Worcester Business Journal

wbjournal.com | September 16, 2024 | Worcester Business Journal 7 Former CEO of North Brookfield bank to take on new executive role at Country Bank Marco Bernasconi, the former president and CEO of North Brookfield Savings Bank, has been appointed to the newly created position of chief operating and innovation officer at Ware-based Country Bank. Bernasconi, who was most recently the principal of fintech and digital transformation at Boston accounting firm Wolf & Co., was brought on to enhance the bank's digital services and product offerings. Bernasconi led North Brookfield Sav- ings Bank from April 2021 until August 2023. Kaz Borawski took over leadership of NBSB aer Bernasconi le. A resident of Connecticut, Bernasconi holds a bachelor's degree from Eastern Connecticut State University. Goldberg fires CCC chair after year-long battle Massachsuetts Treasurer Deborah Goldberg fired Cannabis Control Com- mission Chair Shannon O'Brien on Sept. 9, her office confirmed, a removal that seems likely to kick the yearlong drama back into the courts. In a statement, Goldberg said she decided to fire O'Brien are carefully considering more than 20 hours of meetings held earlier this year as well as various documents, case law and policies. Goldberg said she fired O'Brien because she "committed gross miscon- duct and demonstrated she is unable to discharge the powers and duties of a CCC commissioner." Aer appointing her to the top job in 2022, Goldberg suspended O'Brien, a former state treasurer and the Demo- cratic Party's 2002 nominee for gover- nor, with pay in September. Goldberg's statement did not provide specific examples of O'Brien's alleged misconduct or inability to discharge her duties as chair of the CCC. 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