Company: CMTV
Filing Date: 2025-04-09
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001174947-25-000534
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Company: COMMUNITY BANCORP /VT
Filing Date: 2025-04-09
Form: DEF 14A
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 Vice President and Head of Indiana Commercial/Business Banking at Northwest Bank from April 2020 to March 2021. Prior to that he was the Senior Vice President of Commercial and Business Banking at MutualBank in Indiana from 2005 to 2020 before its acquisition by Northwest Bank in April 2020. 11 Chris is a 2008 Graduate of the Stonier Graduate School of Banking. He holds a Master’s Degree in Business Administration from Anderson University, a Master’s Degree from Ohio University and a Bachelor of Science Degree from Manchester College. Chris is the Chair of the Green Mountain United Way Board of Directors. He also serves as a Board Member of the Manchester University Board of Trustees and the NEK Collaborative board. The breadth of banking experience that Chris brings to the Board is particularly valuable, especially in the all-important area of commercial lending. Chris serves on the Company’s Corporate Governance/Nominating Committee and on the Bank’s Risk Management Committee. He lives in Newport, Vermont. Aminta Conant– Minty joined the Boards of the Company and the Bank in 2006. She is a successful business woman with experience running manufacturing facilities in Vermont, New Hampshire and North Carolina. For several years Minty has provided business consulting services to companies across the United States and Europe. She is part owner of the Vermont distillery, Caledonia Spirits / Barr Hill, at which she currently serves as Special Projects Manager and previously served as CFO. Previously, she served as the director of Lean Six Sigma programs for Lydall, Inc., an international manufacturing company listed on the New York Stock Exchange. Minty is a CPA and has an MBA degree, and brings to the Board not only her experience and knowledge of accounting, finance, and good business practices, but also her experience in working in a public company much larger than Community Bancorp. That perspective is a rarity for community bank directors and a real asset to the Board. She serves on the Company’s Audit Committee and chairs the Compensation Committee. Minty has been a director since 2006, and prior to that served on our St. Johnsbury Advisory Board. She lives in Barnet, Vermont. Jacques Couture– Jacques joined the Boards of the Company and the Bank in 1992, and prior to that he served on our Troy Advisory Board. Jacques is a former dairy farmer and currently operates Couture's Maple Shop/B&B on their family farm in Westfield. They produce maple syrup from their 8000-tap maple sugarbush, and retail a