Florence Bank Presents 2025 Community Support Award to Alissa Fuller

FLORENCE — Florence Bank announced it recently presented its 2025 Community Support Award to Alissa Fuller, a Compliance and Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) officer since 2022.

The Community Support Award was established by the bank in 1997 as a means of formally recognizing team members who are active in the community and give their personal and professional time to local nonprofit organizations.

Each year, the award recipient selects an organization of his or her choice, and the bank donates $500 to that organization on the recipient’s behalf. Fuller chose to support the Care Center in Holyoke because she applauds its mission.

She supports many other nonprofits in the region with her time, serving on the advisory council for the Ronald McDonald House of Springfield and as a volunteer for the Amherst Survival Center, the Food Bank of Western Massachusetts, and Community Action Pioneer Valley, where she assists with tax preparation.

Fuller has 25 years of banking experience and has served in other roles, including Loan Operations manager. She oversees Florence Bank’s overall compliance program and ensures adherence to federal and state regulations as well as the CRA regulation, which requires the bank to meet the credit needs within the communities it serves, particularly in low- and moderate-income neighborhoods.

She has an associate degree in business administration from New England College of Business and Finance. In 2022, she obtained fair lending expert certification from Tuscan Club University.

“Alissa is a team member we are proud of as she has proven herself to be an active volunteer who supports area nonprofits and those they serve,” said Matt Garrity, president and CEO of Florence Bank. “She is well-deserving of the Community Support Award.”