COMMUNITY FINANCIAL SYSTEM INC (CBU)
Sector: Financials
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Sector: Financials
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Director information for CBU
| Ticker | Position | Age | Qualifications and Experience | Committee Memberships | Filing Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CBU | Director; Chair | 67 | ["Formerly a senior partner of Ernst & Young, LLP", "Extensive experience in the financial services sector", "Fellow of the Chartered Professional Accountants of Ontario", "Recognized by Consulting Magazine\u2019s Women in Leaders in Consulting", "Received Consulting Magazine\u2019s 2015 Excellence in Leadership Award", "Expertise in accounting, finance, mergers and acquisitions, regulatory oversight", "Cyber-Risk Oversight Certification issued by the National Association of Corporate Directors", "Audit committee financial expert under SEC rules"] | ["Risk", "Audit", "Executive", "Governance", "Audit Committee", "Governance Committee", "Risk Committee"] | 2026 |
Biography sourced from the proxy statement filing.
Kerrie D. MacPherson was formerly a senior partner of Ernst & Young, LLP ( EY ) where she worked with clients across a broad range of industries over the course of her 32 year career. Through her work as an auditor and in leadership roles in transaction advisory services in EY s Toronto, Canada and New York offices, she developed extensive experience in the financial services sector. Ms. MacPherson is a Fellow of the Chartered Professional Accountants of Ontario, the highest distinction conferred by the organization, and has also been recognized by Consulting Magazine s Women in Leaders in Consulting and received its 2015 Excellence in Leadership Award. In April 2022, Ms. MacPherson joined the Board of Synechron, a global digital transformation company, and serves as Chair of the Audit Committee. From August 2023 to September 2025, she served as a Director of SpartanNash Company, a food solution business engaged in wholesale and retail grocery products, that was listed on NASDAQ until it was acquired by C&S Wholesale Grocers, LLC on September 22, 2025 and became a private company. She also served on its Audit and Nominating and Governance Committees. Ms. MacPherson previously served on the Board of Directors of City Harvest, a non-profit focused on feeding the hungry in New York City. She formerly Co-Chaired City Harvest s Governance and Audit Committees and served as a member of the Executive Committee. She also served on the Dean s Advisory Board and Global Advancement Board for the University of Toronto s Rotman School. Ms. MacPherson provides the Board and the Committee she serves with considerable accounting, finance, mergers and acquisitions, and regulatory oversight experience acquired through her years of serving as a public accountant and advising public companies. She also provides the Risk Committee expertise in connection with its oversight of the Company s cybersecurity program and holds the Cyber-Risk Oversight Certification issued by the National Association of Corporate Directors. Ms. MacPherson has been determined by the Board to be an audit committee financial expert under the rules and regulations of the SEC.