roxbury, Sharon, Southbury, Torrington and Washington Depot. The bank provides financial services to individuals, businesses, not-for-profit organizations and government entities through its commercial, residential and consumer lending, corporate services, retail banking and wealth management divisions.

For more information, please visit unionsavings.com, and connect with the bank on LinkedIn and Facebook.

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"At Union Savings Bank protecting our customers’ personal information is our top priority,” said Fran Dattalo, president and CEO. “By partnering with LifeLock we are able to provide what we believe to be the best possible service to defend against identity theft with 24/7 protection.   Our customers deserve to have peace of mind knowing their identities are protected and that is exactly what this exciting partnership offers."

LifeLock membership will provide Union Savings Bank customers with additional layers of identity theft protection through relentless identity monitoring and comprehensive recovery services. Identity theft is not only costly, but in the hands of a thief, personal information such as a name, address, Social Security number and date of birth can be used to open new lines of credit, drain savings accounts or even provide an alias when arrested.  

Customers will have the opportunity to enroll in LifeLock protection at a reduced rate and set up convenient automatic payment from their Union Savings Bank checking account.

“With identity theft being one of the fastest growing crimes in the United States, we know how important it is to offer our customers an additional level of protection, said Matt Wilcox, Union Savings Bank vice president, eMarketing specialist. “Through our partnership with Lifelock, we are able to further educate our customers about the threat of identity theft and how they can be protected before any damage is done.”

About Union Savings Bank

Established in 1866 and headquartered in Danbury, Conn., Union Savings Bank is a $2.5 billion mutual bank dedicated to being the bank of choice. As a full-service financial institution, Union Savings Bank provides banking, mortgage, investment, trust and insurance products throughout western Connecticut with 29 offices in Bethel, Bridgewater, Brookfield, Canton, Danbury, Kent, Monroe, New Fairfield, Goshen, Litchfield, Marble Dale, New Milford, Newtown, Ridgefield, Roxbury, Sharon, Southbury, Torrington and Washington Depot. The bank provides financial services to individuals, businesses, not-for-profit organizations and government entities through its commercial, residential and consumer lending, corporate services, retail banking and wealth management divisions. For more information, please visit unionsavings.com, and connect with the bank on LinkedIn and Facebook.

About LifeLock

LifeLock, Inc. (NYSE:LOCK), is a leading provider of proactive identity theft protection services for consumers and identity risk assessment and fraud protection services for enterprises. Since 2005, LifeLock has been relentlessly protecting identities by providing consumers with the tools and confidence they need to help protect them from identity theft and manage their credit. In October 2012, Javelin Strategy & Research named LifeLock Ultimate a “Best in class Overall” identity theft protection solution and also named it “Best in Detection.” In March 2012, LifeLock further demonstrated its commitment to combating identity fraud with the purchase of ID Analytics, Inc. a leader in enterprise identity risk management that provides visibility into identity risk and credit worthiness. ID Analytics, Inc. currently operates as a wholly owned subsidiary of LifeLock, Inc.

In his new position, Eimer will be responsible for achieving sales goals in deposit growth, while effectively and efficiently managing a full service branch. Prior to joining Union Savings Bank, Eimer was assistant vice president, branch manager at Bank of America’s New Canaan and Norwalk locations.

“John brings over 6 years of branch management experience to his new position,” said Union Savings Bank President and CEO Fran Dattalo. “His success in developing new customer relationships will make him a valuable addition to our team as the bank continues to grow.”

“I am excited to join the Southbury business community and look forward to meeting other leaders through the local networking groups,” said Eimer. In the coming weeks, recently retired branch manager, Hilda Henriques will be introducing John to a number of local businesses.

About Union Savings Bank

Established in 1866 and headquartered in Danbury, Conn., Union Savings Bank is a $2.5 billion mutual bank dedicated to being the bank of choice. As a full-service financial institution, Union Savings Bank provides banking, mortgage, investment, trust and insurance products throughout western Connecticut with 29 offices in Bethel, Bridgewater, Brookfield, Canton, Danbury, Goshen, Kent, Litchfield, Marble Dale, Monroe, New Fairfield, New Milford, Newtown, Ridgefield, Roxbury, Sharon, Southbury, Torrington and Washington Depot. The bank provides financial services to individuals, businesses, not-for-profit organizations and government entities through its commercial, residential and consumer lending, corporate services, retail banking and wealth management divisions.

For more information, please visit unionsavings.com, and connect with the bank on LinkedIn and Facebook.