Senior Executive Team
Curtis C. Simard
President
Chief Executive Officer
Mr. Simard has served as our President and Chief Executive Officer since August 10, 2013. Prior to joining the Bank, he served as Senior Vice President and Managing Director of Corporate Banking for TD Bank from 2002 to 2013. He was also affiliated with First New Hampshire Bank and its successor, Citizens Bank, from 1992 to 2002, working on various business initiatives.
Josephine Iannelli
Executive Vice President
Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
Ms. Iannelli joined the Bank in October 2016 as Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer. Prior to joining the Bank, Ms. Iannelli served as Senior Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of Berkshire Hills Bancorp in Pittsfield, Massachusetts. She began her career at KPMG and subsequently KeyCorp. She also served in various roles at National City Corporation starting in 2002 up to and including the acquisition and integration into PNC Financial Services Group.
John M. Mercier
Executive Vice President
Chief Lending Officer
Mr. Mercier has served as our Executive Vice President and Chief Lending Officer since October 1, 2018. He joined our Company in April 2017 as Executive Vice President, Senior Loan Officer for New Hampshire and Vermont. His banking career spans more than 40 years with significant lending experience in many types of lending, across segments, and through various economic cycles. Prior roles have included various initiatives at Citizens Bank, KeyCorp, TD Bank, and Primary Bank.
Marion Colombo
Executive Vice President
Retail Delivery
Ms. Colombo joined our Company in February 2018 as Executive Vice President, Chief Retail Officer. She is responsible for retail strategy, delivery and support working with teams to ensure that our customer experience is consistent with outstanding service across all locations in Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont. She has demonstrated the ability to partner with business lines to advance wallet share beyond the branch environment.
Jason Edgar
President
Bar Harbor Wealth Management
Mr. Edgar joined our company in June 2019 as President of Bar Harbor Trust Services and Charter Trust Company, which merged into one entity as of May 1, 2022: Bar Harbor Wealth Management (BHWM). He is responsible for setting the strategic direction of Wealth Management and managing the day-to-day business of BHWM. Mr. Edgar has over 20 years of experience in the Wealth Management industry.
Alison DiPaola
Senior Vice President
Chief Human Resources Officer
Ms. DiPaola has served as our Senior Vice President, Chief Human Resources Officer since April 2022. After almost five years at another financial institution, she joined the Company in June of 2013 and has held roles of progressive responsibility. Ms. DiPaola is responsible for all Human Resources functions such as compensation, payroll, benefits, employee relations, learning and development, performance management, and talent acquisition.
Joseph Scully
Senior Vice President
Chief Information Officer and Director of Operations
Mr. Scully is the Chief Information and Operations Officer at the Bank and is responsible for guiding the bank’s Technology, Project Management, Real Estate Management, and Digital-Deposit/Loan Operations functions. Mr. Scully has nearly four decades of experience working in the Department of Defense and Financial Services verticals. He has supervised Information Technology & Security, Fraud, Project Management, Facilities, and Card Operations departments throughout his career and has served on multiple banking and security industry committees during the last 20 years. Since arriving at the Bank, Mr. Scully has spearheaded the modernization of our enterprise infrastructure and has played key roles in a majority of the Bank’s strategic initiatives, including merger and acquisition projects.
John Williams
Senior Vice President
Chief Risk Officer
Mr. Williams has served as our Senior Vice President, Chief Risk Officer since April 2021, and had served in varying and progressively higher roles of responsibilities within the risk management function at the Company since December 2014. Mr. Williams was deeply involved with the Bank’s M&A activity, including work relative to due diligence reviews and leading risk-related integrations for each transaction. Prior to that, Mr. Williams served in various risk management capacities at another Maine-based financial institution.
Board of Directors
Matthew L. Caras
Chairman
Arrowsic, ME
Founder and Former Owner and Managing Director of Leaders LLC
An attorney and member of the Maine Bar, Mr. Caras practiced commercial law and provided mergers and acquisitions advisory services for 40 years in a broad range of industries regionally and nationally. Mr. Caras also served as a mediator and neutral negotiation facilitator.
Daina H. Belair
Iva, SC
Former Owner of Inn at Sunrise Point
Ms. Belair is a retired attorney and a retired member of the New York and District of Columbia Bar Associations. In 2008, she relocated to Maine where she owned and operated the Inn at Sunrise Point until mid-2021. During her more than 25 years as a practicing attorney, she specialized in banking and financial services. From 2002 to 2006, she served as General Counsel and Managing Director of U.S. Trust Corporation and its subsidiary banks, U.S. Trust Company of New York and U.S. Trust Company, N.A. Prior to that, she was employed by Citibank, N.A. for 15 years, as a Vice President and Managing Director, and held various senior division general counsel and compliance officer positions for Citibank’s international corporate and institutional business as well as general counsel for the Citibank Private Bank. Earlier in her career she practiced law in Washington, D.C.
David M. Colter
Hampden, ME
President, GAC Chemical Corporation
Mr. Colter currently serves as President and Chief Executive Officer of GAC Chemical Corporation (“GAC”) in Searsport, Maine. GAC manufactures and distributes industrial, specialty, and fine inorganic and organic chemicals. Prior to joining GAC and moving to Maine, he worked for Ernst & Young in Ohio in their Financial Institutions Group.
Lauri E. Fernald
Mt. Desert, ME
President and an Owner in Jordan-Fernald Funeral Home
Ms. Fernald is the owner of Jordan Fernald Funeral Home headquartered in Mount Desert, Maine, and she is a Certified Funeral Service Practitioner.
James E. Graham
Woodsville, NH
Retired Bank President & CEO of Woodsville Guaranty Savings Bank
Mr. Graham served as President & Chief Executive Officer of Guaranty Bancorp, Inc and Woodsville Guaranty Savings Bank from 1995 to 2025. Joined the Board of Directors of Woodsville Guaranty Savings Bank in September 1996 and the Board of Directors of Guaranty Bancorp, Inc in 1998. Mr. Graham was employed with Woodsville Guaranty Savings Bank from 1979 through July 2025 at which time he joined the Bar Harbor Bankshares Board with the sale of Guaranty Bancorp, Inc. to BHB.
Heather D. Jones
Mt. Desert, ME
Owner of Jones Business Services, LLC
Ms. Jones began her professional career in New York City in Human Resources, first at Lehman Brothers and then at Philips Electronics NAC. After moving to Maine in 1997, Ms. Jones worked at the Bar Harbor Chamber of Commerce and later in real estate on and around Mount Desert Island. As an owner of the firm, she led and oversaw all operations of the business for more than a decade, including developing a dedicated Property Management Division. Today, Ms. Jones is the Owner of Jones Business Services, LLC providing accounting and organizational support to area small businesses.
Debra B. Miller
Spartanburg, SC
Vice President of External Relations at NH Community Loan Fund
Ms. Miller served as the Vice President of External Relations at the NH Community Loan Fund from 2013 until her retirement in June of 2023. She oversaw the organization’s philanthropy, marketing and communications as well as their public policy efforts. She previously also served as Senior Vice President and Director of Corporate Affairs in New England for Citizens Bank where she was responsible for overseeing public and community relations, media relations, internal communications, special events, charitable contributions, marketing sponsorships and government affairs for the New England region. In addition, she was responsible for the bank’s Community Reinvestment Act programs throughout its then 13-state footprint.
Brian D. Shaw
Bar Harbor, ME
Owner, Brian D. Shaw, Inc.
Mr. Shaw owns a real estate contracting and development business, with activities ranging from projects for specified clients to developing a portfolio of his own accord. Both segments range from single-family residences to medium-scale hospitality properties to multi-family properties of varying sizes. His services include original engineering to final finish carpentry.
Curtis C. Simard
Mt. Desert, ME
President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company and the Bank
Mr. Simard has served as our President and Chief Executive Officer since 2013. Prior to joining the Bank, he served as Senior Vice President and Managing Director of Corporate Banking for TD Bank from 2002 to 2013. He was also affiliated with First New Hampshire Bank and its successor, Citizens Bank, from 1992 to 2002 working on various business initiatives.
Scott G. Toothaker
Nashua, NH
Former Office Managing Director of CBIZ, LLC
Now retired, Mr. Toothaker served as the Office Managing Director of CBIZ, LLC, an international accounting and advisory firm with locations throughout the United States.