Board of Directors
- Anthony G. Nuzzo
- Arnold D. Scott
- Craig D. Divino
- Joseph B. (JB) Doherty, Jr.
- Jules M. Fried
- Peter N. Gordon
- Peter F. Mawn
- Georgia Murray
- Shannon O’Brien
Anthony G. Nuzzo is Primary Organizer, Chairman, President & CEO of First Commons Bank. He is Chairman of the Loan Committee and a member of two additional Bank committees: Investment and Asset-Liability Management; and the Corporate Governance and Nominating committee.
Prior to First Commons Bank, Mr. Nuzzo had served as the CEO of two established banks, Chemical Bank Delaware and Fidelity Trust Company in Utah. Mr. Nuzzo also served as the Chief Executive Officer responsible for the successful chartering of a de novo Internet Bank in Massachusetts that was organized as a subsidiary of Marsh & McLennan Companies. Mr. Nuzzo was also Chairman at Fidelity Trust for a brief period and at Marsh for his entire tenure as CEO. Mr. Nuzzo also has significant small business experience, both as a banker and as a small business owner. At both Citizens Bank and TD Banknorth, he ran Small Business Divisions with responsibility in broad geographies including Massachusetts. He was published in the “Boston Business Journal” with a by-line article, “Small Businesses: Plenty of spirit, but help is needed.” He also started and ran two financial services consulting companies. While working in Utah, Mr. Nuzzo was appointed to the Utah State Board of Financial Institutions by then Governor Michael Leavitt. He also served as a director for the Utah Banker’s Association and the Utah Association of Financial Services. Mr. Nuzzo left banking for about 10 months in 2000-2001 in an attempt to salvage Engage, Inc., a troubled global Internet media and Software Company which he left poised for profitability. Mr. Nuzzo’s early career was in marketing beginning at Procter and Gamble in Cincinnati. He has a BA from Boston College where he graduated as a “Scholar of the College” and an MBA from Columbia University where he graduated with “The Business School Service Award.” Of Note, Mr. Nuzzo was recently named Financial Services Executive of the Year in the prestigious 2010 American Business Awards.
Arnold D. Scott is an organizer and Vice Chairman of the Bank, Chairman of the Audit and Compliance Committee and a member of two additional Bank committees: Compensation; and Corporate Governance and Nominating.
He is a financial services executive who enjoyed a 32-year career with MFS Investment Management, a major US investment management firm located in Boston. For his last ten years at MFS, he served as board member and management committee member. He currently is CEO of Financial Product Distributors, LLC an independent consulting firm. Mr. Scott is on the board of Experion Systems, Percipio Capital Management, Hub Management and Global Horizons Partners. He also is active in the Boston area “angel” investing community as a member of Hub Angels, an Advisory Board Member of The Capital Network, and as an adviser to early stage companies. Mr. Scott received a BA from Alderson-Broaddus College and a JD from Rutgers Law School.
Craig D. Divino is an organizer and member of three committees: Loan; Compensation; and Corporate Governance and Nominating.
He is active in private equity, real estate investment, and professional services. For 25 years beginning in 1979, Mr. Divino was a partner with the consulting firm of Pittiglio Rabin Todd & McGrath (PRTM), an operational strategy consulting firm with sixteen offices worldwide, focusing on operational innovations. He led PRTM's international expansion spending more than ten years living and working in Europe. Prior to retirement, Mr. Divino sat on the firm's Executive Committee. Subsequent to PRTM, Mr. Divino spent two years as the President and CEO of Integrated Development Enterprise (IDe), a start up application software company. Mr. Divino received his undergraduate degree in economics from Boston College and an MBA from Boston College.
Joseph B. (JB) Doherty, Jr. is an organizer and member of two Bank Committees: Loan and Corporate Governance and Nominating.
He is an Owner/Broker of Prudential Howe Doherty Realtors in Andover, the Area's Eighth Largest Residential Real Estate Firm according to the most recent ranking by the "Boston Business Journal." He is a member of the Northeast Association of REALTORS, the Massachusetts Association of REALTORS, and the National Association of REALTORS. He is on the Board of the Lawrence Boys & Girls Club and the Lawrence Rotary Club. Mr. Doherty received the “Distinguished Citizen of 2001” Award from the Boy Scouts of America. He was also the Greater Lawrence REALTOR of the Year in 1986. Mr. Doherty is a graduate of Brown University and has numerous REALTOR designations.
Jules M. Fried is an organizer and member of two Bank Committees: Audit and Compliance and Corporate Governance and Nominating.
He is co-owner and Executive Vice President of The Lappin Company, a Boston-based recruitment firm specializing in hard-to-find life science, financial services and international personnel. He is also co-founder of Strictly Personal, Inc., a web-based software company providing correspondence generation and management tools for non-profit fundraising. He also provides consulting services to emerging companies seeking to raise capital. Previously, he built and led a two-time Inc. 500 manufacturer of digital printing peripheral hardware as a founding management team member. Earlier in his career, Mr. Fried was a partner in the law firm of McDermott, Will & Emery, having co-founded the firm that became their Boston office. Mr. Fried started his legal career in the Special Regulated Industries Section of the Antitrust Division of the US Department of Justice analyzing bank mergers and acquisitions. Mr. Fried is a member of the finance and audit committees of Gann Academy in Waltham. He holds degrees from the University of Michigan Law School and Princeton University.
Peter N. Gordon is an organizer and member of three Bank Committees: Audit and Compliance; Investment and Asset-Liability Management; and Corporate Governance and Nominating.
He is a Senior Vice President of Strategy for FIS supporting the strategic direction, profitability and long-range growth of the Financial Solutions and Payments Solutions groups. FIS is a leading global provider of technology and services to the financial services industry, serving more than 14,000 clients in more than 100 countries. Previously, Peter was a partner at eCom Advisors, which was sold to FIS in April of 2010. eCom was a strategic financial services consulting firm specializing in developing the next generation of direct banking services including applications for online and mobile banking, online account opening for loans and deposits and electronic bill payment. Peter has more than 20 years of experience in strategy, IT and banking and is a recognized speaker on e-commerce, direct banking and CRM related topics. Prior to joining eCom Advisors, Peter served as a Senior Vice President of the Direct Bank for RBS Citizens, where he was responsible for online banking, bill payment and the bank’s Web and phone banking sales channels. Prior to Citizens, Peter spent 15 years as a consultant for EDS, KPMG, Renaissance and ZEFER serving leading financial services companies as well as several early and mid-stage companies. Peter has a bachelor’s degree in finance and a bachelor’s degree in management information systems from Syracuse University and has an MBA from Babson College. He has also completed Executive Education at the MIT Sloan School.
Peter F. Mawn is an organizer and Chairman of the Compensation Committee; and a member of the Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee.
He is a founding partner of Oakmont Partners, LLC, a Boston based personal wealth management firm. Mr. Mawn has had over twenty-eight years of experience in the financial services industry, including positions at John Hancock Life Insurance Co., Fidelity Investments and Sun Life Financial Services. He has held executive positions in personal trust services, capital markets, mergers and acquisitions, hedge funds and private equity products. Mr. Mawn has a B.S. from Lowell Technological Institute and an MBA from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.
Georgia Murray is a member of three Bank Committees: Loan; Investment and Asset-Liability Management; and Corporate Governance and Nominating.
She was a Principal at Boston Financial, a real estate investment company, from 1973-2000, serving as Director from 1986 until its sale in 1999. During her career, she was active in a number of organizations, including being past president of the Multifamily Housing Institute, a Trustee of the Urban Land Institute and a Director of the National Multifamily Housing Council. She has also spoken on local and national panels formed for the discussion of affordable housing. She is currently a board member of the Initiative for a Competitive Inner City, the Preservation of Affordable Housing, and The Victims Rights Law Center. In 2008, she became a Trustee of the Rose Kennedy Greenway Conservancy, where she serves as chair of the Finance Committee and member of the Executive and Governance Committees. Ms. Murray was also an active board member of Capital Crossing Bank and its predecessor company since 1988, participating in the strategy that took the bank public in 1995, and its sale to Lehman Brothers in 2007. She also serves as a member of the board of Franklin Street Properties a publically traded REIT, where she serves as chair of the compensation committee and a member of the audit committee. Ms. Murray has her BA from Newton College.
Shannon O’Brien is a member of three Bank committees: Audit and Compliance; Investment and Asset-Liability Management; and Corporate Governance and Nominating.
Shannon O’Brien is the former State Treasurer and Receiver General of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. She created the Money Conference for Women, a financial literacy program; chaired the Pension Reserves Investment Management board; and under her leadership the State Lottery returned hundreds of millions more in local aid for cities and towns. Elected at age 27 to the Massachusetts Legislature, she made history as the first woman to serve as State Treasurer and in again in 2002 as the first woman nominated by a major party for governor. She graduated from Yale and Boston University School of Law. Shannon has worked as a litigation attorney, a health care executive, and was an Emmy-nominated investigative reporter for WB56 News. From 2005-2008 she served as CEO of the Girl Scouts of Greater Boston. Currently, Shannon serves as chair of the ad hoc pension reform commission for the New York State Comptroller she works as a business advisor to cutting edge technology firms in clean tech, financial services, and health care. She serves on the advisory boards for F Squared, a registered investment advisor specializing in quantitative investment processes, Free Flow Power a hydrokinetic energy developer, and Smartleaf, the market leader in overlay management technology.
