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Gregg Desmarais
Vice President and Senior Private Client Relationship Manager, TD Private Client Group
It was more than 10 years ago now, but Gregg Desmarais still remembers the day one of his managers at TD Bank invited
him to spend part of a Saturday joining oth- ers as they did some work revitalizing one of Springfield’s neighborhoods.
“I’ve been in customer service my whole career, so this is essentially the culmination of everything I’ve done. Not many people can say, ‘I love what I do,’ but I can.”
“I joined him and a few other volunteers cleaning up an old lady’s house and tidying up her yard, cutting down some trees, stuff like that,” he recalled. “I liked doing that kind of work anyway, and knowing that it helped someone in need made it even more enjoyable.”
And so began what has become a long and ongoing tenure of service to Revitalize Commu- nity Development Corp. (CDC), a nonprofit that
serves the Greater Springfield area and performs critical repairs and modifications to the homes of low-income families with children, the elderly, military veterans, and individuals with special needs. That service punctuates a résumé that has made Desmarais a finalist for the 2021 Alumni Achievement Award.
A member of the 40 Under Forty class of 2015 (three of this year’s finalists are from that class), Desmarais captures the essence of this award, which was created that same year to recognize those who have built upon their track records in both business and service to the community.
He has steadily risen in the ranks at TD Bank, moving from an assistant store manager in Aga- wam to vice president and manager of the store in his hometown of Westfield, then to manager of the flagship office in downtown Springfield, the post he was in when he took his walk down the 40 Under Forty red carpet at the Log Cabin Ban- quet and Meeting House.
Today, he serves as vice president and senior private client relationship manager for TD Pri- vate Client Group, a business of TD Wealth.
In that role, he serves as a liaison to whom those in the area branches refer high-net-worth customers. “I’m their point person for anything
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