Roxann Cooke. Courtesy photo
Roxann Cooke, one of the most prominent Black women in the Massachusetts banking industry, is leaving Boston. But she’s staying with JPMorgan Chase.
The bank confirmed her departure from her post as New England regional director in an email. The Boston Business Journal first reported her plans to leave for a similar, Atlanta-based role overseeing the bank’s efforts in Georgia and northern Florida.
Cooke, who rose from Eastern Bank’s Lynn branch leader to a senior vice president and regional manager before joining Chase in 2019, will be replaced by Justin Brovitz, currently a regional director for Chase based in Charlotte, North Carolina covering the Deep South, the Carolinas and Tennessee.
“It has been my honor to lead JPMorgan Chase’s expansion across New England – in particular in Boston where I grew up, raised my family and a place that will always be home,” Cooke said in a statement. “From our first branch in Dedham in 2018 to 59 branches today, from Lawrence to New Bedford and many neighborhoods in between, Chase is committed to Massachusetts and investing in its people, businesses and communities. As I take on a new opportunity for JPMorgan Chase in another market, Justin Brovitz is the perfect person to lead our Consumer Bank in New England given his strategic insights, focus on results, passion for the community and commitment to our diverse and incredible team.”
Brovitz said in a statement he was Chase’s first market director in Boston in 2018, and his LinkedIn profile notes before that he was a Boston-based Bank of America executive from 2015 to 2018
“It is incredible to see how the firm has grown in these short years when I moved to another JPMorgan Chase market. I loved applying the lessons of success in Boston elsewhere to help increase the access of unbanked and underserved communities to financial tools and resources, and now returning to Boston is a dream,” Brovitz said. “As my family searches for a home and my kids enroll in school, I’m excited to help Chase open 50 more branches in Massachusetts over the next few years and serve the financial needs of consumers and small businesses around the state.”
Cooke is a current board member at the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce and the Greater Boston Boys & Girls Club and, according to the city of Boston’s website, is the tri-state coordinator for Delta Sigma Theta, a 101-year-old historically African-American service sorority.
