Jim Brown, President of The Bank of Bennington, announced the promotion of Scott Dikeman to Senior Vice President of Commercial Lending. Dikeman, who joined the bank in 2018, will take over for retiring Senior Vice President David Bardin. David has enjoyed a storied banking career in Southern Vermont, where his name is synonymous with business banking itself.

The Board of Directors of Union Mutual Insurance Company voted unanimously last week to elect Lisa L Keysar to the role of President and CEO. Keysar is the fifteenth person to assume the role and the first woman to head the Company since its founding in 1874. Keysar succeeds Michael Nobles who passed away this summer.

The Vermont State Dental Society (VSDS) is pleased to announce that Dr. Rebekah Lucier Pryles, President-Elect of the VT State Dental Society, received national recognition this week as an ADA 10 under 10 (ten professionals nationally who demonstrate excellence in the first ten years of their careers). Dr Lucier Pryles practices in White River Junction at Upper Valley Endodontics, where she also lives with her husband and two children.