Union Bank & Trust (UBT) (UBT.com) recently promoted Tom Jara to the position of Vice President of Business Development at its University of Nebraska – Lincoln location.
Jara started at UBT in 2018 as a floating teller and has worked in the Customer Service department since promoting to personal banker later that year, branch manager in 2019, and regional manager in 2020. In his new role, Jara will be responsible for overseeing the UNL branch and cultivating relationships between the branch team and UNL students, faculty, and staff.
A graduate of Bellevue University with a bachelor’s degree in business administration, Jara is the co-chair of UBT’s internal Community Involvement committee. An active member of the community, Jara is a member of Leadership Lincoln’s Flagship 40 Cohort, serves as secretary of the board of directors of the Boys and Girls Club of Lincoln and Lancaster County, and volunteers for Junior Achievement and as a TeamMates mentor.
Union Bank & Trust is a privately-owned Nebraska bank that offers complete banking, lending, investment, and trust services, in addition to serving as program manager for Nebraska’s NEST College Savings Plan. The bank has 34 full-service and loan production offices in Nebraska and Kansas. It is the third-largest privately owned bank in Nebraska, with bank assets of $8.7 billion and trust assets of $40 billion as of December 31, 2024. Learn more at UBT.com.