Theresa M. Messina, a former Fannie Mae officer who joined Webster Bank’s parent to run its accounting and treasury operations, is leaving after barely a year in the job, a regulatory filing shows.
Messina informed Webster Financial Corp. last Wednesday that she intends to make Feb. 28 her last day as senior vice president and chief accounting officer, the Waterbury bank said in an 8-K filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Messina’s resignation was due to personal family reasons, a bank official said. No further details were provided.
Her departure, announced days after Webster repaid federal taxpayers the last half of its  $400 million bailout from two years ago, opens the door for Webster’s controller, Gregory S. Madar, to assume her duties the same day, the filing said.
Madar, 48, has served as senior vice president for the holding company and the bank since February 2002. He joined Webster on Jan. 3, 1995.
Messina was with Fannie Mae, the quasi-public underwriter of home mortgages, from 2006. There, she directed strategic operations involving more than 18 million single-family mortgages totaling more than $3 trillion.
