News: Financial Digest
Posted: March 10, 2011
Kenneth Brennan 2011
Name: Kenneth Brennan
Title: Chair of Mass. Bankers Association
Company: The Village Bank
Location: 307 Auburn St., Auburndale, MA 02466
Birthplace and year: Auburndale, Mass., 1952
Family: Wife, Karen; daughter, Jennifer
College: BC, BS, Business Management
First job in appraisal or allied field: Teller at Middlesex Family Cooperative Bank
What do you do now and what are you planning for the future? Oversee staff at MBA, deal with new regulations, i.e. Dodd Frank.
Hobbies: Time with family and golf
Favorite book: Like all types of books
Favorite movie: "Caddyshack"
Person you admire most (outside of family): Jimmy Stewart in "It's a Wonderful Life"
Key to success: Surround yourself with good people.
If you had to choose another vocation what would it be? Hospitality industry
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