LEWISTON — Northeast Bank announces that Jeanne Hulit, president of the bank’s community banking division, was elected to the National Association of Government Guaranteed Lenders board of directors.

The national trade association is the only one that serves the needs and represents the interests of the Small Business Administration lending community, supporting efforts to finance a wide variety of small business needs through the SBA’s primary loan program. Hulit joins five directors elected by the membership in 2015 to serve three-year terms, and will formally join the 25-person board beginning this month.

Hulit is responsible for leading Northeast Bank’s commercial, retail and residential lending efforts in the state of Maine.