NBT Bank

NBT Bank announced that KAREN BROGNANO has joined as VP and senior commercial banking relationship manager based at the bank’s Utica Financial Center. She has more than 25 years of experience in banking in the Mohawk Valley, including positions with Savings Bank of Utica and M&T Bank. Prior to NBT, Brognano was VP of commercial lending with KeyBank. She is a graduate of Syracuse University with a bachelor’s degree in business administration.

JOHN ROTT has been hired as branch manager of NBT Bank’s DeWitt office. He brings almost 20 years of management experience, including the past decade in the financial services, to his new position. Rott comes to NBT Bank from KeyCorp, where he served as a licensed relationship manager and branch manager. Prior to that role, he served as a licensed banker for both HSBC and First Niagara Financial Group, Inc. as well as a financial representative for Northwestern Mutual Life. Rott received his bachelor’s degree in business administration from Columbia College of Missouri in Syracuse.