Community Bank names Serbun president of retail banking

DeWITT, N.Y. — Community Bank N.A. announced it has promoted Joseph F. Serbun to president of retail banking.

He previously served as the bank’s chief banking officer, as well as senior VP of commercial banking. Serbun joined Community Bank in 2008 as VP and commercial lending officer at bank.

Before Community Bank, Serbun spent 23 years working at JPMorgan Chase and at Partners Trust Bank. He worked with middle-market and small-business clients as VP and senior relationship banker at Partners Trust Bank prior to joining Community Bank.

“I’m honored to announce Joe’s well-deserved promotion to this important position within Community Bank,” Mark Tryniski, president and CEO of Community Bank, said in a release. “He brings decades of industry experience, tremendous leadership, talent and energy to this new role for the benefit of our customers, employees and shareholders.”

A lifelong resident of the Syracuse area, Serbun earned a degree in economics from SUNY Oneonta. He has been active in numerous community organizations, including 20-plus years as chairman of the loan committee for the Greater Syracuse Business Development Corporation. He also has served as a finance committee member for Vera House and has participated in the Syracuse Groupwide Dialogue Initiative. Serbun is a member of the Home Headquarters Finance Committee and is a trustee for Cazenovia College.

Community Bank has more than 215 branches across upstate New York, northeastern Pennsylvania, Vermont, and western Massachusetts. Holding company Community Bank System Inc. (NYSE: CBU) has more than $15.5 billion in total assets.