BOSTON — Berkshire Bank, a leading relationship-driven community-focused bank with financial centers in New England and New York, is pleased to announce Jessica Fermin has joined its Consumer Lending team as a mortgage loan officer in Burlington, Massachusetts.
In this role, she will originate mortgage loans to help consumers realize the dream of homeownership, whether it’s their first home or their dream home, and help build deeper community connections in Massachusetts.

"We are excited to have Jessica join our Consumer Lending team,” said Ellen Steinfeld, Executive Vice President, Consumer Lending and Payments. “She brings over eight years of experience in the mortgage industy where she fostered relationships to drive more than $40 million in closed transactions. We will continue to add top-performing loan officers throughout our regions so that we can help more people achieve the dream of homeownership.”
Before joining Berkshire Bank, Fermin served as a loan officer and a loan officer assistant at Jeanne D’Arc Credit Union, where she managed mortgage origination, financial analysis, and worked with real estate agents, builders and other referral sources.
A resident of Dracut, Massachusetts, Fermin earned her Bachelor of Arts degree in psychology from UMass Lowell. Outside of work, she enjoys fitness, hiking and camping with her family.
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About Berkshire Bank
Berkshire Bank, founded in 1846, is becoming a high-performing, relationship-based community bank. It empowers the financial potential of its stakeholders by making banking available where, when and how it’s needed through an uncompromising focus on exceptional customer service, digital banking, and positive community impact. Providing a wide range of financial solutions through its consumer banking, commercial banking and wealth management divisions, the bank has approximately $12.1 billion in assets and a community-based footprint of nearly 100 financial centers in Massachusetts, New York, Vermont, Connecticut and Rhode Island. Headquartered in Boston, Berkshire Hills Bancorp (NYSE: BHLB) is the parent of Berkshire Bank.
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