GFA FCU Names COO To Succeed Longtime President Charles Bowles

Published December 10, 2008, 8:41 p.m. EST

Updated August 27, 2020, 12:55 a.m. EDT

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GARDNER, Mass. – GFA FCU announced yesterday its long-time president and CEO Charles Bowles is retiring at year-end and will be succeeded as CEO by Tina Sbrega, the chief operating officer for the $260 million credit union.

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Bowles, who led the credit union for 24 years, will continue to serve on its board.

Bowles built the credit union into a regional institution, growing it from a single location to eight and now serving members in central Massachusetts and southern New Hampshire and Vermont.

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