The Board of Directors of New Tripoli Bank recently announced they have hired Kate Hart Zayaitz as senior vice president and senior loan officer.

Zayaitz comes to New Tripoli Bank from her previous position as commercial bank team leader at Fulton Bank, where she worked for the past five years.

Before working at Fulton Bank, Zayaitz was a corporate banker for Truist (previously BB&T) and National Penn Bank.

Born and raised in Emmaus, she attended Emmaus High School.

She is a graduate of Dickinson College and Lehigh University, where she obtained her Master of Business Administration degree.

In 2008, the Greater Lehigh Valley Chamber of Commerce named her the inaugural Athena Young Professional.

Lehigh Valley Business Journal named her one of the “Top 20 Up & Coming People Under 40” in 2001 and a “Woman of Influence” in 2015.

She is involved with Commercial Real Estate for Women Lehigh Valley, serves as the audit committee chair for the Greater Lehigh Valley Chamber of Commerce, and chairs the East Penn Chamber Scholarship Committee.

She and her husband live in Lower Macungie Township with their two daughters.