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Massachusetts' Berkshire Bank hires SVP; OptimumBank director resigns

S&P Global Market Intelligence presents a daily roundup of management and board changes in the bank and thrift industry. This feature excludes C-level leadership changes and stories previously covered by S&P Global Market Intelligence.

* Pittsfield, Mass.-based Berkshire Bank hired Christina Andreoli as a senior vice president in the private banking group for its Worcester and Central Massachusetts region.

Andreoli was the president of Discover Central Massachusetts.

Berkshire Bank is a unit of Berkshire Hills Bancorp Inc.

* Arthur Latno Jr. retired from Westamerica Bancorp.'s board.

Latno, who also was a member of the Westamerica Bank board, did not have any disagreement with the San Rafael, Calif.-based company.

SNL records show that Latno retired from Pacific Telesis Group, now Pacific Bell Telephone Co., as an executive vice president.

* Joe Kesler was elected to serve as the Montana member director on the Federal Home Loan Bank of Des Moines board, filling the vacancy created by the retirement of Michael Blodnick.

Kesler was elected to serve the remaining two years of the four-year Montana member director term that became vacant Dec. 31, 2017.

He served as president and CEO of Missoula, Mont.-based First Montana Bank Inc. from 2005 to February.

* John Clifford resigned as a director of OptimumBank Holdings Inc. and subsidiary OptimumBank.

His decision to resign was not the result of any disagreement with the Fort Lauderdale, Fla.-based company or the bank.

Clifford was president and CEO of Jacksonville, Fla.-based Coastline FCU, SNL records show.

* Mary Liddle was named senior vice president, chief accounting officer and controller at Quakertown, Pa.-based QNB Bank, a unit of QNB Corp.

SNL is owned by S&P Global Market Intelligence.