KeyBank has promoted several leaders within its retail banking network serving clients in Connecticut and Massachusetts. Elona Shape has been named market retail leader for Connecticut and Massachusetts, to whom area retail leader for Connecticut North and Massachusetts Rocco Valletta, and new area retail leader for Connecticut south Jarleam Gonzalez will report. The three new retail leaders join current area retail leader for Connecticut Central Neil Cyr in leading the sales and service activities of Key’s network of 55 branches across Connecticut and western Massachusetts.
Shape joined KeyBank in 2021 as Metro/Fairfield area retail leader, responsible for sales and service activities in Key’s branches in Fairfield County, and Westchester County. Prior to joining Key, Shape spent four years at JPMorgan Chase. Shape also serves as a co-chair of KeyBank’s Key4Women program. which empowers, motivates and connects women business owners and leaders. In addition, she serves on the board of directors for the YWCA White Plains & Westchester and was recently recognized as a 40 Under 40 Rising Star by Westchester and Fairfield County Business Journal. Shape holds a bachelor’s degree in human resources management from University of Arizona’s Global Campus..
Valletta joined KeyBank in 2015 as a branch manager in North Haven. He was promoted to small-business wellness advisor in 2021. With his current promotion he will now lead 17 branches in northern Connecticut and western Massachusetts. Prior to Key, Valletta served as branch manager for both HSBC and Citizen’s banks. He holds a degree from Southern Connecticut State University.
Gonzalez joined KeyBank in 2022 to lead the Summer Street Stamford branch. With 25 years of banking experience, she has built an impressive community network throughout Fairfield County. She is actively involved with the Latino Foundation of Stamford, Latincolors Magazine, Kids Helping Kids, Hispanic Advisory Council of Greater Stamford, and Stamford Senior Center, and is a Key4Women certified advisor. With her promotion, Gonzalez will now lead 15 branches located throughout southern Connecticut. Prior to Key, she was a retail leader at JPMorgan Chase.
KeyBank’s roots trace back nearly 200 years to Albany, New York. Headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio, today, KeyCorp is one of the nation’s largest bank-based financial services companies, with assets of approximately $188 billion at Sept. 30, 2023.
