Board and Committees

Kathy McPadden, a lifelong Naugatuck resident, has been employed at Ion Bank since 2011 and currently serves as Senior Vice President, Community Relations Officer and Executive Director of the Ion Bank Foundation. Prior, she worked in the human resources field for over 30 years.

Kathy has dedicated much of her personal time to volunteer service.  She has served on the boards of many nonprofit organizations including Wellmore Behavioral Health, Are You Dense?, YMCA of Naugatuck, American Red Cross-Naugatuck chapter, Morris Foundation, United Way of Naugatuck and Beacon Falls, and Jane Doe No More. She also served on the board of incorporators for Waterbury Hospital.

Kathy’s many honors speak to the excellence of her volunteer leadership. She is a member of the Rotary Club of Naugatuck, an organization that awarded her a Paul Harris Fellow in 2014. She was the United Way’s 2010 recipient of the Mary H. Connolly Community Caring Award; she has volunteered for the organization for over 30 years.  She received the Fredrick D. Zonino Memorial Volunteer Award in 2018 from the YMCA of Naugatuck.