---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000943374-22-000397"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BBT"
cik: "0001108134"
company_name: "Beacon Financial Corp"
filed_at: "2022-09-12T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-23T10:43:11.233441+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Berkshire Hills Bancorp names Ashlee Flores as EVP, Chief Compliance Officer; current SEVP resigns

## Summary
- Deborah A. Stephenson, SEVP Chief Compliance Officer, resigns effective Sept. 30, 2022 to pursue another opportunity.
- Ashlee Flores promoted from SVP Compliance to EVP, Chief Compliance Officer, effective same date.
- Flores will oversee BSA, CRA, consumer protection, and fraud investigations; reports to Chief Risk Officer.
- Transition agreement with Stephenson includes confidentiality and non-solicitation clauses.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000943374-22-000397
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BBT
- cik: 0001108134
- company_name: Beacon Financial Corp
- filed_at: 2022-09-12T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1108134/000094337422000397/0000943374-22-000397-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1108134/000094337422000397/form8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000943374-22-000397
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000943374-22-000397.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000943374-22-000397.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Ashlee Flores was appointed as Executive Vice President, Chief Compliance Officer at Beacon Financial Corp.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Executive Vice President, Chief Compliance Officer
  source text: The Company has appointed Ashlee Flores as Executive Vice President, Chief Compliance Officer, effective September 30, 2022.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1108134/000094337422000397/0000943374-22-000397-index.htm
- Executive change
  Deborah A. Stephenson resigned as Senior Executive Vice President, Chief Compliance and Regulatory Officer at Beacon Financial Corp.
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Senior Executive Vice President, Chief Compliance and Regulatory Officer
  source text: On September 6, 2022, Deborah A. Stephenson, Senior Executive Vice President, Chief Compliance and Regulatory Officer of Berkshire Hills Bancorp, Inc. (the “Company”), the holding company for Berkshire Bank (the “Bank”), announced her resignation from her position as of September 30, 2022, to pursue another employment opportunity.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1108134/000094337422000397/0000943374-22-000397-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.