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For Immediate Release
PEOPLE’S BANK CHAIRMAN, PRESIDENT AND CEO
TO CHAIR CBIA BOARD John A. Klein, chairman, president and CEO of People’s Bank in Bridgeport, was elected as chairman of the Board of Directors of the Connecticut Business & Industry Association (CBIA). He will serve a one-year term, succeeding Christopher R. Skomorowski, executive vice president, COO and director of Lydall, Inc., whose term ended this month. People’s is Connecticut’s largest state-chartered bank and a diversified financial services company providing commercial, consumer, insurance and investment services. Since joining People’s in 1971, Klein has held various positions, including general counsel, senior vice president of the bank’s Hartford region and executive vice president of consumer banking. He became president and CEO in 1999, and chairman in 2000. Klein is chairman of the board of Bridgeport Hospital and the Bridgeport Economic Development Advisory Council Inc. He serves on the Connecticut Transportation Strategy Board and was co-chair of the Governor’s Prevention Partnership. He is a director of the Bridgeport Regional Business Council; the Greater Bridgeport Area Foundation; and SACIA, the Business Council of Southwestern Connecticut. Klein is past chair of the Connecticut Bankers Association, a member of the Connecticut Bar Association, and a board member of the University of Connecticut Foundation. He co-chairs Operation Respect CT. Klein has a bachelor’s degree and a law degree from the University of Connecticut. He and his wife reside in Easton and have two children. CBIA’s board also elected as vice chairs Roger Joyce, vice president of engineering, The Bilco Co., West Haven, and Meredith Reuben, CEO of Eastern Bag & Paper Group in Milford. Bilco was founded in 1926 by Joyce’s grandfather, George W. Lyons Sr., and continues today under family ownership and management. The company pioneered the development of steel basement doors, vault and sidewalk doors, and roof access scuttles, and today is considered the world leader in its field. Headquartered in West Haven, Bilco employs 200 people in manufacturing facilities in Connecticut, Arkansas and New Mexico, and has a network of factory-trained representatives, dealers and distributors throughout the world. Joyce serves on several boards including those of the New Haven Inner City Business Strategy Initiative of the Governor’s Council on Competitiveness and the University of New Haven School of Business. He lives in Guilford. Eastern Bag & Paper Group was founded in 1918 by Reuben’s grandfather, Samuel Baum. Today, the company is one of the largest paper distributors in the Northeast, serving the retail, health care, industrial, janitorial and food service industries. The company, which employs 281 people, has distribution centers in Milford, Conn.; Tewksbury, Mass.; and Cranbury, N.J. Reuben is the chairman of the board of Network Services' long range planning committee and their operations technology committee. She serves on the Bridgeport Hospital Board of Directors and is a past board member of the Greater Bridgeport Area Foundation, Network Services and the Greater New Haven Chamber of Commerce. She lives in Stamford with her husband and their three children.
CBIA is the state’s largest business organization, with 10,000 member companies. Editor’s Note: Click on the names below for photographs and bios For more information contact Nancy Andrews, CBIA media relations manager, at 860-244-1957 or andrewsn@cbia.com. 350 Church
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