Jim Kisch

Jim Kisch has extensive work experience in the banking and financial industry. Jim currently serves as the President and CEO of Passumpsic Savings Bank, where they lead a full-service financial organization with 12 locations in Vermont and New Hampshire. Jim is also the Chairman of the Board at Northeast Home Loan, LLC.

Additionally, Jim holds various advisory and leadership positions in industry organizations and councils. Jim is a member of the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston's Community Depository Institutions Advisory Council (CDIAC) and serves on the Executive Council of the Vermont Bankers Association. Jim has been involved with the American Bankers Association as a past Board Member and currently as a member of the Innovation Committee.

Jim is also actively involved in promoting economic development and community well-being in their region. Jim serves as a member on the Member Advisory Panel at the Federal Home Loan Bank of Boston and as a Board Member of the Vermont Futures Project, which aims to enhance Vermont's economic future. Furthermore, Jim is a Director of the New England-Canada Business Council, where they contribute to advancing business, political, and cultural issues between Canada and the United States.

Their involvement in higher education includes being a Business School Advisory Board Member at Northern Vermont University. In addition, Jim serves as the Treasurer on the Board of the Northeast Kingdom Collaborative, an organization focused on coordinated economic and community development in the region.

Jim Kisch received their Bachelor of Science degree in Economics from the University of Minnesota, where they studied from 1986 to 1991. Later, from 1997 to 2000, they attended the University of Wisconsin-Madison's Graduate School of Banking, where they focused on Banking.