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BOSTON — The Federal Home Loan Bank of Boston has announced that Ellen McLaughlin has been named senior vice president, general counsel. Ms. McLaughlin succeeds Gerard Champagne, who retired after 20 years of service to the bank.

Ms. McLaughlin came to the bank in 1990 as senior attorney. She was promoted to legal officer in 1994, assistant vice president in 1996, associate general counsel in 1997, and vice president, associate general counsel in 2000. Before joining the bank, Ms. McLaughlin was a staff attorney at H. P. Hood, Inc., in Boston, and TAD Technical Services Corporation in Cambridge. She earned her J.D. Law degree from Suffolk University Law School and her L.L.M. in banking law studies from Boston University School of Law. She is a member of the Massachusetts Bar.

The Federal Home Loan Bank of Boston (www.fhlbboston.com) is a $42 billion, cooperatively owned wholesale bank for housing finance in the six New England states. Its mission is to support the residential-mortgage and community-development lending activities of its members, which include over 460 financial institutions across New England. To accomplish its mission, the Bank utilizes private-sector capital to provide members and other qualified customers with reliable access to low-cost wholesale funds, liquidity, a competitive outlet for the sale of loans, special lending programs, technical assistance, and other products and services. For more information, see the Bank's backgrounder.