Board of Directors
James Deutsch
Mr. Deutsch joined Fieldpoint Private’s Board of Directors in 2021 and in 2023 was appointed Chairman of the Board. Mr. Deutsch has been a managing partner at Patriot Financial Partners, L.P. (“Patriot”), a private equity firm focused on investing in community banks, thrifts and financial services related companies throughout the United States, since 2012. Prior to 2012, Mr. Deutsch was a commercial banker with his most recent position as Founder, President and CEO of Team Capital Bank. In addition to Fieldpoint Private, Mr. Deutsch currently serves on the boards of directors of Georgia Banking Company and First National Bank of America. Mr. Deutsch previously served on the boards of several other banks as well. He also has served on numerous not-for-profit companies including his current post as past president for the Minsi Trails Council of the Boy Scouts of America. Mr. Deutsch has a B.S. in Finance and a M.B.A. from Lehigh University. Mr. Deutsch has experience in financial services and a perspective as both an investor and operator of banks. He has over 40 years of banking experience and brings a breadth of knowledge to the Board in investment banking, commercial lending and corporate finance.
Todd Sipe
A retired banker of over 42 years, Mr. Sipe held the various positions at Bremer Financial between 1986 through 2005, including SVP Retail Manager for Bremer Bank, Alexandria, Minnesota, SVP Retail for Bremer Financial Corporation, St. Paul, Minnesota and EVP, Regional Retail Sales, Greater Minnesota. Duties in all three positions included mortgage sales and operations, consumer lending sales and operations, deposit sales and operations, teller and quality/customer service. Of particular note, As SVP Retail for Bremer Financial Corporation, Mr. Sipe’s duties included the oversight of the Service Center for the organization. This included loan and deposit operations, mortgage operations and the call center.
From 2005 to 2020 Mr. Sipe was the President and CEO of Thrivent Bank and Trust and founded Thrivent Credit Union. His decision to join Thrivent was based on the ability to combine his faith life with his work life, which is rare in the banking industry. During his tenure, his team focused on changing banking products, service, underwriting and procedures to create a healthy view of money for their clients.
Mr. Sipe is the founder and President of Financial Purposes, which was created as a 501(c)3 in 2023. They have an all-volunteer board of 5 individuals for oversight. The primary mission of the organization is to bring biblical wisdom of money to singles and couples. Primary distribution of their core product is courses and workshops within churches.
In 2024, Mr. Sipe joined the board of DLP Bank. In his role as a board member, he chairs the ALCO committee and is a member of the Audit and Credit committee.
H. Russell Holland
Mr. Holland brings over 30 years’ banking experience to Fieldpoint Private leading the bank as President & CEO, a Director of the Board and a member of Fieldpoint Private Trust, LLC, Board of Managers. Prior to Fieldpoint, he served as EVP, Chief Credit Officer at SouthCrest Bank in Atlanta, where he led the bank’s commercial, consumer and residential lending functions. Previously, Mr. Holland held several leadership roles at Seacoast Bank in Florida, including Chief Lending Officer and Chief Banking Officer. Before joining Seacoast, he was Market President for Union Bank of Florida (now BB&T) in the Palm Beach County and Treasure Coast markets, responsible for expanding that bank’s presence throughout the region. He also served as Union’s Chief Lending Officer. Mr. Holland held numerous senior level credit positions at Barnett Bank and Bank of America, including leadership roles in real estate capital markets and financial services. Mr. Holland was Chief Financial Officer at a private REIT in Miami, and began his career with KPMG Peat Marwick in Stamford, CT, Miami, FL and Charlotte, NC. Mr. Holland holds a B.S. in accountancy from Wake Forest University.
Timothy J. Tully
Mr. Tully has been a Director of the Bank since 2012, served as Chairman of the Board from 2014-2022, served as Executive Chairman of Fieldpoint Private Holdings, Inc. since 2019, and was appointed to the Board of Managers for Fieldpoint Private Trust, LLC in 2023. He is a Founder and the Managing Partner of Tully Capital Partners, LLC and Tully Investment Fund, LLC. Tully Capital Partners was founded in 1997 and is primarily engaged in private equity investments; Tully Investment Fund was formed to hold assets with greater liquidity, such as public equity, hedge funds and managed accounts. A graduate of Boston College with a BS in Finance, Mr. Tully began his career as an Equity Options Specialist and Market Maker on the New York Options Exchange, where he served as a Floor Official. He then worked for several years in real estate investment before assuming his present management responsibilities. He has also served on the Board of Directors of companies listed on the NYSE and NASDAQ, serving on a variety of committees, and chairing the Compensation Committees.