WSFS Bank completes executive leadership transition

As planned, Rodger Levenson is the new president and chief executive officer of WSFS Financial Corp., the parent company of WSFS Bank, and a member of its board of directors. His new roles became effective Jan. 1.

Levenson is a longtime banker in the greater Delaware Valley and has been a member of WSFS’ executive leadership team since 2006, most recently serving as executive vice president and chief operating officer.

WSFS has also elevated Mark A. Turner from chairman to executive chairman of the board. Turner stepped aside from the roles of president and CEO Dec. 31, after a dozen years as WSFS chief executive. WSFS announced this leadership succession plan July 11, 2018.

“I am honored to become the 13th president and CEO in WSFS’ 186-year-history and humbled by the trust that Mark and our board have placed in me,” said Levenson.

“It has been one of my greatest honors to lead WSFS and I am grateful for the friendships I developed with fellow WSFS associates and members of our communities,” said Turner. “I look forward to my next phase of service to WSFS as its executive chairman.”

Levenson is a lifelong resident of the Delaware Valley and has more than 32 years of local banking experience. He joined WSFS in 2006 and has served in various executive leadership roles. He has led WSFS’ executive leadership team as chief operating officer since August 2017. 

Turner, born and raised in Philadelphia and a lifelong resident of several communities in the Delaware Valley, was appointed WSFS president and CEO in April 2007 and served in management for more than 22 years, including two decades as a member of the executive leadership team.

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