Power of Attorney

The undersigned hereby appoints each of Kathleen S. McKillip, Ronald M. Bentley and Karen R. Makowski, signing singly, his/her true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:

	(1)		execute for and on behalf of the undersigned Forms 3, 4 and 5 in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules thereunder or any other form, statement, certification or representation required under the federal securities laws including Forms 144 and 13D (hereinafter collectively referred to as “Forms”);

	(2)		do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to complete the execution of any such Forms and the filing of such Forms with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and any other authority; and

	(3)		take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it being understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in his/her discretion.

The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and authority to do and perform all and every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary and proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as such attorney-in-fact might or could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or his/her substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this power of attorney and the rights and powers herein granted. This Power of Attorney shall remain in effect until revoked. The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming any of the undersigned’s responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or any other federal securities laws.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be executed as of this 16th day of May, 2012.

			/s/Mark A. Severson
			Mark A. Severson
State of New York		)
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County of Chemung		)

On the 16th day of May in the year 2012, before me, the undersigned, a notary public in and for said state, personally appeared Mark A. Severson, personally known to me or proved to me on the basis of satisfactory evidence to be the individual whose name is subscribed to the within instrument and acknowledged to me that he/she executed the same in his/her capacity, and that by his/her signature on the instrument, the individual, or the person upon behalf of which the individual acted, executed the instrument.
			/s/Thomas J. Whitaker
			Notary Public

CHEMUNG FINANCIAL CORP 4