Hoeller joins NBT Bancorp and NBT Bank boards of directors

NORWICH, N.Y. — NBT Bancorp Inc. (NASDAQ: NBTB) said that Heidi M. Hoeller has recently joined the boards of directors of NBT Bancorp and its community bank subsidiary, NBT Bank, N.A. 

Hoeller is a retired partner of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (PwC), with more than 25 years of experience as a leader in audit and financial services.

Hoeller held numerous positions at PwC from November 1993 until her retirement in June 2019. She spent most of her career in the Northeast, including assignments in Syracuse, Hartford, and Boston, where she served as audit partner on a diverse portfolio of clients within the insurance sector. Prior to her retirement, Hoeller was a financial-services partner in PwC’s National Quality Organization for three years. During that time, she also led diversity and inclusion for a group of about 120 professionals.

 Hoeller currently sits on the board of directors of Preferred Mutual Insurance Company, which she joined in May 2020. Since 2011, she has been a member of the board of trustees for Utica College. Hoeller received her bachelor’s degree in accounting from Utica College. She is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and is a CPA licensed in New York.

NBT Bancorp is a financial-holding company headquartered in Norwich, with total assets of $12 billion as of Dec. 31, 2021. NBT Bank, N.A. has 140 branches in New York, Pennsylvania, Vermont, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Maine, and Connecticut.