Union Bank & Trust recently welcomed Jason Merritt as Assistant Vice President—Private Banking and Commercial Lending.  Merritt has over 12 years of industry experience, most recently as Assistant Vice President at Bankers’ Bank of the West in Lincoln. Merritt earned a degree in Business Administration with an emphasis on Finance from the University of Nebraska—Lincoln. Union Bank & Trust also recently promoted Ginna Claussen and Debbie Griffin to Officers in Human Resources.  Claussen joined the bank in 2011 and has over 21 years of industry experience, and is responsible for developing and maintaining consistent procedures for compensation initiatives. Griffin joined the bank in 2004 and has over 20 years of industry experience, and is responsible for designing and implementing the bank’s comprehensive benefits package to meet the diverse needs of all associates and their family members.

Union Bank & Trust Company is a privately owned, Nebraska bank that offers complete banking, lending, investment and trust services. The bank has thirty-six full service and loan production offices in Nebraska and Kansas. In addition to Lincoln and Omaha, branches are located in nineteen Nebraska communities and the Kansas City metro area. It is the third largest privately-owned bank in Nebraska with bank assets of $2.7 billion and trust assets under management of $10.7 billion as of December 31, 2012.

For more information about Union Bank & Trust, you can visit their website at www.ubt.com.