Ms. Claire S. Bean has been the Chief Operating Officer of Northeast BanCorp and Northeast Bank since December 29, 2010. Ms. Bean has responsibility for Northeast's technology, operations, and corporate services. She served as the Chief Financial Officer of Northeast Bank from 2010 to 2015. She has a 25-year record in financial services in the Greater Boston area, with experience focused in balance sheet management, strategic planning, operations and information technology. Ms. Bean served as the Chief Financial Officer, Executive Vice President, Treasurer and Principal Accounting Officer of Benjamin Franklin BanCorp. Inc. She serves as Chief Operating Officer of Franklin Benjamin Savings Bank. She served as the Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer at Northeast BanCorp since December 29, 2010 until January 11, 2015 and also served as its Principal Accounting Officer until January 14, 2015. Ms. Bean served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Benjamin Franklin Bank (Franklin, MA), a subsidiary of Benjamin Franklin BanCorp. Inc. since July, 2004. Prior to Benjamin Franklin Bank, she served as Banking Advisor in the Capital Markets Group of FINCA International Inc. She served as Regional Director of FINCA for Eastern Europe and NIS. Ms. Bean served as Director of Economic Development in Kyrgyzstan of Mercy Corps from May 2002 to June 2003 and served as its Manager of Micro-enterprise and Economic Development from June 2003 to September 2003. She served as Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer of Lighthouse Bank of Waltham, Massachusetts from 1999 to 2001. From 1991 to 1997, she served as Executive Vice President and Treasurer of Grove Bank of Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts. Ms. Bean serves on the board of REACH Beyond Domestic Violence, the Rockland Trust Charitable Foundation and the Boston Advisory Council of Mercy Corp International. Ms. Bean holds an M.B.A. from the Simon School of the University of Rochester and a B.A. in Political Science from Tufts University.