David Silverman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Union Bank has announced the recent hiring of Shane Mispel to the position of Assistant Vice President/Commercial Loan Officer. Shane will be dividing his time working in the Main office in Morrisville and in St. Johnsbury.

Equipped with many years of banking and financial industry sales experience, Mispel will be responsible for servicing an existing portfolio of commercial loans and developing and underwriting new account relationships.

Pomerleau Real Estate has announced the addition of 2 agents to their Commercial Brokerage team.

Brad Worthen comes with 10 years of experience, having worked with V/T Commercial before joining Pomerleau. He has an extensive and diverse business background that provides the firm and its clients with a wealth of knowledge, experience and expertise. He specializes in all aspects of Commercial leasing and selling, as well as Business Brokerage.

Vermont’s tourism industry professionals gathered this week in Killington, Vt. for the 33rd annual Vermont Tourism Summit, formerly known as the Vermont Travel Industry Conference. Together, they celebrated the success of their peers with six awards; two presented by the Vermont Tourism Summit and four presented by the Vermont Chamber of Commerce. The awards ceremony was emceed by Tim Piper, President of the Vermont Inn and Bed & Breakfast Association (VIBBA).

Grant Butterfield from Nedde Real Estate has listed and sold a parking lot/land property previously owned by Charlebois Holdings, LLC located at 623 Roosevelt Highway, Colchester to the State of Vermont.

Doug Nedde, co-founder and previous co-owner of Redstone, brings over 28 years of experience to Nedde Real Estate, a full service commercial real estate firm specializing in acquisitions, development, brokerage and property management.

Photo (left to right): Grant Butterfield (Nedde Real Estate), Randy Charlebois (Charlebois) and Phil Carter (State of Vermont).

BioTek’s Scientific Director, Dr. Peter Banks, was recently named to the Scientific & Editorial Advisory Board of the premier biotech publication, Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News (GEN). In this role, Dr. Banks will offer key insights to aid the publication as it addresses the broad commercial trajectory of the international bioindustry.

From coin identification to how our banking system works—Vermont students were challenged this year, through two financial literacy programs, to learn more about how our economy works. State Treasurer Beth Pearce recognized student achievement in the Reading is an Investment program and the Be Money Wise financial literacy poster contest. Both programs are administered by the Treasurer’s office.

The Special Olympics Vermont staff grew with the addition of a new Events

Manager, Sasha Fisher of Burlington. The organization also welcomed four new

Board members since the beginning of 2016.

Doug Nedde and Grant Butterfield from Nedde Real Estate

and Alain Youkel from Youkel Architecture + Development, have acquired

the 22,000 SF historic TD Bank building located at 8 North Main St in downtown

St Albans, Vermont from TD Bank. TD Bank will continue business

in the first floor of the building and plans have begun for renovations on the

second, third and fourth floors for market rate, modern apartments.

Photo (left to right): Doug Nedde (Nedde Real Estate), Alain Youkel (Youkel