Martin K. Birmingham

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Martin K. Birmingham, PRESIDENT & CEO

Director Since: 2013  
Term Expires: 2028

Business Experience

  • President and Chief Executive Officer of Financial Institutions, Inc. and Five Star Bank since March 2013
  • President and Chief of Community Banking of Five Star Bank (2012–2013)
  • Commercial Banking Executive and Rochester Region President of Five Star Bank (2005–2012)
  • President, CEO and Director of 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 (1989–2004)

Current Nonprofit Boards

  • New York Bankers Association (Chair and Past Treasurer); AAA of Central and Western New York, Inc. (Past Chair and Past Vice Chair); Greater Rochester Chamber of Commerce; MCC Foundation; ROC2025; St. John Fisher College (Former Chair); The Business Council of New York State; and University of Rochester Medical Center

Past Nonprofit Boards

  • Federal Reserve Bank of NY Community Depository Institutions Advisory Council; The Strong National Museum of Play; St. Ann’s of Greater Rochester Foundation; United Way of Greater Rochester; American Red Cross; Seneca Park Zoo Society; and YMCA of Greater Rochester

Education

  • St. Lawrence University
  • MBA, Simon Business School at the University of Rochester
  • Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters, St. John Fisher College