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Eileen M. Danahey, President & CEO of St. Anne’s Credit Union, along with its Board of Directors, officially announced the promotion of Deborah Dion to Senior Vice President/Chief Information Officer. Ms. Dion has been employed by St. Anne’s since 2016, most recently serving as Vice President of Information Services, leading and executing on the vision, strategy and operations of St. Anne’s Information Technology (IT) team to better allow the Credit Union to serve more than 55,000 members. In this role, Dion will be responsible for all enterprise-wide IT initiatives with a focus on driving innovation to accelerate growth and achieve efficiencies that will put St. Anne’s in the best position to continue enhancing the financial lives of the members they serve. Dion will build upon the solid foundation of operational excellence within the IT function and across the organization, as well as collaborate with the leadership teams to ensure that St. Anne’s consistently incorporates the most advanced technology solutions to achieve the Credit Union’s business goals.
“Deborah is a highly-experienced executive and a tremendous leader with a longstanding history of putting the member at the forefront of today’s digital transformation,” said Eileen M. Danahey, President & CEO of St. Anne’s Credit Union. “She will continue to play an instrumental role in driving our growth strategy, aligning technology initiatives with strategic goals, further enhancing our cybersecurity posture and leading planning efforts on how to best leverage digital solutions to help support our members and employees. Possessing a unique combination of experience, knowledge, technology, and operations prowess, her expertise will allow St. Anne’s to harness the technologies available today and plan for the cutting-edge technologies of the future.”
With more than 25 years of experience in IT and strategic leadership roles for prominent financial institutions, Deborah has a strong record of accomplishment in leveraging technology-based solutions to drive value. She obtained her Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration from Roger Williams University, is a graduate of the Bank Administration Institute’s School of Operations and Technology – Owen School of Management and a Graduate of the Mass Bankers’ School for Financial Studies at Babson College. Actively involved in the community, she serves as a volunteer at Our Lady’s Haven in Fairhaven as well as a volunteer for the Freetown Historical Society.
