Sector: Financials
Director information for FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS INC (data for year 2026)
| Name | Position | Age | Qualifications and Experience | Committee Memberships | Filing Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ANDREW W. DORN, JR. | Director | 75 | ["Chair, Coal Ash Recycling, LLC, since 2021","Co-Managing Director of Energy Solutions Consortium, LLC (2015-2021)","Managing member of Moundsville Power LLC (2012-2015)","Chair and Chief Financial Officer of Demand Response Partners, Inc. (2008-2015)","President and Chief Investment Officer of Hunterview LLC (2008-2013)","Led formation of Great Lakes Bancorp, parent company of Greater Buffalo Savings Bank; President and CEO (1997-2008)","Led formation of Jamestown Savings Bank; President and CEO (1994-1997)","Independent Health Association","Past Public Company Boards: Great Lakes Bancorp","Past Nonprofit Boards: Brooks Memorial Hospital (Vice Chair), Buffalo Urban League, Chautauqua County Fund for the Arts (Chair), D’Youville College (Chair), Health Foundation for Western & Central New York, Northern Chautauqua Chamber of Commerce (President), The Western New York Foundation, United Way of Chautauqua County (Vice Chair), and several other local community and nonprofit boards","University at Buffalo-State University of New York","MBA, Canisius College"] | ["Management Development & Compensation","Executive","Risk Oversight"] | 2026 |
| ANGELA J. PANZARELLA | Director | 68 | ["CEO of the YWCA of Rochester and Monroe County (2018-2020)","President of ACM Medical Laboratory, Inc. (2010-2015)","Industry Consultant (2008-2010)","Corporate Vice President, Global Vision Care at Bausch + Lomb (2002-2008)","President, Canada and Latin America at Bausch + Lomb (2007-2008)","Diverse business experience at Bausch + Lomb during 20-year tenure starting in 1988","Associate Attorney, Harris Beach PLLC (1982-1988)","Past Public Company Boards - Transcat Inc.","Past Nonprofit Boards - UR Medicine Home Care, United Way of Greater Rochester, St. Ann’s Community","BA, St. John Fisher College","JD, Albany Law School of Union University"] | ["Management Development & Compensation","Audit"] | 2026 |
| BRUCE W. HARTING | Director | 68 | ["Managing Director, Wedbush Securities, since 2023","Team Chief Investment Officer, Private Wealth Advisor at Rockefeller Capital Management (2022)","Managing Director, Investment Banking, Deutsche Bank (2017-2022)","Managing Director, Investment Banking, Credit Suisse (2015-2017)","Managing Director, Investment Banking, Barclays Capital (2012-2015)","Managing Director, Equity Research, Barclays Capital/ Lehman Brothers (1996-2012)","Senior Analyst, Equity Research, Salomon Brothers (1988-1996)","Past Nonprofit Boards – Brooklyn Youth Choir","Education – American University","Education – M.A., University of Pennsylvania"] | ["Audit","Risk Oversight"] | 2026 |
| David P. Bovenzi | Director Nominee | 55 | ["Chief Investment Officer, Grand Oaks Capital, since 2016","Managing Director and Portfolio Manager, Bank of America Private Bank 1995-2016","Public Company board member at Eastman Kodak Co.","Experience with various companies including 3AM Innovations, Bolt Technologies, Dinamic OR, HelloTeam, Heretto, Kickfurther, Splash Financial, Token, and Viridi Parente","Nonprofit board experience at McQuaid Jesuit and Compeer Rochester (Treasurer)"] | [] | 2026 |
| Dawn H. Burlew | Director | 62 | ["President, Watkins Glen International since January 2024","Director of Government Affairs & Business Development, Global Government Affairs Division of Corning Incorporated (2008-2024)","Town of Erin Supervisor since 2014","Corporate Real Estate Portfolio Manager at Corning Incorporated (2002-2008)","Progressive corporate and management roles (1984-2002)"] | ["Technology & Data (Chair)","Management Development & Compensation","Risk Oversight"] | 2026 |
| KIM E. VANGELDER | Director | 61 | ["Retired Chief Information Officer of Eastman Kodak Company","Rochester Institute of Technology","Western New York Society for Information Management","Rochester Area Community Foundation","Dean's Advisory Council for Golisano College of Computing and Information Sciences, Rochester Institute of Technology"] | ["Risk Oversight (Chair)","Executive","Management Development & Compensation","Technology & Data"] | 2026 |
| MARK A. ZUPAN, PHD | Director | 66 | ["President of Alfred University since 2016","Director of the Bradley Policy Center and Olin Professor of Economics and Public Policy at Simon Business School (2014-2016)","Dean and Professor of Economics and Public Policy at Simon Business School (2004-2014)","Dean and Professor of Economics at Eller College of Management (1997-2003)","Visiting Professor at Amos Tuck School of Business Administration (Fall 1995)","Associate Dean at Marshall School of Business (1992-1994)","Associate Professor at Marshall School of Business (1991-1996)","Assistant Professor at Marshall School of Business (1986-1991)","Board member of Constellation Brands","Board member of PaeTec Holding Corporation","Board member of Steuben Trust Company","Member of Allegany County Economic Development Committee","Board member of Harley School","Board member of Western New York Regional Economic Development Council","Board member of United Way of Southern Arizona","BA in Economics from Harvard University","Ph.D. in Economics from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)"] | ["Audit","Nominating & Governance"] | 2026 |
| MARTIN K. BIRMINGHAM | Director; President and Chief Executive Officer | 59 | ["President and Chief Executive Officer and Director of the Company and the Bank since 2013","President and Chief of Community Banking of the Bank (2012-2013)","Commercial Banking Executive and Rochester Region President of the Bank (2005-2012)","President, CEO and Director of former subsidiary, The National Bank of Geneva (2005)","President of Rochester Region, Bank of America (2004-2005)","Progressive corporate banking roles including Regional President, Fleet Financial Group/ Bank of America (1989-2004)"] | ["New York Bankers Association","AAA of Central and Western New York, Inc.","Greater Rochester Chamber of Commerce","MCC Foundation","ROC2025","St. John Fisher College","The Business Council of New York State","University of Rochester Medical Center"] | 2026 |
| Robert L. Schrader | Director | 54 | ["Certified Public Accountant and Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer of Paychex since 2023","Progressive corporate finance leadership roles at Paychex since joining the public company in 2014, including Vice President of Finance and Investor Relations (Corporate Controller), Senior Director of Financial Planning and Analysis, and Director of Internal Audit","Chief Financial Officer, Unither Pharmaceuticals (2013-2014)","Progressive leadership roles during 10-year tenure at Bausch + Lomb across multiple areas, including finance, global quality and operations, most recently serving as Vice President of Finance (2003-2013)","Audit Manager, PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP (1997-2003)","Junior Achievement of Central Upstate New York (current Advisory Board member, former member of Finance and Executive Committees)","BS, State University at New York Brockport","MBA, University of Rochester Simon School of Business"] | ["Audit"] | 2026 |
| ROBERT M. GLASER, CPA | Director | 79 | ["Certified Public Accountant and President of Glaser Consulting, LLC since 2016","Retired Chair of the Board of Freed Maxick CPAs, P.C. (1994-2015)","Joined Freed Maxick CPAs, P.C. as a partner in 1981 and served as Chair and Managing Director (1994-2011)","Price Waterhouse (1968-1981)","Chair of the Erie County Fiscal Stability Authority","Independent Judicial Election Qualification Commission for the Eighth Judicial District","Current board member at Independent Health Association, NA Realty Fund II, Noco, Inc.","Past nonprofit boards including Audit Committee for Kaleida Health and CPA Associates, Inc."] | ["Audit (Chair)","Executive"] | 2026 |
| Robert N. Latella | Director | 83 | ["Of Counsel at the law firm Barclay Damon, LLP since 2009","Partner at Barclay Damon, LLP (2004-2009)","Chief Operating Officer of Integrated Nano-Technologies, LLC","Chief Operating Officer of the Genesee Corporation","Chief Financial Officer of The Case Hoyt Corporation","Managing Partner of Harter Secrest & Emery LLP","Member of Executive Committee and Past Chair at University of Rochester Medical Center","Chair at Highland Community Development Corporation","Chair at Highland Living Center","Chair at The Highlands at Brighton","Trustee and Chair at Monroe Community College"] | ["Executive","Nominating & Governance","Technology & Data"] | 2026 |
| STEVEN C. FINCH | Director Nominee | 67 | ["Principal, Avision Consulting LLC","President of Manufacturing and Director of Community Engagement, Viridi Parente","Senior Vice President of Automotive Services, AAA Western and Central New York","Deep manufacturing and operational leadership experience during more than 40-year career at General Motors"] | ["Community Foundation of Greater Buffalo","Northland Workforce Training Center","Buffalo Urban League","Roswell Park Alliance Foundation","United Way of Buffalo and Erie County","Michigan Technical Education Center, Mott Community College"] | 2026 |
| Susan R. Holliday | Chair | 70 | ["CEO of Dumbwaiter Design, LLC","President and Publisher of the Rochester Business Journal","Past Chair of Greater Rochester Chamber of Commerce","Past Chair of Health Care Trustees of New York State","Vice Chair of Rochester Institute of Technology","Trustee of Riedman Foundation"] | ["Executive"] | 2026 |
