NBT BANK ANNOUNCES THREE NEW MEMBERS OF ADVISORY BOARD


Patrick FlanaganNORWICH, N.Y. (OCTOBER 6, 2009) – NBT Bank President and Chief Executive Officer Martin Dietrich announced that Patrick Flanagan, Drake Lamen and Christopher Taft have joined the bank’s advisory board.


Patrick Flanagan is an attorney for Nelson & Flanagan in Norwich. His areas of practice include forming and advising businesses, civil litigation, estate planning and residential and commercial real estate. He has been practicing law since 1994 and has served as corporation counsel for the City of Norwich since 2001. He has a bachelor’s degree in business management and marketing from Cornell University and a law degree from Syracuse University.Drake Lamen


Drake Lamen, M.D., is president and chief executive officer of Chenango Memorial Hospital in Norwich. He is also a member of the senior management team of Binghamton-based United Health Services, which operates Chenango Memorial Hospital. He has overseen the hospital since 2006 and has been a medical administrator since 1986. He has a bachelor’s degree from Yale University and a medical degree from the State University of New York Upstate Medical University in Syracuse.


Christopher Taft Christopher Taft is president and chief executive officer of Preferred Mutual Insurance Company in New Berlin. He also serves on Preferred Mutual’s board of directors and has held executive positions at the company since 1995. He is a certified public accountant and certified insurance counselor. He is director of the American Association of Insurance Services and a member of the Society of Certified Insurance Counselors. He has a bachelor’s degree in accounting from Clarkson University.


“We are pleased to have Patrick Flanagan, Drake Lamen and Christopher Taft on our advisory board,” Dietrich said. “Each of them brings an expertise that will help guide our business activities.”


NBT Bank provides personal banking, asset management and business services. The independent community bank, based in Norwich, N.Y., has 85 offices in upstate New York and northwestern Vermont. NBT Bank’s parent company, NBT Bancorp Inc., had assets of $5.4 billion as of June 30, 2009.
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