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Bedford resident joins American Cancer Society

Peter Labombarde, of Bedford, has been named director of estate and gift planning for the American Cancer Society.

As director in the society’s Planned Giving Business Unit, Labombarde helps clients understand how they can contribute to the fight against cancer through a variety of planned giving vehicles, such as bequests, charitable gift annuities, charitable trusts and other planned giving methods. Labombarde works closely with clients’ attorneys, accountants and other estate-planning professionals.

From the society’s office in Bedford, Labombarde covers New Hampshire, Vermont and Maine. Before joining the Planned Giving Business Unit, he was senior wealth management officer for People’s United Bank in Manchester. He has more than 25 years’ experience as a trust officer, working with individuals and families to meet their investment, estate planning and charitable giving goals, and partnering with their legal and tax advisors to provide integrated solutions to their planning needs.

Labombarde received his bachelor’s degree from Colby College in Waterville, Maine, and master’s degrees from Cornell University and Florida State University. He graduated with honors from the American Bankers’ Association’s National Graduate Trust School at Northwestern University, earning the Certified Financial Services designation. He is a member of the New Hampshire Estate Planning Council, the Planned Giving Group of New England and the Queen City Rotary Club.

Labombarde worked for many years as a volunteer for the American Cancer Society, serving as treasurer and chairman of the former New Hampshire Division, and as treasurer of the New England Division of the society. He received the society’s Singer Family Financial Stewardship Award in 2002, and in 2009, he was the recipient of the American Cancer Society St. George National Award – one of the highest recognitions of distinguished volunteer service presented by the organization.

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