Cooke promoted to senior vice president and regional manager at Eastern Bank

Eastern Bank promoted Roxann Cooke to senior vice president and regional manager of 17 locations in the Boston, Cambridge and MetroWest markets. In 2012, Eastern Bank appointed Cooke as vice president and branch manager of the bank's Ashmont Station office in Dorchester. Prior to that, Cooke, who joined Eastern in 2009, served as Lynn office branch manager. "Roxann is a talented banker who has demonstrated outstanding leadership within Eastern Bank and in the community through her service to our customers and various not-for-profit organizations," said Eastern Bank's Robert DiGiovanni, senior vice president, director of retail banking. "Roxann is a great addition to our senior leadership team." Cooke serves on the board of several organizations including: the South Middlesex County Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., Girls Inc. of Lynn, the Dorchester YMCA and Ashmont Hill Chamber Music. Cooke, who also received the Greater Boston YMCA Young Black Achievers award for her professional accomplishments and her commitment to community service, earned her Bachelor of Arts degree in Sociology from Dartmouth College in New Hampshire. She completed a post graduate program at the Harvard University Extension School where she received a graduate certificate in Business Administration and Management. Cooke further developed her leadership skills through the Emerging Leaders Program at the University of Massachusetts in Boston.