Officers & Directors

Paul Battaglia has served as a Director of the Company since 2010 and was a Director of TFA Management, Inc. f/k/a AM&M Financial Services, Inc. from April-December 2010. He has served as a Director for the Bank of Castile since January 2011. He became Chairman of the Audit Committee in May 2011. In 2015 he was appointed to the Board of Directors of TFA Management, Inc. and to the Corporate Credit Oversight Committee of the Company's Board of Directors. Until his retirement in 2018, Mr. Battaglia served as a Managing Director of Freed Maxick CPAs, P.C., a 300-person "Top 100" public accounting firm headquartered in Western New York. As a Managing Director, Mr. Battaglia managed the operations of the firm’s Batavia office in addition to providing consulting services on various transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, design and implementation of financing plans, estate planning and business succession planning to his clients. He served on the firm's Executive, Compensation, and Finance Committees, and was a Trustee for the firm's retirement plan. He is a Certified Public Accountant, a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the New York State Society of Certified Public Accountants. Mr. Battaglia currently provides consulting services in the areas of mergers and acquisitions, estate and succession planning, trust administration and financing to various clients. Mr. Battaglia has demonstrated significant involvement through years of service as a director for regional economic development organizations, and through service on the boards of many charitable and educational organizations.  We believe Mr. Battaglia's qualifications to serve on our Board of Directors include his 46 years of experience in public accounting dealing with financial and accounting matters for complex organizations. He has acquired a deep understanding of the Western New York business environment during his years of working with commercial clients in the region.

Nancy E. Catarisano

Nancy E. Catarisano served as a Director for the Bank of Castile from July 2020 through its consolidation with Tompkins Community Bank on January 1, 2022, and now serves as a Community Bank Board Director for Tompkins Community Bank Western New York.  Ms. Catarisano joined Insero & Co., a “Top 100” full‑service public accounting firm located in Rochester, NY, in 1999 and currently serves as the firm’s Managing Partner.  She founded the firm’s Outsource Accounting Services Group, and provides outsource financial services to her clients that include matters relating to accounting transaction processing and cash management, strategic planning, equity and debt financings, and mergers and acquisitions.  As Managing Partner, Ms. Catarisano has doubled the size of the firm.  She is a Certified Public Accounts, a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, and the New York State Society of Certified Public Accountants.  Ms. Catarisano serves as Chair of the Board of Trustees of the Al Sigl Community of Agencies and is an active member of the agency’s Executive, Finance, Audit, and Investment Committees.  She is also actively involved with many different business, community, and charitable organizations across Western New York.

Daniel J. Fessenden 

Daniel J. Fessenden has served as a Director of the Company since 2009, as a Director of Tompkins Trust Company since January 2009, and as a Director of TFA Management, Inc. since 2011. Mr. Fessenden served as a member of the New York State Assembly from 1993 to 1999. He has served as the Executive Director of the Fred L. Emerson Foundation, a family foundation located in Auburn, New York since January 2007. From 2004 to 2006 he served as the founding Executive Director of the Cornell Agriculture & Food Technology Park, Geneva, New York.  Mr. Fessenden has been actively engaged with numerous business, civic and educational organizations throughout the Central New York region.  We believe Mr. Fessenden’s qualifications to sit on our Board of Directors include his extensive experience in government and public service, his executive experience in the private sector, his active engagement with civic organizations, and his deep connections to the Central New York business community.

Patricia A. Johnson

Angela B. Lee

Angela B. Lee served as a Director for Tompkins Trust Company from December 2021 through its consolidation with Tompkins Community Bank on January 1, 2022, and now serves as a Community Bank Board Director for Tompkins Community Bank Central New York.  She is Chief Diversity Officer at Baxter International, Inc., a global public medical healthcare company, where she works to help the organization enhance a culture of belonging by leading efforts to embed diversity, equity, and inclusion across all aspects of Baxter’s business.  Previously, Ms. Lee served as Vice President of Human Resources, and Chief Talent & Diversity Officer at Hill‑Rom Holdings, Inc., which was recently acquired by Baxter International.  Ms. Lee has more than 25 years of experience as a human resources executive, which includes extensive strategic business partnering skills; talent management; talent acquisition; total rewards; diversity, equity, and inclusion; employee relations; and cultural integration.  Ms. Lee is an active member of her community, working with civic and charitable organizations in the Central New York area.

Ita M. Rahilly

Ita M. Rahilly has served as a director of Tompkins Mahopac Bank since July 2018.  She has served as a Tax Partner with the firm of RBT CPAs, LLP in Newburgh, NY since August 1999 and she is the Partner in charge of the firm’s tax division where she assists closely-held businesses and their shareholders and high net worth individuals in achieving their goals.  She is an Accredited Estate Planner, is a member of the Governing Council of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA), President of the New York State Society of Certified Public Accountants (NYSSCPA), a member of the National Association of Estate Planners and Councils (NAEPC), and the Hudson Valley Estate Planning Council.  Ms. Rahilly is highly regarded by clients and peers and widely recognized for her expertise in estates, trusts and succession planning, corporate, partnerships, international taxation, and non-profit information reporting.  We believe Ms. Rahilly’s qualifications to sit on our Board of Directors include her 25 years of extensive public accounting experience  dealing with financial and accounting matters for complex organizations. She has acquired a deep understanding of the Hudson Valley business environment during her years of working with commercial clients in the region.

Michael H. Spain

Jennifer Tegan

Jennifer Tegan has served as a Director of Tompkins Trust Company since 2016.  She is a founding partner of Cayuga Venture Fund (CVF), located in Ithaca, NY. Since starting with CVF in 2002, Ms. Tegan has been working with, supporting and financing entrepreneurs in technology-based companies across a broad spectrum of industries.  Ms. Tegan serves on the boards of several of CVF’s privately-owned portfolio companies as well as a national trade organization board.  Ms. Tegan’s civic commitments include service on the board of a local educational organization, as well as board service for non-profit organizations which support regional economic growth and capital access for regional entrepreneurs.  We believe Ms. Tegan’s qualifications to sit on our Board of Directors include her extensive experience fostering the development of early stage businesses in our local market, the banking industry knowledge she has acquired through her service on the Tompkins Trust Company Board of Directors, and her demonstrated commitment to local economic development and other civic engagement in the Tompkins County region.