The Maine Real Estate & Development Association (MEREDA) is pleased to announce that Michael P. O’Reilly, Vice President of Commercial Banking at Bangor Savings Bank has been elected to its Board of Directors.

Michael O’Reilly is a Vice President of Commercial Lending for Bangor Savings Bank working in the Southern Maine marketplace. Mr. O’Reilly handles mostly larger commercial transactions involving Commercial and Industrial borrowers and also deals with most of the larger Commercial Real Estate borrowers at the Bank.

Mr. O’Reilly has over 19 years of experience in Banking and in addition to Commercial Lending, helped to start the Small Business Lending Department at his previous employer. A former Treasurer and current board member of the National Kidney Foundation of Maine, Mr. O’Reilly also works with the Southern Maine Chapter of the University of Maine Alumni Association on their golf tournament committee.

Mr. O’Reilly is a 1987 graduate of the University of Maine and lives in Scarborough with his wife Joanne and three children, Madison, Jake and Felicia. He is active in youth sports and coaching in Scarborough.

According to Shelly R. Clark, Business & Operations Manager of MEREDA, “We are extremely pleased that Mike accepted our invitation to participate at the board level, as well as on our Membership and Marketing Committee. We welcome his enthusiasm and look forward to working with him.”

The Maine Real Estate & Development Association (MEREDA) is an organization whose mission is to promote an environment for responsible development and ownership of real estate throughout the State. MEREDA accomplishes its mission through legislative advocacy, regulatory oversight, sponsorship of programs and conferences, and by serving as a unified and proactive representative for real estate and economic development interests.