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Paul Accorsi Jr.
Assistant Vice President, Business
Banking Lender, PeoplesBank: Age 31
As he talked about his role as assistant vice
president and business banking lender, Paul
Accorsi said there are many rewards.
One of them, and he does this often, is
pointing out businesses or properties while
driving with his wife, Tara, and saying, “that’s
my customer ... I helped them finance a
vehicle,” or “I helped them finance a piece of
equipment,” or “I financed that building for that
person as they were starting their journey as a
landlord.”
He takes pride in helping mostly small to mid-
sized businesses with loans that enable them
to get started or, more often, take a critical next
step, and says there’s satisfaction in creating success
stories that those outside this line of work might not
appreciate.
Accorsi started his own professional journey at the
former Chicopee Savings Bank as a summer float teller.
He later worked in nonprofit accounting roles and
returned to banking as a commercial credit analyst at
TD Bank. He joined PeoplesBank in 2021 and served
in the same role before being promoted to business
banking lender in 2023.
Active in the community, Accorsi is a member of the
Springfield Kiwanis Club and former president of the
group, helping to grow two of its major fundraisers
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— an annual grand raffle that
supports six area Key Clubs and an
annual cornhole tournament.
In addition, he serves on the board
of the South End Community Center;
participates in many charitable road
races, including the Hot Chocolate
Run to benefit Safe Passage, the
Springfield Rescue Mission 10K Run
to End Homelessness, the Holyoke St.
Patrick’s Day 10K, and the Magic for
Maddie 5K; and volunteers for many
other causes and agencies, including
Enfield’s Fourth of July celebration.
Whether helping clients at work or
volunteering outside the office, “it’s
nice to take the community I love and
put a positive spin on it whenever
I can,” said Accorsi, adding that his
career — and his commitment to
community — have, in many ways,
been inspired by his father, who passed
away in 2012 after battling ALS.
“He was a commercial banker for
a long time, and as a kid, I saw him
involved in the community, and he did
a lot of good — he was on multiple
boards, including the YMCA of Greater
Springfield and Sunshine Village in
Chicopee,” Accorsi recalled. “I like all the
philanthropic work that he did, but he
also made a lot of friends along the way,
and I really liked that aspect of the job.”
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