Union Bank is pleased to announce the addition of two new employees; Judy R. Smith as Commercial and Residential Lender, and James French as Network Administrator.
Judy R. Smith has 31 years of banking experience in the greater St. Albans area. In addition to being a lending officer, she has also been a mortgage originator and branch manager. She is active in the Champlain Housing Trust, focusing on improving housing stock in Franklin, Chittenden and Grand Isle Counties. A graduate of Bellows Free Academy and a graduate of courses from the American Institute of Banking and New England School of Banking, Ms. Smith will help Union Bank continue to expand its service to greater Franklin County.
“We are pleased to have an experienced lender like Judy join us,” states David Silverman, Union Bank SVP and Senior Lender. “She will help us get the word out that we have the funds to lend to qualified borrowers.”
James French comes to Union Bank from the United Kingdom, where he has had considerable experience with Information Technology Systems in Essex, England. He is a graduate of the UK’s University of Hertfordshire in Hatfield, England and holds a B.S.C. in Computer Science.
“Information Systems continues to be a growing part of our company,” says Thomas Meshako, SVP and Director of Operations at Union Bank. “James’s experience will add to our IT teams’ ongoing ability.”
Union Bank, with headquarters in Morrisville, Vermont, offers deposit, loan, trust and commercial banking services throughout northern Vermont and New Hampshire. As of September 30, 2009, the Company had $443.9 million in consolidated assets. The Company operates 13 banking offices and 29 ATM facilities in Vermont, plus a branch and ATM in Littleton, New Hampshire.