ESSA Bank & Trust has announced the appointment of William L. Vitalos, Senior Vice President, Director of Consumer Lending, in the bank’s Consumer Lending and Retail Branch Administration teams.

He will oversee the consumer and residential mortgage lending operations at ESSA, along with product development, pricing, and vendor management. He will work at the bank’s corporate headquarters in Stroudsburg and report to Chuck Hangen, Chief Operating Officer.

Vitalos joins ESSA with more than 30 years of managerial and consumer lending experience. He has held leadership positions with BB&T and predecessor banks in consumer lending, branch administration, and documentation areas.

Vitalos resides in Salisbury Township with his wife and two children.

He is a past board member and past President of the Allentown YMCA, and with the Diocesan Investment Trust of the Episcopal Diocese of Bethlehem.