DANIEL BURKE

In 2007, having over 30 years in banking, Dan was appointed President, Glens Falls Region of NBT Bank; within a few years, promoted to President, North Country Region, spanning from Saratoga County to St. Lawrence County. 

Prior to NBT Bank, Dan held other senior level banking positions which included President and CEO of TD Banknorth (predecessor, Evergreen Bank) in Glens Falls, where he started in 1986. Prior to banking, Dan worked in Washington D.C., as a consultant in the airline industry; Assistant Director of Economics for a national trade association and led the Economic Evaluation Group for the Bureau of Land Management, leasing federal mineral rights in the eastern United States. 

A longtime resident of Queensbury, Dan was born near Derby Park in Hudson Falls in 1952. He went to St. Mary’s in Hudson Falls through Grade 8 and graduated from Hudson Falls High School in 1970; received a BA in Economics from SUNY Plattsburgh; and his Master’s Degree in Economics from the University of Delaware. 

Leadership roles in professional/community organizations with major accomplishments: Glens Falls Business Improvement District, Chairman/a founding organizer, renovations to Glens Falls City Park; Adirondack Civic Center Coalition, President/a founding director, oversaw management of the Glens Falls Civic Center; Adirondack Health Institute, Board Chair, redesigning the health care delivery of the entire North Country of NYS; Greater Glens Falls Amateur Athletic Association, Board President, oversaw the NYS Boy Basketball Championship Tournament in Glens Falls; Economic Development Corporation of Warren County, President, oversaw expansion of Gore Mountain Ski Center; relocation of Tribune Media (now Gracenote) and opening of EDC’s Industrial Park; Appointed by Governor Andrew Cuomo for the North Country Healthcare Redesign Commission; Glens Falls Hospital Board of Trustees (Finance Chair); SUNY Plattsburgh Foundation (President); WAIT House (Director); and Glens Falls YMCA Foundation (President).

In 2011, Dan received the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, Living & Giving Award; 2012, recipient of the J Walter Juckett Award and the Wakpominee District, Twin Rivers Counsel, BSA, Good Scout Award.