About Scott Kingsley
Scott Kingsley, president and CEO of NBT Bancorp, participated in a video for the Food Bank of Central New York in which he discussed his involvement with the Boilermaker road race. Kingsley stated that he learned "profound needs" exist in both urban and rural areas. He said he agreed to run the Boilermaker, a 15K race, for the first time while wearing a charity bib, and that his focus shifted from fundraising to creating awareness. Kingsley noted that he raised over $20,000 for the charity and that the experience framed his view that those in a position to help should "do it and do it now."
In 2016, Kingsley was present at the Nasdaq opening bell ceremony, where NBT Bancorp commemorated its 160th anniversary and the transition of John Watt to president and CEO. At the time, Kingsley was not yet in his current role; the ceremony featured outgoing CEO Martin Dietrich and incoming CEO John Watt.
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I'm H Scott Kingsley. I'm the president and CEO of NBT Bank Corp. NBT Bank is headquartered down in Norwich, New York, which is part of the service area. The Food Bank of Central New York... something I learned early on is that there are profound needs regardless of the geography. So they aren't just profound needs in concentrated urban areas or profound needs in very rural areas; it's both. I think it was my first year as chairman of the board. With some encouragement from Karen and Lynn, I agreed to run the Utica Boilermaker for the first time and wear a charity bib. And then it became more about awareness. It wasn't so much about asking for financial support as much as it was, hey, can you create a venue for more awareness? Now the Boilermaker organization is very generous and awards charity bibs to several organizations each year with the idea that that becomes the conduit for individual fundraising. So for me, that was my first real distance race. The Boilermaker is a 15K; it's a little over 9-mile run. I raised over $20,000 for the charity. Not only were people very generous with me, but at the same point in time, the awareness that was created from my participation, I think kept going after that. For me it framed this: if you're in the position to be able to do more, then do it and do it now. Don't wait for that opportunity to do that a year or two or four from now. That opportunity may go away; it may not present itself.
