ITHACA, N.Y. — Tompkins Financial Corp. (NYSE: TMP) announced it has named Brian A. Howard president of Tompkins Financial Advisors, its wealth-management division.
Howard will also serve as a member of the leadership team of Tompkins Financial. He joined the financial company on July 25, it said in a news release.
Howard brings more than 30 years of leadership experience with nationally recognized financial-services firms to his position at Tompkins Financial Advisors. Most recently, he served as a senior VP, market manager for KeyBank covering the Central New York region, where he oversaw the bank’s full-service, wealth-management division for high-net-worth clients. At US Trust, Bank of America Private Wealth Management, Howard held leadership positions including managing director; market executive for the Boston market; and senior VP, market leader for the Central New York market, the release stated.
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A Syracuse resident, Howard will be based at Tompkins Financial Advisors’ Ithaca office. The firm also has offices in Pittsford and White Plains, New York, and Wyomissing and Blue Bell, Pennsylvania.
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