The Register Citizen (Torrington, CT)
Cieslik promoted at Webster Bank
WATERBURY — Webster Financial Corporation (NYSE: WBS), the holding company for Webster Bank, N.A. and its HSA Bank division, is pleased to announce that Elzbieta Cieslik has been promoted to executive vice president and general auditor. Cieslik joined Webster in 2013 and most recently served as senior vice president and general auditor.
Cieslik will continue to focus on providing highly effective internal audit services and ensuring continuous alignment with Webster’s strategic objectives and governance policies. She will continue to report administratively to Webster President and CEO John Ciulla and functionally to the Audit Committee chair.
Cieslik has extensive audit and risk advisory experience. Prior to joining Webster, Cieslik was the Global Director of internal audit at GFI Group Inc., where she led the establishment of the internal audit function in GFI’s New York, London and Singapore offices. Prior to that, she worked at KPMG LLP and JPMorgan Chase.
Cieslik served on the Board of the Polish and Slavic Federal Credit Union and in 2008 was elected to Chair the Board’s Supervisory Committee. She also served on the New York City Board of the Financial Women’s Association. Cieslik is a graduate of Pace University in New York, a graduate of the Smith College Consortium, and a graduate of Columbia University Graduate School of Business’s Leading and Managing People program. She is a Certified Public Accountant and Certified Trust Auditor. She is a resident of South Glastonbury.
Cieslik and the internal audit team are active in Webster’s Day of Service community events and actively support numerous fundraising activities.
CHH Primary Care Thomaston Office adds new physician, APRNs
THOMASTON — CHH Primary Care of Thomaston recently welcomed its newest general practitioner Dr. Roger El-Hachem and APRNs Thayer Clark and Siena Chevalier joining Site Director Dr. Kenrick Hom and APRN Melanie Mollica at the office at 76 Watertown Road, Thomaston.
Charlotte Hungerford Hospital Primary Care is part of the CHH MultiSpecialty Group of outpatient service providers and physicians.
“We welcome Dr. El Hachem and APRNs Thayer Clark and Siena Chevalier to our practice and are very excited to expand our services to accommodate the growing need for primary care in the greater Thomaston.” Said Joan Palmer, Administrative Director of the CHH MultiSpecialty Group.
Dr. El-Hachem attended Lebanese University School of Medicine and completed his Residency at Eastern Virginia Graduate School of Medicine, Norfolk, VA and an Internship at St. Luke’sRoosevelt Hospital Center, Columbia University, New York, NY. He is Diplomat of the American Board of Medicine, and an assistant Professor of Medicine at the Frank H. Letter School of Medicine at Quinnipiac University.
Thayer Clark, DNP, FNP-C, is a graduate of Marymount University School of Nursing in Arlington, VA, and has a Doctorate of Nursing Practice from Fairfield University, Fairfield, CT. She most recently served as a staff nurse in the Yale New Haven Hospital, Saint Raphael Campus Emergency Department.
Siena Chevalier, DNP, FNP-C, is a graduate of Quinnipiac University, North Haven CT, with a Bachelor of Science and Doctor of Nursing Practice, Family Nurse Practitioner. She has served in urgent care settings and
has been with CHH in nursing since 2012.
Webster donates $35K to Red Cross
WATERBURY – Webster Bank plans to donate $35,000 to the American Red Cross to support disaster recovery efforts for communities affected by Hurricane Florence and recent gas line explosions in Massachusetts’ Merrimack Valley.
“These are catastrophic events affecting hundreds of thousands of
people throughout the middle Atlantic and Southeast, and in Massachusetts,” said John Ciulla, President and CEO of Webster Bank, adding, “Our donation to the American Red Cross aligns with Webster’s core values of supporting the communities we serve, especially when natural disasters strike. In addition, we will be conducting proactive outreach to our Webster Bank customers and employees in the affected areas.”
The donation will assist four American Red Cross chapters in Connecticut/Rhode Island and Massachusetts as they begin to deploy teams to help those in the affected areas. In addition, Webster will
make a donation to the American Red Cross-Wisconsin Area through its HSA Bank division, headquartered in Milwaukee. To assist our Webster Bank customers, Webster will work with impacted customers as appropriate during the disruption of critical services in their communities. In addition, Webster has reached out to employees in these areas to ensure they are safe and aware of services available to them.
For more information about how to assist people in the affected areas visit redcross.org. To learn more about emergency preparedness, visit the Federal Emergency Management Agency.