{"id":35097,"date":"2022-03-21T10:36:00","date_gmt":"2022-03-21T14:36:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.glensfalls.com\/glensfallsbusinessjournal\/?p=35097"},"modified":"2022-03-21T10:36:00","modified_gmt":"2022-03-21T14:36:00","slug":"james-morris-iv-becomes-new-berkshire-bank-regional-president-for-new-york-state","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.glensfalls.com\/glensfallsbusinessjournal\/2022\/03\/james-morris-iv-becomes-new-berkshire-bank-regional-president-for-new-york-state\/","title":{"rendered":"James Morris IV Becomes New Berkshire Bank Regional President For New York State"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_35098\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-35098\" style=\"width: 204px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-35098\" src=\"https:\/\/www.glensfalls.com\/glensfallsbusinessjournal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/109\/2022\/03\/berkshire-bank-guy-morris-c-204x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"204\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.glensfalls.com\/glensfallsbusinessjournal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/109\/2022\/03\/berkshire-bank-guy-morris-c-204x300.jpg 204w, https:\/\/www.glensfalls.com\/glensfallsbusinessjournal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/109\/2022\/03\/berkshire-bank-guy-morris-c.jpg 441w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 204px) 100vw, 204px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-35098\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">James J. Morris IV will be regional president for Berkshire Bank in New York state.<br \/>Courtesy Berkshire Bank<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Berkshire Bank, which has branches in Queensbury and Whitehall, announced that<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>James J. Morris IV will become the regional president for New York state.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Berkshire\u2019s New York state region includes the Capital Region, the Mohawk Valley, and Central New York markets.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span>Under his expanded role, Morris will support Berkshire\u2019s lines of business in the region including commercial and consumer lending, business and branch banking, and wealth management. Bank officials said his leadership will be critical to driving high customer satisfaction, serving clients, and expanding Berkshire\u2019s brand throughout New York state.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>In addition, he will provide oversight to Berkshire\u2019s two community advisory councils in the Capital and Central New York markets.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u201cBerkshire\u2019s commitment to the New York region has never been stronger and we will continue to look for opportunities to strengthen our service offerings and enhance our community impact and presence under Jim\u2019s leadership. His expanded responsibilities will help us achieve synergies in the market and unlock opportunities for meaningful impact in support of our Berkshire\u2019s Exciting Strategic Transformation (BEST) and BEST Community Comeback plans,\u201d stated Sean Gray, president and COO of Berkshire Bank.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span>Morris is a seasoned banking professional who has served as regional president for the Capital Region market since January 2020, in addition to leading the commercial real estate team throughout the state.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"s1\"><span class=\"s2\"><!--more--><\/span><\/span>Since joining Berkshire in 2015, he has directed new business origination, coordinated commercial lending activities, and built deeper connections with communities. Prior to joining Berkshire Bank, Morris had previous roles in commercial lending at Kinderhook Bank, Paragon Prime Funding, Citizens Bank, and Charter One Bank.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span>\u201cI am looking forward to leading a unified team that represents all of Berkshire\u2019s New York markets,\u201d Morris said. \u201cI have complete confidence in the entire region and know that together, our team can accomplish anything.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span>Morris is an active volunteer. He is incoming chair of the governing board of the Center for Disability Services, an organization that provides innovative services and expert care for 15,000 individuals with disabilities and chronic medical conditions in Upstate New York. He is also a board member and past president for Prospect Center, a nonprofit organization that offers multifaceted services for at risk and developmentally disabled individuals in the Saratoga, Warren &amp; Washington county area.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Morris is also a board director and former treasurer of the board for Hudson Headwaters Health Network.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Morris received his Bachelor of Science from SUNY New Paltz and holds the MAI designation from the National Appraisal Institute. He is a Fellow of the Leadership Saratoga program.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Berkshire Bank, which has branches in Queensbury and Whitehall, announced that\u00a0 James J. Morris IV will become the regional president for New York state.\u00a0 Berkshire\u2019s New York state region includes the Capital Region, the Mohawk Valley, and Central New York markets. \u00a0Under his expanded role, Morris will support Berkshire\u2019s lines of business in the region [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":89,"featured_media":35098,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\r\n<title>James Morris IV Becomes New Berkshire Bank Regional President For New York State - Glens Falls Business Journal<\/title>\r\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\r\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.glensfalls.com\/glensfallsbusinessjournal\/2022\/03\/james-morris-iv-becomes-new-berkshire-bank-regional-president-for-new-york-state\/\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"James Morris IV Becomes New Berkshire Bank Regional President For New York State - Glens Falls Business Journal\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Berkshire Bank, which has branches in Queensbury and Whitehall, announced that\u00a0 James J. 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