
ITHACA, N.Y. — Tompkins Financial Corporation (NYSE: TMP) recently announced that Daniel Fessenden has been elected chair of its board of directors.
He has served on the boards of Tompkins Financial, Tompkins Community Bank, and its Central New York market-based board. Fessenden brings extensive experience in government and public service, in addition to his well-developed business acumen, to the board. Since 2007, he has served as executive director of the Fred L. Emerson Foundation, a fifth-generation family foundation based in Auburn.
Fessenden previously served as an elected member of the New York State Assembly, government and community relations manager at Carrier Corporation, and the founding executive director of the Cornell Agriculture & Food Technology Park. A graduate of Cornell University, Fessenden remains actively engaged with numerous business, civic and educational organizations throughout Central New York, according to the announcement.
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Tompkins Financial is a banking and financial services company serving the Central, Western, and Hudson Valley regions of New York and the Southeastern region of Pennsylvania. Headquartered in Ithaca, Tompkins Financial is parent of Tompkins Community Bank and Tompkins Insurance Agencies.