PRESIDENTIAL - Key Persons


A. Bruce Cleveland - CEO, Founder, President

Job Titles:
  • CEO
  • Founder
  • Member of the Leadership Team
  • President
Bruce Cleveland is President, CEO and founder of Presidential Bank. At the time of Presidential's organization in 1985, Mr. Cleveland was also the founder, principal owner and CEO of GIT Investment Funds, a group of 13 no-load mutual funds and its affiliated companies, which had been established in 1975 and was acquired by Madison Investment Advisers in 1996 where it was subsequently merged into the Madison Funds. Prior to founding the GIT funds and their related investment activities, Mr. Cleveland was a member of the Corporate Finance Department of Drexel Burnham Lambert in New York City and worked briefly at the Small Business Administration in Washington, DC, with responsibility for industry development in the SBIC industry. During 1990 and 1991 Mr. Cleveland served as a pro bono consultant to the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, a multinational development bank based in London, England, of which the United States government is a member. In this role he became a part time adviser to the Privatization Ministry of the Republic of Poland, in support of its mass privatization program to transform substantial numbers of larger state-owned enterprises into privately held companies. Bruce Cleveland is a graduate of Philips Academy in Andover, Massachusetts, and has a bachelor's degree in Modern European History, with a minor in Physics, from Harvard College. He also holds a Master's degree in Business Administration from Harvard Business School, with a concentration in Finance. He served as a junior officer in the U.S. Army Quartermaster Corps from 1967 to 1969, during most of which time he was assigned to the Republic of Vietnam.

Brett Flanagan

Job Titles:
  • Branch Manager
Located at the corner of Leesburg Pike (Route 7) and International Drive. Reserved parking in front of the branch and additional retail spaces available in the parking garage. Garage parking will be validated in branch for customers only. ATM located at branch with after hour access.

Diane Haynie

Job Titles:
  • Branch Manager

Dimuthu Senarathna

Job Titles:
  • Branch Manager
Near the corner of 17 th and K St NW, close to Farragut Square and the Farragut Metro Station. Parking available through Colonial Parking on 17 th St. near K Street. Parking is not validated. Limited street meter parking available. ATM located in the lobby of the branch and only available during normal business hours. Located on the corner of Michael Faraday Dr. and Reston Station Blvd. Street and reserved garage parking available. ATM located outside at branch with after hour access.

Farnaz Eftekhari

Job Titles:
  • Branch Manager
Located on the corner of Old Dominion Dr. and Lowell Ave, east of Chain Bridge Rd. Street parking available on Old Dominion Drive. Reserved parking for Bank customers in rear of building. ATM located outside at branch with after hour access.

Harsha Satpute

Job Titles:
  • Branch Manager
Located on the corner of Michael Faraday Dr. and Reston Station Blvd. Street and reserved garage parking available. ATM located outside at branch with after hour access.

Isaac Harvey

Job Titles:
  • Branch Manager
Reserved parking is available on the corner of Wilson Blvd and N Oak St (surface lot). Additional validated parking is available on 18th St N (garage parking in the back of the building). Validated for up to 1 hour. Vestibule ATM available 7 x 24.

Jennifer E. Manning - CFO, Secretary, SVP

Job Titles:
  • Chief Accounting Officer
  • Corporate Secretary
  • Member of the Leadership Team
  • Senior Vice President
Jennifer Manning is Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer of Presidential Bank. Mrs. Manning brings over twenty years of community banking experience to Presidential with a focus on accounting and finance. Prior to joining Presidential, Mrs. Manning served during her career in roles such as a Chief Accounting Officer, Controller, and Director of Finance and Accounting at various community banks in the Virginia and Washington, D.C. region. Mrs. Manning leads Presidential Bank's accounting, compliance and loan servicing departments. Mrs. Manning serves as the Corporate Secretary and is a member of the Bank's Audit and ALCO Committee. Jennifer holds a Bachelor of Business Administration in Finance from James Madison University.

John J. McGuire

Job Titles:
  • Branch Manager
Located on the corner of East-West Highway and Waverly St., one block east of Wisconsin Ave. Conveniently located near the Bethesda Metro Station. Public parking available. ATM located outside at branch with after hour access.

Michael J. Carr

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Leadership Team
  • Executive Vice President of Presidential Bank Mortgage
  • Executive Vice President, Mortgage Banking
Michael Carr serves as Executive Vice President of Presidential Bank Mortgage. He has been employed by Presidential Bank since early 2010 and oversees the mortgage production offices in addition to Presidential Bank's Mortgage management team. With over 30 years of mortgage industry experience Mr. Carr previously served as Regional Manager for one of PNC/National City Mortgage Eastern Regions' in charge of the mid-Atlantic production offices and operations areas. He has been employed as the President of James Madison Mortgage Company, as well as Vice President of Secondary Marketing for Manufacturers Hanover and Society Mortgage Company. Mr. Carr holds a BA in Economics and an MBA in Finance from the University of Connecticut.

Michelle Daugherty

Job Titles:
  • Branch Manager
Located on 14 W Patrick Street three doors from the Weinberg Center. Reserved parking for bank customers is available. Pass Citizens Way take the first left into a lot with a sign Private Parking for 14 West Patrick Street.

Nicholas Cooper

Job Titles:
  • Branch Manager
Located next to the Leesburg Post Office east of S. King St. Front, side and rear parking available. ATM located outside at branch with after hour access.

Nicole Faddoul

Job Titles:
  • Branch Manager
Reserved parking is available on the corner of Wilson Blvd and N Oak St (surface lot). Additional validated parking is available on 18th St N (garage parking in the back of the building). Validated for up to 1 hour. Vestibule ATM available 7 x 24.

Paria Bakhshi

Job Titles:
  • Branch Manager
Located between 9th Street and Fairfax Dr. Cars can only enter N Stuart Street using Fairfax Dr. PLEASE NOTE: The parking garage is expected to be under construction from Thursday, August 17, 2023 until Friday, September 22. 2023. In the meantime, parking is available at 4201 Wilson Blvd. Normally parking is available on N. Stafford St behind the branch, same entrance as the Hilton Hotel. Parking validation available in the branch for customers only. ATM located outside at branch with after hour access.

Robert R. Giraldi

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Leadership Team
  • Executive Vice President and Senior Lending Officer
  • Executive Vice President, Commercial Lending
Robert R. (Rob) Giraldi is Executive Vice President and Senior Lending Officer of Presidential Bank, where he leads the Bank's commercial lending activities. He also serves on the Bank's Loan Committee. He has had more than 30 years of commercial banking experience, and has held leadership roles in commercial lending at a number of prominent banks in the Greater Washington area, including Cardinal Bank, Eagle Bank, Mercantile Potomac Bank and Crestar. Prior to joining Presidential, Mr. Giraldi served as a commercial lending Market Executive and led the business development efforts of a team of lenders, business development officers, and branch managers, with a focus on expanding market share in Maryland and the District of Columbia. Mr. Giraldi is a life-long resident of the Washington, DC area, and holds a Bachelor of Science and a Master of Business Administration degrees from the University of Maryland, College Park.

Steven Reynolds

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Leadership Team
  • Senior Vice President for Consumer Banking
Steven Reynolds serves as Senior Vice President for Consumer Banking at Presidential Bank, where he is responsible for oversight of the Bank's retail deposit operations, local branch banking and internet banking, consumer lending and retail marketing. Mr. Reynolds has over 25 years of experience in the banking industry and consumer lending. Prior to joining Presidential, Mr. Reynolds held various leadership roles in consumer lending, including serving as the Washington DC Regional Dealer Services Manager for Wells Fargo Bank, and, prior to that role, as a Divisional Manager responsible for 25 loan production branches across the U.S. for a California-based community bank. Steven also was a consultant with PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP in their Consumer Lending Group. He has an extensive background developing and managing retail lending operations, including all aspects of marketing, underwriting, loan acquisitions, funding operations, customer service, loan servicing, collections, loss avoidance and mitigation, collateral disposition and loss recovery. Mr. Reynolds holds a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from the University of Cincinnati.