FARMINGTON – Assistant Vice President and Marketing Director Anna Lyon has announced plans to retire from Franklin Savings Bank. Lyon, who has worked for the bank nearly 23 years, looks forward to having time to spend on many creative projects, not to mention doting on her new grandchild.
Lyon has been producing the bank’s advertising, marketing, public relations, social media and webpage in-house since she joined the bank staff in April 1997. As a community banker, this meant immersing herself in various events, ranging from charitable fund-raisers to general community-building. She was a driving force in founding and carving out the bank’s role in the Fire and Ice Festival and the Chester Greenwood Christmas Tree Lighting, as well as numerous other events. She was also instrumental in establishing the bank’s tradition of creating Thanksgiving baskets for service families and created Fund-Raising Fridays, in which employees have raised about $84,000 for local charities since 2002 by paying to wear blue jeans on Fridays.
She is currently Vice Chairman of the Farmington Historical Association Board of Trustees and worked for 18 years on the organizing committee for the Franklin County Relay for Life.
“Anna has always strongly believed in FSB and the positive impact the bank has on our communities. For her entire career here, she has taken great ownership in how we are presented in the eye of the public, well beyond our banking services, and has enjoyed telling our story,” said Tim Thompson, President and CEO of Franklin Savings Bank.
Lyon holds a Bachelor of Arts in Journalism and Electronic Media from the University of Oregon, her home state, and a diploma from the ABA School of Bank Marketing and Management. She also holds a Certified Financial Marketing Professional certificate from the Institute for Certified Bankers at the American Bankers Association.
Prior to moving to Maine after college nearly 40 years ago, Lyon “summered” most of her youth in a 200-year-old un-modernized Pemaquid farmhouse that was her grandfather’s childhood home. This meant traversing the United States by car every summer. The family donated the shorefront acreage of the farmhouse property for the LaVerna Preserve and Lyon continues to serve on the LaVerna Foundation Board of Directors.
In addition to the Maine Bankers’ Association Marketing and Legislative committees, and the Maine Cash Access Marketing Committee, Lyon is a former trustee with the Catholic Foundation of Maine, a former director for Maine’s Diocesan School Board, as well as other local boards.
Prior to coming to Franklin Savings Bank, Lyon worked in communication for the Maine Legislature and was a reporter and photographer for the Portland Press Herald, Brunswick Times Record and Rockland Courier Gazette.
Lyon lives in Wayne with her husband. They enjoy camping throughout Maine and training and hunting over their bird dogs.
‘In mid-February, Lyon will open her next chapter as she retires from the bank. Franklin Savings Bank has celebratory plans but welcomes anyone wishing to bid Lyon farewell to feel free to stop by the Farmington branch over the next few weeks.
“We have a deep appreciation for the dedication Anna has given to Franklin Savings Bank and the communities we serve over all of these years. Please join us in wishing Anna all the best in all her future endeavors,” said Thompson.
Franklin Savings Bank is a community bank serving western and central Maine since 1868.
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I am going miss working with and all our little chats. We have made a great TEAM over the years.
Enjoy that beautiful grandson. Life is just beginning.
Best Wishes Anna! Thank you for all the many community events that you were involved in. We will miss your creativity, leadership, competence and work ethic-enjoy your retirement!
As a customer, thank for your service to the FSB. But more importantly to me, thanks to you and your family for the generous donation of LaVerna Preserve. What a treasure LaVerna is. It’s hard to describe how beautiful that hike along the open ocean is, with views to Mohegan Island. Your family gifted generations of Mainers access to unspoiled open ocean front. Thank You.
Thank you Shannon and John! I’ll miss working with you too.
And Hiker, it gives me great joy to hear that. It was a long road full of legal hurdles to bring LaVerna to where it is now, to what my great aunts and my mother had intended it to be, a place where everyone could enjoy the natural beauty of our beautiful coastline.
Congratulations Anna to a highly successful career at FSB and your significant contributions to all of the communities that FSB serves. Organizing events, parades et al…….WOW!!!!!
Wishing you….George and family the very best for a fun healthy retirement.
Thanks, Gary :-)
Congratulations on your retirement Anna! Will miss seeing you at Maine Bankers meeting. Enjoy!!
Anna, It has been great working with you over the years on MBA’s Marketing and Communications committee. I have always enjoyed your insights and opinions. You have a great perspective on things and are always willing to share. And, I appreciate your sense of humor. Best wishes to you in the years ahead. Enjoy this special time with those you love and pursuing your creative projects. Congratulations on a great bank marketing career. I will miss you at our meetings. Take care. _ Cathy
Congratulations Ann! Now is the time to enjoy Life, your new grandson the outdoors with the dogs and not to be left out George. Relax and now you can enjoy that glass of wine. Thanks for all you have done for our community and beyond best wishes.
What a great writeup of some of the many accomplishments and services you have done, Anna. We are so happy that this retirement might give you more quality time with your family. I always enjoyed our small talks sharing stories about our “babies” (dogs) when I worked at FSB. You are a treasure! You will be missed.