Hyperion Bank’s Charlie Crawford elected to Board of Federal Home Loan Bank of Pittsburgh

Longtime Atlanta community banker Charlie Crawford, Chairman & CEO of Hyperion Bank, has been elected to a four-year term on the Board of the Federal Home Loan Bank of Pittsburgh, beginning Jan. 1, 2026. Hyperion is headquartered in Philadelphia, with Crawford expanding the bank to Atlanta in 2019; it expanded again in 2020, with a joint venture, Hyperion Mortgage, which now does business in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, South Carolina and Tennessee.

“I am honored by the confidence my colleagues place in me via their votes and enthusiastically welcome the opportunity to help ensure the FHLB-Pittsburgh continues to focus on meeting the evolving needs of its members and the communities we serve, and sharing that mission and activity with the public,” says Crawford, who recently completed his service as Chair of the Pennsylvania Association of Community Bankers.

Part of the Federal Home Loan Bank System, a national wholesale banking network of 11 regional, stockholder-owned banks, the Federal Home Loan Bank of Pittsburgh is a Congressionally chartered, wholesale Bank. It serves 285 member institutions (commercial banks, credit unions, insurance companies, community development financial institutions & thrifts) in Pennsylvania, Delaware and West Virginia. The mission of the FHLB-Pittsburgh is to provide members with reliable liquidity in support of housing and local community development. The FHLB has been an integral and reliable facet of our national financial system since 1932.

“We are proud that Hyperion Bank leaders are also leaders in our communities and industry,” says Lou DeCesare, President & COO of Hyperion, who also notes that Crawford recently began his term as Chair-elect of the Chief Executives Organization.

Founded in 2006, Hyperion is a full-service community bank, connecting with customers via technology and highly accessible bankers. Member FDIC. Equal Housing Lender.