(Edward O. "Ned" Handy is donating one hour of his time to the winning bidder.)


Ned Handy is President and CEO of Charter One Bank (Ohio), overseeing all aspects of Charter One's retail, commercial and business banking operations in the state.

Since 1999, Handy has served as Regional President of Citizens Bank of Connecticut with responsibility for all commercial lending activity, including commercial lending, commercial real estate lending and community banking.

Prior to joining Citizens in 1995, Handy spent 10 years at Fleet Financial Group, where he held positions in commercial real estate lending and in the managed asset division.


Handy is a graduate of Brown University with a bachelor's degree in Urban Studies. He has been very active with Read to Grow, providing books to children, a program that Citizens Bank of Connecticut helped found. He was president of the board of The Garde Arts Center in New London, CT, is active in school issues and coaches his children's soccer and hockey teams.


Ned, his wife Polly and three children will be relocating to Cleveland in the Spring.