Heather Leach Joins First Colebrook Bank in Amherst

Submitted by First Colebrook Bank:

First Colebrook Bank is pleased to announce that Heather J. Leach joined the bank’s Amherst, New Hampshire branch as vice president/commercial loan officer.

Ms. Leach joins the Bank with more than 20 years of proven commercial banking and lending experience. She received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Indiana University and a Master of Business Administration from Ball State University.

Souhegan Valley Chamber of Commerce named Ms. Leach Business Leader of the Year in 2012. Granite State Development Corporation recognized her as lender of the year in the SBA 504 Loan Program in 2011.

Leach is an active community leader throughout the Souhegan Valley region. In the Town of Milford alone, she is an executive board member for the Milford Improvement Team, member of the Economic Development Advisory Council, vice chairman on the Regional Center Advisory Committee for the Milford Area Applied Technology Center, the chairman of the program committee for the Milford High School, business, accounting and marketing departments and a Milton Recreation Department volunteer.

“We are excited to have Heather join our team. Her significant commercial lending experience and strong commitment to community service will be beneficial to our customers and those in the Souhegan Valley area,” said John Pratt, executive vice president at First Colebrook Bank.

Founded in 1889, First Colebrook Bank is a New Hampshire-owned, community bank, operating from offices in Amherst, Colebrook, Concord, and Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Serving the banking needs of individuals and small businesses across the state, the bank is an SBA Preferred Lender and has received the New Hampshire’s SBA’s Outstanding Partner Award for consistent and sustained annual growth in SBA loans.

First Colebrook Bank is a member of the FDIC and an Equal Housing Lender.