Photo Release -- WSFS Announces Nancy J. Foster Joins its Board of Directors
WSFS Financial Corporation has appointed Nancy J. Foster to its Board of Directors, effective November 23, 2020. Foster, currently President and CEO of The Risk Management Association, brings extensive experience in commercial banking and risk management. She will also serve on the Board's Executive Committee and stand for election at the 2021 Annual Meeting of Stockholders. This appointment reflects WSFS's commitment to board refreshment, aimed at enhancing strategic growth and bringing new perspectives to the leadership team.
- Appointment of Nancy J. Foster enhances board with broad expertise in banking and risk management.
- Foster's experience is expected to support WSFS's strategic growth.
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WILMINGTON, Del., Nov. 23, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- WSFS Financial Corporation (Nasdaq: WSFS), the parent company of WSFS Bank, today announced the appointment of Nancy J. Foster, President and Chief Executive Officer of The Risk Management Association, to its Board of Directors, effective November 23, 2020. Foster will also serve on the Board’s Executive Committee. She will stand for election at the 2021 Annual Meeting of Stockholders.
“We are grateful to have a leader with Nancy’s broad range of experience in commercial banking, risk management and lending, as well as her significant expertise in business transformation join our Board of Directors. She will be an immediate asset to WSFS as we continue our strategic growth,” said Rodger Levenson, WSFS’ Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer. “Periodically adding Board Directors is consistent with our ongoing philosophy of refreshment with the objective of bringing new ideas, perspectives and business acumen to complement the Board.”
Foster has served as President and CEO of The Risk Management Association since 2018, where she has worked with the board, chapters, regulators and institutional members to advance sound risk management practices among the 100-year-old association’s more than 1,900 financial institutions, which collectively represent 85 percent of bank assets in the U.S. and Canada. Foster has nearly forty years of experience in commercial banking and risk management.
Prior to joining The Risk Management Association, Foster was Executive Vice President, Chief Risk Officer and Head of Personal Financial Services at Park Sterling Bank. She was previously Chief Risk Officer of CIT Group, Inc., where she was responsible for global, enterprise-wide risk management. Prior to joining CIT, Foster was Group Senior Vice President at LaSalle Bank Corporation. During her tenure at LaSalle, she held several roles of increasing responsibility in middle market lending and credit risk management.
Foster received her master’s degree in business administration in finance and strategy from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business and her bachelor’s degrees in finance and economics from Illinois State University.
About WSFS Financial Corporation
WSFS Financial Corporation is a multi-billion-dollar financial services company. Its primary subsidiary, WSFS Bank, is the oldest and largest locally managed bank and trust company headquartered in Delaware and the greater Philadelphia region. As of September 30, 2020, WSFS Financial Corporation had
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