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Michael Alberts is Senior Vice President of Commercial Lending. Michael has over 20 years of banking experience. He was employed at Fleet Bank for 15 years in a variety of roles including Commercial Credit Analyst, Commercial Lending Officer, Commercial Area Manager, and Commercial Regional Manager. Subsequently he served in a variety of retail banking, strategic planning and financial planning roles with Fleet Bank, his own firm, and most recently Savings Institute Bank & Trust. Mr. Alberts has been a State Representative for the 50th district since 2005, and is the Ranking Member of the legislature’s Veterans’ Affairs Committee. He also serves on the General Assembly’s Commerce, Finance, Revenue and Bonding committees. From 1980 to 1985, Mr. Alberts served on active duty as an Air Force officer. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in 1980, he was promoted to Captain in 1984. While on active duty, Michael became certified as a fully-qualified air traffic control officer at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base in North Carolina. At Loring Air Force Base in Maine, he was Chief and Deputy Chief of Air Traffic Control Operations. In recognition of his military achievements, Mr. Alberts was awarded the Meritorious Service Medal in May of 1985. After leaving active duty, Mr. Alberts served in the 103rd Tactical Fighter Group of the Connecticut Air National Guard, and was promoted to Major. He resigned his position with the unit in 1989. Mr. Alberts holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree in English and a Masters Degree in Business Administration from the University of Connecticut. He received his Certified Financial Planner License® in 2000. Michael was elected Selectman for the Town of Woodstock in 2005. He also served Woodstock as Chairman of its Board of Finance and its Middle School Building Committee, and previously held alternate positions on the Board of Finance and the Economic Development Commission. Mr. Alberts was also a member of the Board of Directors of the Woodstock Lions Club. He resides in Woodstock with his two children. | 