NBT Bank's David Raven Elected Vice Chair of Retail Banking Division of NY Bankers Association

Raven Is NBT Bank President of Retail Banking

NEW YORK, NY (06/02/2014)(readMedia)-- New York, NY- 5/19/2014 – NBT Bank President of Retail Banking David E. Raven was recently elected by his peers to serve as Vice Chairman of the Retail Banking Division of the New York Bankers Association. Mr. Raven will also serve on the Association's Board of Directors. "We are fortunate to have someone with David's skill and expertise helping to lead the Retail Division for the coming year. Retail banking is dynamic, and will continue to see change and innovation at a rapid pace in the near term. David is the right person to help guide the work of the Division at this time," said Michael P. Smith, President and CEO of the 120-year-old New York Bankers Association. "It is an honor to have been elected Vice Chairman of the Association's Retail Division," David Raven said. "I look forward to the opportunity to help the Division as it moves forward with its mission." Mr. Raven has 30 years of experience in the financial services industry. He joined NBT Bank in 1996 as vice president of sales and administration. In 2000, he was promoted to president and chief operating officer of Pennstar Bank, a division of NBT Bank in northeastern Pennsylvania. In 2005, he was appointed chief executive officer. In 2006, he was named president of retail banking for NBT Bank and Pennstar Bank. Following the consolidation of Pennstar Bank into NBT Bank in 2014, he assumed the additional role of president of Pennsylvania for NBT Bank. The Retail Division of the New York Bankers Association is responsible for setting professional development goals for the hundreds of bankers across the State of New York who look to the Association for educational programming in the aspect of the banking business. The Division also advises the Association's Board of Directors on matters of retail banking policy as they relate to legislation and regulation. The New York Bankers Association is a statewide banking industry trade group comprised of community, regional, and money center banks and thrift institutions. Its members hold aggregate assets of $10 trillion. NBT Bank offers personal banking, asset management and business services through a network of over 155 banking locations in five states, including upstate New York, northeastern Pennsylvania, northwestern Vermont, western Massachusetts and southern New Hampshire. NBT Bank and its parent company, NBT Bancorp Inc., are headquartered in Norwich, N.Y. NBT Bancorp Inc. had assets of $7.8 billion as of March 31, 2014.