Christopher Oddleifson, president & CEO of Rockland Trust Co., was elected the new chairman of the Massachusetts Bankers Association, serving a one-year term, at the association’s recent annual meeting.

In total, 11 executives were elected to serve on the board of directors.

Kenneth C. Brennan, president of Auburndale’s The Village Bank, was named vice chairman; Norman S. Seppala, president of Granite Savings Bank in Rockport, was named treasurer; and Kevin T. Bottomley, president at Danversbank, is the immediate past chairman.

Richard K. Bennett, president, Marlborough Savings Bank, John C. Boucher, president, South Shore Savings Bank of Weymouth, John D. Doherty, chairman of Central Cooperative Bank in Somerville, Richard E. Holbrook, chairman of Eastern Bank in Boston, Dennis L. Parente, president of Foxboro Federal Savings and Michael E. Tucker, president of Greenfield Co-operative Bank, were all elected to a three-year term as at-large directors.

James D. Egan, chairman at Bank of Canton was named to a one-year term as an at-large director.

“We are very fortunate to have such a fine group of bank leaders to serve on our board,” said Daniel J. Forte, president and CEO of the MBA.  “Their experience and leadership will help us communicate and deliver thoughtful results on so many important issues facing the banking industry and consumers. In particular, the leadership of Chris Oddleifson as our chairman will be important as he helps us complete a complicated agenda of priorities over the next year.”

Oddleifson is a 20-year banking veteran.

“The banking industry may be facing the greatest number of regulatory changes since the Great Depression,” said Oddleifson.  “Reform is good, provided it is thoughtful and clear.  One of our main goals in the year ahead will be to try and avoid getting swept up unnecessarily in regulatory reforms meant to curb the abuses in the mortgage companies and Wall Street firms that caused the mortgage crisis.”