Chester (Chet) Szablak

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Chet Szablak is a Merrimack Valley native. He has enjoyed a banking career that has spanned over 40 years. During the early years of his career, Chet worked as a credit analyst, credit manager, commercial lender, and commercial lending team leader. Over the course of his career, Chet has successfully loaned hundreds of millions of dollars to Massachusetts and New Hampshire businesses, non-profit organizations, and individuals.

Chet joined Enterprise Bank in 1998 with the task of building a sales culture. Over a 27-year period, Chet was part of the Enterprise team that grew the bank from 6 branches and $300 million in assets to 27 branches and over $6 billion in assets under management. As the bank’s Executive Vice President, Chief Sales, Community and Customer Experience Officer, Chet oversaw the bank’s sales, marketing, corporate communications, brand management, customer experience, philanthropy, and community volunteerism. He was a member of the bank’s executive management team and was responsible for several key client relationships.

With the combination of Enterprise Bank and Rockland Trust, Chet has remained active as a market executive, assisting Rockland Trust with community and client relationships post-merger.

Throughout his professional career, Chet has made a point to give back to the community through his volunteer efforts. As part of this, Chet was a member of the Lawrence Partnership board of directors for over 10 years. During this time, he served as vice-chair and treasurer. He also served on the executive committee, the corporate governance and nominating committee, the finance committee, and the development committee. Chet is particularly proud of the role he played as one of the key architects in the creation of The Lawrence Venture Fund. Through the Lawrence Venture Fund, many Lawrence-based entrepreneurs received critical funding to get their businesses started. The fund also played an important role in providing short-term capital to many Lawrence businesses during the time of the gas crisis.

Chet currently serves as the Chair of the Greater Lowell Community Foundation. He is a board member of Agespan, the Jack Trottier Foundation for Spinal Cord Injury, and the Lowell High School Athletic Hall of Fame. He is a corporator of Lowell General Hospital. Through his personal efforts and his participation on many committees over the years, Chet has raised millions of dollars for charitable purposes.

Chet is a graduate of Princeton University and holds an M.B.A from Boston College. He is a graduate of the Stonier Graduate School of Banking, and the General Management Program at Harvard Business School.

Chet and his wife, Linda, live in Tyngsborough, where they raised their 3 children, and they are now blessed with 5 grandchildren.