Kenneth Gibbons

Kenneth Gibbons is the former President and CEO of Union Bank and the chairman of Union Bankshares, the parent company of Union Bank. He began his banking career in 1965 in Massachusetts and has worked in all areas of banking over the years. In 1975 Ken moved to Vermont, and joined Union Bank in 1984 as Vice President of Commercial Lending. He has served on many committees of the Vermont Bankers Association and is a past Chair of the Association’s Board of Directors. He has also been actively involved with the American Bankers Association and in 2011 he received the first ever Lifetime Achievement Award from the Vermont Small Business Administration. Ken and his wife, Janet, reside in Hyde Park, enjoy boating on Lake Champlain, and keep busy by volunteering in the Morrisville area. Some of the non-profit groups Ken has donated his time and expertise towards include the Craftsbury Community Care Center, the Johnson Friends of the  Arts, the Hyde Park Improvement Association, the Bliss Library Fund, The Village of Hyde Park, the Hyde Park Water & Light Department and the Lamoille Business and Educational Training Alliance. He also has a thirty-plus year association with Copley Hospital and has served on the Boards of the Vermont Chamber of Commerce and the Vermont Education and Health Buildings Finance Agency.