November
      26, 2007


For
      Immediate Release


Contact:
            Anthony
                Brady, Marketing


433-4189





**The
      Wilber Corporation Promotes Sutaris**





The
      Wilber Corporation (“the Company”),
      parent Company of Wilber National Bank (“the Bank”), announced today the
      promotion of Joseph E. Sutaris, 40, to the position of Executive Vice
      President.  Mr. Sutaris, who also serves as the Company’s Secretary,
      Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer, was promoted by the Board of Directors
      at
      its November 20th
      meeting.





In
      his new position as the Executive
      Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Company, Mr. Sutaris will continue
      to oversee all of the financial reporting, financial management and accounting
      systems and policies of the Company.  He will also assume a more vital
      role in planning and implementing the Company’s business
      strategies.





Mr.
      Sutaris said, “I am extremely
      pleased with the promotion and vote of confidence received from our Board of
      Directors.  I look forward to executing the Company’s growth plan
      alongside our President and Chief Executive Officer, Douglas C. Gulotty, and
      the
      rest of the Company’s management team.  Wilber is a great Company with
      solid roots in Central New York and I am proud and honored to be a part of
      its
      history.”





Mr.
      Gulotty commented, “Joe has made
      many critical contributions to our Company over the last 13 years.  I
      appreciate Joe’s support in helping to execute our strategic plan to serve our
      customers, create shareholder value and make vital contributions to our local
      economy and communities.  I also look forward to executing our growth
      plan over the coming years with Joe and the Company’s strong management team at
      my side.”





Mr.
      Sutaris also serves as the
      Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Secretary of the Bank,
      Board Member of the Company’s New York State licensed mortgage banking
      subsidiary, Provantage Funding Corporation, Vice President and Secretary of
      the
      Bank’s subsidiary, Wilber REIT, Inc. and Manager of the Bank’s insurance agency
      subsidiary, Mang-Wilber, LLC.





A
      resident of Oneonta, Mr. Sutaris
      joined The Wilber Corporation as Corporate Planning and Development Officer
      in
      1995.  Prior to joining Wilber, Mr. Sutaris served as an Assistant
      Vice President for Balder Management Ltd. (Somerset, NJ) and Starling Holding
      Ltd. (Cayman Islands, B.W.I.).





Mr.
      Sutaris holds a Bachelor’s degree
      in economics and an MBA in finance from Rutgers University.  He is
      also a graduate of the New York Bankers Association Management School for Career
      Development and the American Bankers Association Stonier School Graduate School
      of Banking at Georgetown University.








Mr.
      Sutaris serves on the Board of Directors of the National Soccer Hall of Fame
      (Oneonta, NY).  He is also the past President of the Oneonta Family
      YMCA and currently serves on its Board of Trustees.  Mr. Sutaris is an
      advisory Board Member for Meridian Venture Partners II, L.P., a small business
      investment company licensed by the Small Business Administration based in
      Radnor, PA.





The
      Wilber Corporation is a single bank holding company headquartered in Oneonta,
      New York, serving the financial needs of the communities of central and upstate
      New York.  The Wilber Corporation is the parent of Wilber National
      Bank and Provantage Funding Corporation. The Wilber Corporation’s common stock
      trades under the symbol “GIW” on the American Stock Exchange.





Wilber
      National Bank, chartered in 1874,
      operates as a traditional commercial bank in its central New York market with
      21
      branch offices located in Otsego, Delaware, Schoharie, Ulster, Chenango, and
      Broome Counties and two loan production offices located in Syracuse, New York
      and Clifton Park, New York. The Bank intermediates customer deposits and
      institutional borrowings into loans, short-term liquid investments, and
      investment securities.  The Bank’s lending activities include
      commercial lending, primarily to small and mid-sized businesses; mortgage
      lending for 1-4 family and multi-family properties, including home equity loans;
      mortgage lending for commercial properties; consumer installment and automobile
      lending; and, to a lesser extent, agricultural lending. The Bank provides
      personal trust, agency, estate administration, and retirement planning services
      for individuals, as well as custodial and investment management services to
      institutions, through its Trust and Investment Division.  It also
      offers stocks, bonds and, mutual funds through a third party broker-dealer
      firm
      and a full line of life, health, and property and casualty insurance products
      through its insurance agency subsidiary, Mang–Wilber LLC.  The Bank
      currently has 278 full time equivalent employees.  Additional
      information about Wilber National Bank can be found at its
      website:  www.wilberbank.com.




Provantage
      is a licensed New York State mortgage banker headquartered in Clifton Park,
      New
      York.  Provantage offers a large variety of residential mortgage
      products that fit the needs of most consumers.  It is also a HUD
      endorsed lender, providing government FHA loans.  Provantage covers
      the entire Capital District with five licensed branch offices located within
      Saratoga, Schenectady, and Albany counties.  Additional information
      about Provantage can be found at its website:
      www.ProvantageFunding.com.







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