Stacey Steen has been named manager of the Northwest Bank office located at 3407 Liberty Street in Erie. Jim Martin, region president, made the announcement.

As manager of the Liberty Street office, Ms. Steen will be responsible for customer service, administration, lending and business development. She will work with the commercial lending, business services, investment management and insurance areas of the bank to provide customers a full-range of financial services. She will also oversee the bank’s involvement in community activities.

Ms. Steen has 12 years of finance experience. She joined Northwest in 2003 as a teller and has worked as a management trainee and assistant manager with the bank.

Ms. Steen is a graduate of Mercyhurst North East, where she earned her associates degree in business administration. She also completed the Pennsylvania Bankers Association (PBA) School of Banking in 2010. She’s currently enrolled in PBA’s Advanced School of Banking, where she will earn her certificate in 2016.

Active in her community, she is on the finance committee for Mercy Center for Women and a volunteer for WQLN and the March of Dimes.

Ms. Steen is the daughter of Fred and Debbie Przybyszewski of Erie. She lives in Erie with her husband, Dallas, and three children, Katelynn, Eva and Murphy.

Northwest operates 181 community banking offices in Pennsylvania, New York, Ohio and Maryland. Founded in 1896, Northwest is a full-service financial institution offering a complete line of personal and business banking products including commercial and small business loans, cash management services, oil, gas and mineral management services, employee benefits, investment management, insurance and trust. Northwest Bancshares, Inc. is the holding company of Northwest Bank and is listed on the NASDAQ Global Select Market as NWBI. More information about Northwest can be found online at northwest.com.