Holly started a 35-year banking career with Mellon Bank in 1976. She moved to Ligonier in 1979 to further her banking career and for 20 years worked as a community branch manager for Citizens Bank.
In the three years prior to joining Elek Wealth Management in 2015, Holly was the Executive Director of the Ligonier Valley Chamber of Commerce serving as a representative of the community. An advocate for the Chamber, Holly planned and implemented many events that Ligonier is known and loved for. Before being appointed Executive Director, Holly sat on the Chamber’s Board of Directors.
Holly previously served on the Board of Directors of the Ligonier Valley YMCA, the Local Advisory Committee of the Eastern Westmoreland Career and Technology Center, the Latrobe Industrial Consortium, and a committee member of the Professional Development Committee and the RAMS (Recognizing Amazing Merchants and Students) Committee of the Ligonier Valley School District. As an active member of the Ligonier Rotary Club, Holly served as Treasurer, Vice President and President in 2021. Holly is also the Interact Club liaison with the Ligonier Valley School District.
Holly and her husband, Jerry, live in Ligonier Township. Holly’s son, Nash Paulin and Grandson, Lincoln, reside nearby. She enjoys spending time with her family at their camp in Jefferson County.