Empower Federal Credit Union

PETE THOMSON has been named VP, commercial credit officer in the business lending department at Empower Federal Credit Union. A graduate of the University at Buffalo with a bachelor’s degree in business administration, he has more than 30 years of banking experience, including 13 years in commercial lending to businesses in New York state.

MIKE DUNNE has been named VP, commercial loan officer in the business lending department at Empower. He graduated from Siena College, with a bachelor’s degree in business administration-accounting, and has more than 30 years of commercial-lending experience. Dunne is also a decorated veteran of the U.S. Army, having served five tours of duty in Desert Storm, Bosnia, Afghanistan, and Iraq (two).