Steven Cacchio, president and CEO of Champlain National Bank, recently announced that the following employees have been promoted:

Ralitsa Livermore has been promoted to Lake Placid branch manager. Livermore started with Champlain National Bank in 2017 as a teller. She was promoted to Elizabethtown assistant branch manager in 2020, branch manager of the Elizabethtown and Westport branches in 2021, and Plattsburgh branch manager in 2022. Livermore came to the bank with international experience in the travel and hotel industries with Marriott hotels in San Diego, California. She holds a B.S. from the University of Economics in Varna, Bulgaria in Business Management. Livermore enjoys spending time with family, pets, traveling and staying active in her community.

Rebecca Miner has been promoted to Saranac Lake branch manager. Miner joined Champlain National Bank in 2016 as the assistant branch manager in Lake Placid before moving to the assistant branch manager role in Saranac Lake. She has more than 30 years of banking experience in the Tri-Lakes, and has worked in many different capacities including audit, bookkeeping, loans and branch management.

Maja Giambalvo has been promoted to Saranac Lake assistant branch manager. Giambalvo was hired in 2019 and has held various roles within the bank’s Lake Placid and Saranac Lake branches. Giambalvo is a graduate of SUNY Plattsburgh with a B.S. in Economics. Born and raised in Serbia, she enjoys traveling around Europe and going back to Serbia to visit her family. In her free time, she enjoys cooking, reading and spending time with her husband and son.

Champlain National Bank was founded in 1909 in Essex County and is still locally owned and managed today with 10 branches serving the people of the North Country and Adirondacks.