John J. Battista - Executive Vice President - has over 35 years of commercial bank lending and management experience with money center, regional and community banks, including Barclays Bank, Bankers Trust and Hartford National. Prior to joining Bennington Partners he was a consultant to the financial services industry specializing in loan placement, workout and due diligence.  Mr. Battista graduated from Iona College, Stonier Graduate School of Banking and Barclays Bank Graduate Management Training Center.
 

Janet M. Wittmann - Senior Vice President and Corporate Secretary - has over 20 years experience in commercial banking and credit services. She has held a variety of management positions in the Lending and Treasury areas.  Ms. Wittmann graduated with a BBA in Finance from Western Connecticut State University.

Lori A. Ravit - Senior Vice President and Regional Manager - has over 22 years experience in regional and international banks.  Her background includes financial analysis and underwriting for commercial entities in a variety of industries.  Ms. Ravit graduated from Pace University with a BBA in Banking and Finance.

Mark B. Surrusco - Senior Vice President and Regional Manager -  has 25 years of domestic and international banking and related experience, including management of the Loan Review Group at a regional bank, and management of the Mexico City office of a major Pennsylvania bank.  Mr. Surrusco is a graduate of Fordham University with a BA in History, and received an MS in Foreign Service from Georgetown University.

Anthony Romano - Vice President - has over 20 years banking and related experiences. He began his career at a regional bank where he developed an expertise in government and specialty lending. He then worked for the FDIC where he analyzed, valued and sold financial assets. Prior to joining Bennington Partners, he worked for a division of a major corporation specializing in SBA lending.  Mr. Romano graduated from Sacred Heart University with a BS in Business Administration and an MBA in Finance.


 David P. Yarger - Vice President - has 25 years of commercial banking experience. He has held a variety of management positions with regional and money center east coast banks, with the latest being Vice President and Senior Real Estate Officer with a major Connecticut Bank.   
Mr. Yarger graduated with a BS from the University of Missouri.

S. Blake Axtell has 20 years of lending experience.  His background includes community and regional banks, with management positions dealing in commercial and real estate lending, not-for-profits, and workouts.   Mr. Axtell graduated from Kenyon College, and earned an MBA in Finance from Western New England College.

 
Bonnie C. English has over 20 years of commercial banking experience (both money market and community banking), including the design and implementation of the Commercial Loan Review function for a regional bank.  Ms. English has a BS in Banking and Finance from University Southern Mississippi and an MBA from New York University.

 Francis A. English has over 30 years of banking experience, including management of both commercial lending and residential mortgage departments.  Mr. English has a BS from the University of Connecticut and a degree from the Graduate School of Banking, University of Colorado.

Hayden T. Hawthorne has over 43 years experience in major money center and regional banks. He held various management positions in national and middle market lending. His assignments included commercial and real estate lending, private banking, compliance management and organizing and developing a national division.  Mr. Hawthorne is a graduate of Yale University, and earned an MBA from Harvard Business School.


Glenn W. Hayes has over 30 years experience in the Bank Examination Division of the Connecticut State Department of Banking, the majority of that time as Assistant Director.  He received a BS from the University of New Haven, and earned an MBA in Finance from the same institution.

Thomas G. Hollinger has approximately 35 years of experience in commercial lending, commercial loan administration and special asset management with a number of large regional banks.  Mr. Hollinger received his Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics from Juniata College.

Carol McDonald has over 30 years of commercial banking experience. Her last assignment, covering eleven years, was as a Vice President and Senior Portfolio Manager for a money center bank.  Ms. Mc Donald received a BS and MBA from Indiana University.

Judith I. Nokes has over 25 years of commercial banking experience, including various commercial loan review//credit risk review functions.  Prior to joining Bennington Partners, she managed the Loan Review Department for the financial services subsidiary of a large, multi-national corporation.  Ms. Nokes graduated with honors from Central Connecticut State University.
   
   
William P. O’Brien has over 20 years of experience in commercial lending and credit risk management, including senior positions at large regional banks.  Mr. O’Brien is a graduate of Providence College, and received an MS in Finance from the University of Baltimore. 

 Kent Van Scyoc has approximately 20 years of experience in commercial real estate lending and consulting services.  He has held senior positions with credit companies, banks and consulting firms.  Mr. Van Scyoc graduated with a BS from Purdue University.   

William Vaughn has over 35 years experience in the finance industry, and has held executive management positions for various banks and financial/bank consulting firms.   Mr. Vaughn graduated with a degree in Business & Finance from West Liberty State College, and attended the Graduate School of Banking at the University of Wisconsin. 

Mark P. Woods has over 26 years experience in various senior positions in money center banks, including international.  Mr. Woods is a graduate of Georgetown University with a BS in International Economic Affairs, and received an MA from New School for Social Research, New York.
   
   
Richard S. Wright has over 36 years experience in commercial mortgage lending. He has worked at several major Connecticut regional banks. He held various management positions including Senior Vice President - Head of Commercial Real Estate and Construction Lending.  
Mr. Wright graduated from the University of Bridgeport.