Glenn B. Sutherland, President and CEO of Catskill Hudson Bank, Joins Board of Directors of NY Bankers Assn.

NEW YORK, NY (02/14/2013)(readMedia)-- Glenn B. Sutherland, President and Chief Executive Officer of Catskill Hudson Valley Bank and its parent Catskill Hudson Bancorp, Inc., headquartered in Kingston, New York, has joined the Board of Directors of the New York Bankers Association (NYBA), as Chairman of the Education Committee.

"As a long-time commercial banker, the leadership role as Chairman of the Education Committee and as a member of the Board of NYBA, provides me an opportunity to continue my role of creating a professional environment to further advance our financial services industry in our society," said Mr. Sutherland.

"Educating bankers is one of the most important missions of the Association, and we are lucky to have Glenn's leadership in the professional development of New York's financial services workforce," said Michael P. Smith, President and CEO of the New York Bankers Association.

Glenn B. Sutherland is President and Chief Executive Officer of Catskill Hudson Bank and its parent Catskill Hudson Bancorp, Inc. Catskill Hudson Bank, "Your Community Bank" with assets of approximately $400 million, is head-quartered in the Ulster County community of Kingston and provides banking services from the Catskill Mountains to the Hudson River through twelve banking offices in Orange, Sullivan, and Ulster Counties. The Bank was organized and opened in December 1993 as the Community Bank of Sullivan County; and during the last eight years, has expanded from its three banking offices with $73 million in assets. The Bank will continue its expansion into Orange, Ulster, and Dutchess counties.

About the New York Bankers Association

For more than a century, the New York Bankers Association (NYBA) has been at the vanguard of the financial services industry. NYBA is comprised of the commercial banks and thrift institutions that engage in the banking business in New York State. Our members have aggregate assets in excess of $10 trillion and more than 200,000 New York employees.