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(Leominster, Mass.) Fidelity Bank today announced the appointment of Rosa Maria Salas to Home Loan Specialist serving the Worcester community. She will be located at the Front Street banking center.
Salas come back to Fidelity Bank as a Home Loan Specialist after working at Worcester Community Housing Resources as the Director of Community Loan Fund for the past three years. At Worcester Community Housing Resources, she oversaw compliance for lending operations and managed due diligence and policy review for loan programs and municipal partnerships.
“As a strategic and bilingual leader with more than 20 years of experience in residential lending and community development, we are eager to welcome Rosa Maria back to Fidelity Bank to serve our clients in helping them find the best home loan options to fit their financial health,” said Barbara Yankee, Director of Residential Lending, Fidelity Bank.
Salas graduated from Quinsigamond Community College with an associate’s degree in liberal arts and earned a certificate in management from Quinebaug Valley Community College. She holds certifications in home preservation, foreclosure prevention, and first-time homebuyer counseling from NeighborWorks America.
A resident of Danielson, Conn., she is an active member in the Worcester community. She currently serves in leadership roles at Empowering Latina Leaders Affirmation, Adelante Worcester, and the Latin American Business Organization. She is also an advisor for the Worcester Red Sox WEPA Advisory Board and is co-chair of Live Worcester Now with City of Worcester. Previously, she served as a board member for the Central MA Conference for Women.
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About Fidelity Bank:
Founded in 1888, Fidelity Bank is one of the strongest independent community banks in Central and Eastern Massachusetts. For more than 20 years, Fidelity Bank’s unique LifeDesign approach to banking has provided the care and clarity needed to make informed decisions with confidence. The Bank offers a range of personal and business banking solutions to clients in 13 full-service banking centers in Leominster, Worcester, Fitchburg, Needham, Gardner, Shirley, Barre, Millbury, Paxton, Princeton, and Winchendon. Fidelity Bank was ranked #1 in Massachusetts on the Forbes “2025 America’s Best Banks in Each State” list, in addition to being voted Worcester Telegram & Gazette Best Financial Services in Central Massachusetts and placing on the Boston Globe’s Top Places to Work list seven times. As of December 31, 2025, the bank had total assets of approximately $1.4 billion. For more information, visit fidelitybankonline.com.
