Webster Bank CEO Ciulla named to American Bankers Association board; chair of council

Webster Financial Corp. President & CEO John Ciulla has been named chair of the American Bankers Association’s American Bankers Council for the 2022-23 membership year. 

The American Bankers Association is a Washington, D.C.-based trade association for the U.S. banking industry that lobbies for banks of all sizes.

Last month, he was elected to a three-year term on the ABA board of directors during the association’s annual meeting in Austin, Texas. 

The American Bankers Council is a banker-driven peer group for midsize bank chief executives. The council provides feedback and direction to ABA on key regulatory and legislative issues critical to midsize banks.  

Ciulla, one of six new board members, will serve a three-year term. 

“I look forward to working with my fellow midsize bank CEOs to identify the major policy issues and opportunities facing us in the year ahead,” Ciulla said. “Banks of all sizes are essential to our country’s economy, and our efforts will help ensure that we have a policy environment that will allow ABC members and the industry to meet the needs of our customers and communities going forward.”