Kathryn G. Underwood
President & Chief Executive Officer
Contact Information:
Phone: 603.640.2664
Email: [email protected]
Relevant Topics for Comment:
Economic trends and banking trends
State of the economy in New England and Nationally
Kathryn Underwood joined Ledyard National Bank in 2005 as the President and Chief
Executive Officer. Prior to joining Ledyard, she spent her entire professional career
with the Key Bank organization in Maine. She started in lending and then spent the
next twelve years in wealth management with responsibilities for managing the
function for the state of Maine. During her last five years at Key, Kathy served as
their District President with the responsibility of managing all retail and business
banking in the state. Key was a $2.5 billion operation in Maine with 64 branches.
Kathy recently completed a 2-year service on the Consumer Financial Protection
Bureau’s Community Bank Advisory Council in Washington D.C. and a six-year term
on the board of the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston where she also served as the
Chair of their Audit Committee. She currently serves as a Director of the Independent
Community Bankers of America and on the board of ICBA Securities. She is also a
member of the Upper Valley Corporate Council and serves on the board of the New
Hampshire American Heart Association and AHA Founders Affiliate Board where she
has also served as the Upper Valley Go Red for Women Chair. She is a Director for the
Community Bankers Association of NH and a corporation member for the Montshire
Museum of Science. She is a former board member and past president of the New
Hampshire Bankers Association and a past board member of Kendal at Hanover.
Kathy has a degree in Economics from the University of Southern Maine and she is
a Certified Financial Planner (CFP).