Westfield Bank appoints Blake Harpole as Business Specialist at East Main Street Westfield Location
Westfield, MA— James C. Hagan, President and CEO of Westfield Bank, is pleased to announce the promotion of Blake Harpole to Business Specialist at its East Main Street Office, located at 560 East Main Street in Westfield, MA.
Harpole, who began his Westfield Bank career at the Bank’s East Main Street location prior to his current role as Float Assistant Branch Manager, returns as its Business Specialist. In his new role, he will be responsible for servicing existing and developing new business relationships, community development within Westfield, and supporting the branch as needed.
Harpole holds an associate degree in business administration from Holyoke Community College, alongside a bachelor’s degree in business management with a concentration in marketing from Westfield State University.
“Blake brings valuable experience, a strong commitment to serving his customers, and insight and knowledge of the Westfield market,” said Kelly A. Pignatare, First Vice President and Manager of Retail Banking and Business & Government Deposit
Services. “I’m very pleased to see him take this next step in his Westfield Bank career and confident in his ability to assist businesses with their financial needs.”
For more information about Westfield Bank, visit the bank’s website at www.westfieldbank.com.
About Westfield Bank
Westfield Bank, headquartered in Westfield, Massachusetts, is a federally chartered savings bank organized in 1853 and is the largest publicly traded bank headquartered in Western Massachusetts. The Bank is a full-service community-oriented financial institution offering a complete range of commercial and retail products and services. Currently, the Bank has twenty-five branch offices, forty-nine ATMs, and an additional thirty seasonal ATMs and serves Hampden and Hampshire counties in Western Massachusetts and the Capitol Region in Connecticut. The Bank’s middle market and commercial real estate lending team is based in Springfield, Massachusetts and West Hartford, Connecticut and has a general regulatory limit on loans to one borrower of $41.5 million. As of December 31, 2025, the Bank employed 334 full- and part-time employees, had $2.7 billion in total assets, $2.2 billion in its loan portfolio, and $2.4 billion in total deposits. The Bank is regulated by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency. As a member of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), the Bank’s deposits are insured up to the maximum FDIC insurance coverage limits. To learn more, visit the bank’s website at www.westfieldbank.com