Tompkins Financial names tax, accounting expert to board of directors

ITHACA — Tompkins Financial Corp. announced it has recently added Ita M. Rahilly to its board of directors. 

She will continue as a director of Tompkins Financial’s affiliate, Tompkins Mahopac Bank, where she has served since 2018.

Rahilly has served as a tax partner with the firm of RBT CPAs, LLP in Newburgh since January 2005. She is the partner in charge of the firm’s tax division, where she assists closely-held businesses and their shareholders and high-net-worth individuals. 

“We believe Ita’s qualifications to sit on our Board of Directors include her 25 years of experience dealing with financial and accounting matters for complex organizations. She has acquired a deep understanding of the Hudson Valley business environment during her years of working with commercial clients in the region, and I look forward to working with her on the Tompkins Financial board,” Steve Romaine, president and CEO of Tompkins Financial, said in a statement.

Ithaca–based Tompkins Financial (NYSE: TMP) is a financial services company serving the Central New York, Western New York, and Hudson Valley regions of New York, as well as Southeastern Pennsylvania. It is the parent company of Tompkins Trust Company, Tompkins Bank of Castile, Tompkins Mahopac Bank, Tompkins VIST Bank, Tompkins Insurance Agencies, Inc., and Tompkins Financial Advisors, which offers wealth-management services.