Charter Partners Promotes Cowley to VP and Treasurer

Patricia A. Cowley was promoted to vice president of the Charter Partners Cooperative and treasurer of Charter Partners USA, Inc. Cowley is responsible for leading the Charter Partners Cooperative. The Charter Partners Cooperative is an exclusive benefit for members of the Charter Partners Community, a membership organization that offers networking, collaboration, events, products and services to independent and family-owned businesses. Charter Partners Cooperative includes six sectors of products and services: property/casualty insurance, health, finance, commerce, human resources, and people development.

Hampton, NJ (PRWEB) December 6, 2007 -- Patricia A. Cowley was promoted to vice president of the Charter Partners Cooperative and treasurer of Charter Partners USA, Inc. Cowley is responsible for leading the Charter Partners Cooperative.

The Charter Partners Cooperative is an exclusive benefit for members of the Charter Partners Community, a membership organization that offers networking, collaboration, events, products and services to independent and family-owned businesses. Charter Partners Cooperative includes six sectors of products and services: property/casualty insurance, health, finance, commerce, human resources, and people development.

Charter Partners USA, Inc. is the management firm for Charter Partners Insurance Co., a mutual captive insurance company owned exclusively by insureds in the Charter Partners Community.

Cowley joined Charter Partners in 2000 and served as chief financial officer through mid-2007. Her prior responsibilities included financial management, information technology, and human resources.

Before joining Charter Partners, Cowley was CFO of Bowers, Schumann & Welch (BS&W), an independent insurance agency based in Washington, NJ, from 1996 to 2000. Prior to joining BS&W in 1989, Cowley held accounting positions in manufacturing.

Charter Partners operates on the basis of Cooperative Entrepreneurship® -- an interactive approach in which business owners join in industry groups to share knowledge and jointly seek solutions to common challenges.

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