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Board of Directors
James J. Byrnes Chairman
James J. Byrnes served as the Company's Chief Executive Officer from its formation in 1995 until his retirement on December 31, 2006, and has served as the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Company since its formation in 1995. He served as President of Tompkins Trust Company beginning in 1989 through 2002 and again in 2006. Mr. Byrnes currently serves as Chairman of the Board of Directors of Tompkins Trustco, Inc. He also serves as Chairman of Tompkins Trust Company, and as a director of Mahopac National Bank and AM&M Financial Services, Inc. (“AM&M”), each a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company. He also serves as Chairman of the board of New York Business Development Corporation. Prior to 1989, Mr. Byrnes was an officer with other banking companies.
Thomas R. Salm Vice Chairman
Thomas R. Salm has served as a director of the Company since 1995 and as a director of Tompkins Trust Company since 1981. On April 25, 2006, he was appointed Vice Chairman of the Company and of Tompkins Trust Company. Prior to his retirement on August 31, 2002, Mr. Salm served as Vice President for Business Affairs at Ithaca College, Ithaca, New York for 26 years.
Stephen S. Romaine President and Chief Executive Officer
Stephen S. Romaine was appointed to serve as a director of the Company on January 1, 2007. Pursuant the management succession plan adopted by the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Succession Plan”), Mr. Romaine was appointed President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company effective January 1, 2007. He had served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Mahopac National Bank from January 1, 2003 through December 31, 2006. Prior to this appointment, Mr. Romaine was Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Manager, Support Services Division of Mahopac National Bank. Mr. Romaine currently serves on the boards of the New York Bankers Association and the Independent Bankers Association.
James Walter Fulmer Vice Chairman
James W. Fulmer served as President and a director of the Company since 2000. Pursuant to the Succession Plan, Mr. Fulmer was appointed Vice Chairman of the Company effective January 1, 2007. He also serves as a director of The Bank of Castile, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company, and has served in such capacity since 1988 and as its Chairman since 1992. Effective December 18, 2002, he assumed the additional responsibilities of President and Chief Executive Officer of The Bank of Castile. Mr. Fulmer serves as a director of Mahopac National Bank, and has served in such capacity since 1999, and as Chairman of Tompkins Insurance Agencies since January 1, 2001. He served as the President and Chief Executive Officer of Letchworth Independent Bancshares Corporation from 1991 until its merger with the Company in 1999. Mr. Fulmer also served as the Chief Executive Officer of The Bank of Castile from 1996 through April 2000. In 2006, he was appointed to serve as a member of the board of directors of the Federal Home Loan Bank of New York, effective January 2007. He also actively serves as a member of the board of directors of Erie and Niagara Insurance Association, the United Memorial Medical Center, the Cherry Valley Cooperative Insurance Company, and the Genesee County Economic Development Center.
John E. Alexander
John E. Alexander has served as a director of the Company since 1995 and as a director of Tompkins Trust Company since 1993. Mr. Alexander was a principal stockholder and served as President and Chief Executive Officer of The CBORD Group, Inc., a computer software company which Mr. Alexander founded in 1975, until July 1, 2004. Mr. Alexander currently serves as Chairman of the Board of The CBORD Group.
Daniel J. Fessenden
Daniel J. Fessenden was elected as a director of Tompkins Trust Company effective January 1, 2009. Mr. Fessenden served as a member of the New York State Assembly from 1993 to 1999. He currently serves as the Executive Director of the Fred L. Emerson Foundation, a fourth generation family foundation located in Auburn, New York. From 2004 to 2006 he served as the founding Executive Director of the Cornell & Food Technology Park, Geneva, New York. Prior to 2004, Mr. Fessenden served as a key member of the government relations team for the Carrier Corporation, Syracuse, New York.
Reeder D. Gates
Reeder D. Gates has served as a director of the Company since 1995 and as a director of Tompkins Trust Company since 1985. Prior to his retirement in 2005, Mr. Gates was the President of R. D. Gates, Ltd., a company engaged in owning and operating community pharmacies, since January 1972
James R. Hardie
James R. Hardie has served as a director of the Company since 2001. Mr. Hardie has been Vice Chairman of the board of directors of Tompkins Insurance Agencies, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company, since August 1, 2002. He was President of Austin, Hardie, Wise Agency, Inc. from 1974 until January 1, 2001, when he became President, Chief Executive Officer and a director of Tompkins Insurance Agencies. Effective January 1, 2003, Mr. Hardie's role as President and Chief Executive Officer was assumed by David S. Boyce; although Mr. Hardie no longer serves as the President and Chief Executive Officer of Tompkins Insurance Agencies, he continues to be employed by Tompkins Insurance Agencies as a producer. Mr. Hardie is the managing member of Bennington Farms, LLC, a property leasing company.
Carl E. Haynes
Carl D. Haynes served as a director of the Company from 1996 until 2000 and was re-appointed on February 20, 2007. He has served as a director of Tompkins Trust Company since 1996. Dr. Haynes has been President of Tompkins Cortland Community College since 1995. He also is Chairman of the board of directors at the Cayuga Medical Center, serves on the board of directors of the TC-3 Foundation, Therm, Inc., CNY Regional Alliance, Cortland Business Network, Cortland County Business Development Corporation, Cayuga-Cortland Workforce Investment Board, Tompkins County Area Development Corporation, Tompkins County Workforce Development, Association of Presidents of Public Community Colleges, Community Colleges for International Development, and Chair of the Academy International Advisory Board.
Patricia A. Johnson
Patricia A. Johnson currently serves as a director of Tompkins Trust Company, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company, and has served in such capacity since 2002. Ms Johnson began with Cornell University as the Assistant Treasurer in 1995 and has been Treasurer since March, 1999. Ms. Johnson serves, or has served, on numerous professional and community associations and boards of director, including the McGraw Housing Company, where she served as a director and served as President in 2003, the Ladies Union Benevolent Society, where she served as Treasurer, the Paleontological Research Institution, where she serves as Treasurer, Planned Parenthood of the Southern Finger Lakes, where she serves as a director, and previously served as Chair of the finance committee, and is currently the Vice Chair, Tompkins County Foundation, where she serves as Vice President, the United Educators Insurance Company, where she serves as a director and as a member of the investment committee, the Tompkins County Area Development where she serves as a director and as a member of the executive committee. She was also a member of the NACUBO Accounting Principles Council, and is currently a member of the Association for Financial Professionals.
Thomas R. Rochon
Thomas R. Rochon was elected as a director of Tompkins Trust Company effective January 1, 2009. In July 2008, Dr. Rochon was appointed President of Ithaca College. Prior to his appointment, he served from 2003 to July 2008 as the Executive Vice President and Chief Academic Officer for the University of St. Thomas in Minnesota. Dr. Rochon also served as a Professor in St. Thomas’s Political Science Department. From 2002 to 2003, he was the Executive Director of the Graduate Record Examinations program at the Educational Testing Service (ETS).
William D. Spain Jr.
William D. Spain, Jr. has served as a director of the Company since 2000. He also serves as a director of Mahopac National Bank, and has served in such capacity since 1991, and as Chairman of the Board of Directors of Mahopac National Bank since 2000. He has been the Managing Partner of Spain & Spain, PC, a law firm in Mahopac, New York, since 1983. Mr. Spain is also a General Partner in W. D. Spain & Sons, LLP, a family limited partnership that owns Common Stock of the Company.
Michael H. Spain
Michael H. Spain has served as a director of the Company since 2000. Mr. Spain also serves as a director of Mahopac National Bank, and has served in such capacity since since 1992. Mr. Spain also owns and serves as the President of the Spain Agency, an insurance agency located in Mahopac, New York. Mr. Spain is also a General Partner in W. D. Spain & Sons, LLP, a family limited partnership that owns Common Stock of the Company; President of Sleeping Indian, LLC, and Trail Property, Inc, real estate holding companies; and President of Wind River, LLC and Indian Paintbrush, LLC, companies engaged in real estate development.
Craig Yunker
Craig Yunker has served as a director of the Company since 2000 and as a director of The Bank of Castile since 1991. He is the Managing Member of CY Farms, LLC, CY Properties, LLC, CY Heifer Farm, LLC, Batavia Turf, LLC, Provitello, LLC, companies engaged in farming, and Agricultural Development Services, LLC, an agricultural consulting business. Since 2001, he has served as a Trustee of Cornell University.
Paul J. Battaglia
Susan A. Henry
Sandra A. Parker
Leadership Team
Stephen S. Romaine President & Chief Executive Officer
Stephen S. Romaine was appointed to serve as a director of the Company on January 1, 2007. Pursuant the management succession plan adopted by the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Succession Plan”), Mr. Romaine was appointed President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company effective January 1, 2007. He had served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Mahopac National Bank from January 1, 2003 through December 31, 2006. Prior to this appointment, Mr. Romaine was Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Manager, Support Services Division of Mahopac National Bank. Mr. Romaine currently serves on the boards of the New York Bankers Association and the Independent Bankers Association.
Robert B. Bantle Executive Vice President
Robert B. Bantle has been employed by the Company since March 2001. He currently serves as Executive Vice President of Tompkins Shared Services, a group that provides support to the Company in the areas of Operations, Information Technology, Human Resources, Training & Development, Remote Banking, Collections, and Card Services. Prior to this assignment, he was primarily responsible for the Company’s retail banking services.
Francis M. Fetsko Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer & Treasurer
Francis M. Fetsko has been employed by the Company since 1996, and has served as Chief Financial Officer since December 2000. In July 2003, he was promoted to Executive Vice President. Mr. Fetsko also serves as Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of Tompkins Trust Company.
James Walter Fulmer Vice Chairman
James W. Fulmer served as President and a director of the Company since 2000. Pursuant to the Succession Plan, Mr. Fulmer was appointed Vice Chairman of the Company effective January 1, 2007. He also serves as a director of The Bank of Castile, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company, and has served in such capacity since 1988 and as its Chairman since 1992. Effective December 18, 2002, he assumed the additional responsibilities of President and Chief Executive Officer of The Bank of Castile. Mr. Fulmer serves as a director of Mahopac National Bank, and has served in such capacity since 1999, and as Chairman of Tompkins Insurance Agencies since January 1, 2001. He served as the President and Chief Executive Officer of Letchworth Independent Bancshares Corporation from 1991 until its merger with the Company in 1999. Mr. Fulmer also served as the Chief Executive Officer of The Bank of Castile from 1996 through April 2000. In 2006, he was appointed to serve as a member of the board of directors of the Federal Home Loan Bank of New York, effective January 2007. He also actively serves as a member of the board of directors of Erie and Niagara Insurance Association, the United Memorial Medical Center, the Cherry Valley Cooperative Insurance Company, and the Genesee County Economic Development Center.
David S. Boyce Executive Vice President
David S. Boyce has been employed by the Company since January 2001 and was promoted to Executive Vice President in April 2004. He was appointed President and Chief Executive Officer of Tompkins Insurance Agencies in 2002. He has been employed by Tompkins Insurance Agencies, and a predecessor company to Tompkins Insurance Agencies for 16 years.
Gregory J. Hartz Executive Vice President
Gregory J. Hartz has been employed by the Company since 2002 and was appointed President and Chief Executive Officer of Tompkins Trust Company and Executive Vice President of the Company effective January 1, 2007. Previously, he was Senior Vice President of Tompkins Trust Company, with responsibility for Tompkins Investment Services.
Gerald J. Klein Jr. Executive Vice President
Gerald J. Klein, Jr. has been employed by the Company since 1995 and was appointed President and Chief Executive Officer of Mahopac National Bank and Executive Vice President of the Company effective January 1, 2007. Previously, he was Executive Vice President of Mahopac National Bank, responsible for all lending and credit functions at the Bank.
Thomas James Rogers Executive Vice President
Thomas J. Rogers has been employed by the Company since its acquisition of AM&M Financial Services, Inc. in January 2006, and was appointed President and Chief Executive Officer of AM&M Financial Services, Inc. at that time. He was appointed Executive Vice President of the Company on January 24, 2007. He was been employed by AM&M Financial Services, Inc. since 1998.
Kathleen M. Rooney Executive Vice President
Kathleen M. Rooney has been employed by the Company since April 2004 and has served as Senior Vice President and Corporate Marketing Officer since April 2005. She was appointed Executive Vice President of the Company on April 24, 2007. Ms. Rooney is also a Senior Vice President of Mahopac National Bank with responsibility for the Bank’s Community Banking Division. Prior to joining the Company, Ms. Rooney was employed by JP Morgan Chase for over 28 years in various capacities, most recently as the Senior Vice President and Investments Executive responsible for sales, service, operation and compliance of brokerage, portfolio management and trust products for the retail bank.
Richard W. Page Jr. Senior Vice President
Richard W. Page, Jr. has been employed with Tompkins since 2007 as its Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer. He was made a Senior Vice President of the Company, effective August 4, 2008. Formerly with IBM, Rick is a graduate of Buffalo University, with an MBA from Syracuse University.
