Julieann M. Thurlow is President and Chief Executive Officer at Reading Cooperative Bank, responsible for the bank's strategic direction and management. She also serves as President of the RCB Charitable Foundation.
Julieann is the Vice-Chair of the American Bankers Association (ABA). She was the Past Chair of the ABA's Core Platforms Council and currently serves as a member of the Government Relations Administrative Committee and Membership Council. She is a founding member of Alloy Labs, a consortium of banks nationally formed to innovate in the banking space, and is a Director of Atlantic Community Bankers Bank (ACBB).
Locally, Julieann serves on the MA Fintech Workgroup and is a Board Member of the Lawrence Partnership, the Massachusetts Taxpayer Foundation, and the Greater Lawrence Community Health Center. In 2022, Julieann was appointed to MassDevelopment's Board of Directors by Governor Charlie Baker. She is past Chair of the Cooperative Central Bank and was a member of the Federal Reserve’s CDIAC Council.
American Banker Magazine has repeatedly named Julieann to its list of the Top 25 Women to Watch in Banking. The Commonwealth Institute has named Reading Cooperative Bank a Top 100 Women-Led Business for the past seven years running.