2025 Nomination Period is Now Open!
Nominate your banker!
The nomination period for our 2025 Community Banker of the Year Award is now open.
Take a moment to reflect on the work of those around you to identify someone in your organization who devotes their time and energy in their community through civic organizations, non-profits, or other ways, to make their community a better place to live and work.
We encourage you to nominate any employee who meets the criteria, regardless of their role, including those beyond the CEO level.
Use the forms below for your nomination. Hurry! The nomination period closes on June 5, 2025.
What is the Community Banker of the Year Award?
The New Hampshire Bankers Association (NH Bankers) annually honors one New Hampshire bank employee who has truly gone above and beyond to improve the State of New Hampshire through their civic and community engagement. This person is a respected industry professional who has made a significant impact on those around them, by inspiring their peers to become involved in community service.
Since 1994, NH Bankers has honored an individual each year chosen by a panel of leading public officials. If your nominee did not receive the award in the past, we encourage you to submit your nomination again this year.
This prestigious award is presented during the banquet at our Annual Conference each year.
PAST RECIPIENTS
| Year | Community Bank |
|---|---|
| 2024 | Marcus Weeks Meredith Village Savings Bank |
| 2023 | Mark Bodin Savings Bank of Walpole |
| 2022 | Richard "Dick" Jennings Mascoma Bank |
| 2021 | Linda Lorden Merrimack County Savings Bank |
| 2020 | All Bankers All Member Banks in NH |
| 2019 | Dan Morrison Cambridge Trust |
| 2018 | Peter Rayno Enterprise Bank |
| 2017 | Sam Laverack New Hampshire Mutual Bancorp |
| 2016 | K. Mark Primeau Bank of New Hampshire |
| 2015 | Kathryn G. Underwood Ledyard National Bank |
| 2014 | Stephen Christy Mascoma Savings Bank |
| 2013 | David H. Cassidy, Jr. Centrix Bank |
| 2012 | Mark A. Pitkin Sugar River Bank |
| 2011 | James J. “Jay” O’Neill, Jr. Federal Savings Bank |
| 2010 | Stephen W. Ensign Lake Sunapee Bank, FSB |
| 2009 | James E. Tibbetts First Colebrook Bank |
| 2008 | Ronald I. Sibley Community Guaranty Savings Bank |
| 2007 | Philip M. Stone (posthumously) Centrix Bank |
| 2006 | Jeffrey Goff Ledyard National Bank |
| 2005 | R. Scott Bacon Bank of New Hampshire |
| 2004 | Ann R. Lally Salem Co-Operative Bank |
| 2003 | Brian Tufts Laconia Savings Bank |
| 2002 | Harold R. Acres Bank of New Hampshire |
| 2001 | Charles B. Paquette Granite Bank |
| 2000 | Joseph B. Reilly Centrix Bank |
| 1999 | Sharon L. Davis Pemigewasset National Bank |
| 1998 | William F. Kidder (posthumously) New London Trust |
| 1997 | None |
| 1996 | None |
| 1995 | Claudia Boys Concord Savings Bank |
| 1994 | Louis Tranfalia Fleet Bank |