Helen Garvey, Rockland Trust

South Weymouth, MA Helen Garvey has been elected to the board of directors of South Shore Physician Ambulatory Enterprise, a not-for-profit division of South Shore Health System. Garvey is a vice president in the commercial banking division of Rockland Trust Company, where she assists closely-held business owners and real estate developers with their financing needs.

Garvey has been actively involved with South Shore Health System for more than a decade. During that time, she has spearheaded major fundraising events including the Golf Classic and Moonlight & Miracles Gala. She will conclude a two-year term as chair of the board of trustees of South Shore Health System Foundation in December.

“Our board will benefit greatly from Ms. Garvey’s business acumen and knowledge of the South Shore,” said Edward Nalband, MD, chair of the board of South Shore Physician Ambulatory Enterprise.  “We are grateful for her willingness to volunteer her time in support of our charitable mission.”

South Shore Physician Ambulatory Enterprise is a not-for-profit, tax-exempt organization that employs physicians, advanced practice clinicians and other ambulatory care providers to improve health care quality and affordability. It is a division of South Shore Health System (formerly, South Shore Health and Educational Corporation), a not-for-profit, tax-exempt, charitable organization that provides a broad range of health services to the 620,000 residents of Southeastern Massachusetts. South Shore Health System also includes South Shore Hospital, South Shore Medical Center, South Shore Visiting Nurse Association, Hospice of the South Shore, Health Provider Services Organization, South Shore NeuroSpine, South Shore Physician Hospital Organization, Physician Organization of the South Shore, and South Shore Health System Foundation. 

Independent Bank Corp. has approximately $7.4 billion in assets and is the holding company for Rockland Trust Company, a full-service commercial bank headquartered in Massachusetts. Rockland Trust offers a wide range of banking, investment, and insurance services to businesses and individuals through retail branches, commercial lending offices, investment management offices, and residential lending centers located in Eastern Massachusetts and Rhode Island, as well as through telephone banking, mobile banking, and the Internet. Named in 2015 to The Boston Globe’s “Top Places to Work” list for the seventh consecutive year, Rockland Trust was rated the top Largest Employer to work for in Massachusetts.