LAKELAND BANK - Key Persons
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- SuarezBaldomero, P.a
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- Director since 2010
- Partner at PKF O'Connor Davies
Mr. Flynn is a partner at PKF O'Connor Davies, LLP, the leading North American firm in the PKF International network of independent accounting and advisory firms. Mr. Flynn is a member of the Executive Committee and managing partner for the firm's New Jersey market. With over thirty years of experience as a practicing certified professional accountant, Mr. Flynn has in-depth knowledge of generally accepted accounting principles and auditing standards. He has worked with audit committees and boards of directors, including previously serving on the Boards of TD Banknorth, Inc. and Hudson United Bancorp. Mr. Flynn provides Lakeland Bancorp, Inc.'s Board and Audit Committee with extensive expertise in auditing and preparation of financial statements.
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- Director since 2020 / President and CEO of Atlantic Health System
- President and CEO of Atlantic Health System
Mr. Gragnolati is President and CEO of Atlantic Health System, an integrated health care delivery system with 20,000 employees that serves more than half the state of New Jersey. He is former Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the American Hospital Association (AHA) and has twice been presented the AHA's Partnership for Action Grassroots Champion Award, which honors a hospital leader who has effectively educated elected officials on major issues affecting hospitals, while advocating for patients and the community. Mr. Gragnolati also serves as Executive Partner of Concord Health Partners, an investment firm focused on healthcare innovation, and serves as a Director of Revology, a technology-enabled healthcare revenue cycle management firm. He holds a bachelor's degree in Health Systems Analysis from the University of Connecticut, an MBA from Western New England College, and an Executive Leadership Certificate from the JFK School at Harvard University.
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- Chief Philanthropy Officer, Visiting Nurse Association Health Group
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- Director since 2007 / President, Brooks Builders
- President of Brooks Limited
Mr. Bohuny is the President of Brooks Limited, a construction company in Franklin Lakes, New Jersey. He has over twenty years of experience in the real estate business, particularly land development and building, as well as a background in the equity and fixed income markets.
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- Gisler & Mahler, LLC
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- Caristia, Kulsar & Wade LLC
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- Chief Lending Officer
- Executive Vice President / Senior Loan Officer / Commercial Lending
Mr. Yanagisawa joined Lakeland in November 2008 as Chief Lending Officer. Mr. Yanagisawa has over 45 years' experience in commercial banking, including Senior Loan Officer for TD Bank in the Northern New Jersey market. Before TD Bank's acquisition of Hudson United Bank in 2006, Mr. Yanagisawa had been with Hudson United Bank for nine years. Prior to Hudson United, he held various senior lending positions through successive mergers, with Bergen State Bank, Citizens First National Bank of NJ, NatWest Bank and Fleet National Bank.
He is a member of the Garden State Credit Associates, the 200 Club of Bergen County and Risk Management Associates and is a former board member of the Volunteer Center of Bergen County.
Mr. Yanagisawa holds MBA and Bachelor's degrees from Fairleigh Dickinson University and advanced banking degrees from The Stonier Graduate School of Banking and The Graduate Commercial Lending School.
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- Nisivoccia LLP
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- Senior Vice President
- Executive Vice President / Chief Banking Officer
Mrs. Lalwani joined Lakeland Bank in August 2008 as Senior Vice President, Director, Retail Sales and has more than 20 years of retail banking experience. Before joining Lakeland Bank, Ellen was previously employed by TD Bank, Key Bank, Hudson United Bank, and began her banking career at Chase. Mrs. Lalwani earned a bachelor's degree in finance with a minor in economics from St. John's University and graduated with an M.B.A. from Strayer University with a Welch Scholar designation. Ellen graduated from the American Bankers Association Stonier Graduate School of Banking. She has earned an Aresty Scholar designation from The Wharton School of Business. She currently attends Capella University pursuing doctoral studies in leadership and management. Ellen is an Advisory Board Member to the American Bankers Association Stonier Graduate School of Business and the Wharton School of Business Leadership Program.
Ellen has been awarded the 2019 NJ Biz Best 50 Women in Business, the ROI Women Influencers award in 2021, and the NJ Bankers Association Inaugural Woman of Impact Award for 2022.
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- Mohel Elliott Bauer & Gass CPAs
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- GRI Broker Owner of Berkshire Hathaway / Gross & Jansen Realtors
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- CEO, Princeton Management Development Institute
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- Director since 2018 / President and CEO of the Hampshire Companies
Mr. Hanson oversees the operation and investment activities of The Hampshire Companies and its funds. He has over 40 years of real estate investment management and operational experience. Mr. Hanson is currently a Council Member of the New Jersey State Investment Council; a Commissioner and currently President of the Palisades Interstate Park Commission; a Member of the Board of Directors of the New Jersey Chamber of Commerce; and formerly served as an Executive-In-Residence and Co-Chair of the Board of Advisors for the Center of Real Estate Studies at Rutgers Business School. Mr. Hanson earned a bachelor's degree from Hope College and a juris doctor degree from Vermont Law School, and has served as Trustee for both schools.
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- Jimenez & Traier, LLC
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- Chief Risk Officer
- Executive Vice President
- Member of the Executive Officers Team
Mr. Nigro joined Lakeland Bank in 2016 as Executive Vice President and Chief Risk Officer. He previously served as Senior Vice President, Credit Risk Manager at The Provident Bank in Iselin, NJ.
His banking career began in 1994 at Summit Bank in Berkeley Heights where he held various credit and lending positions in Chatham, Cranford, Dayton, and Bridgewater. He advanced to Vice President, Regional Sales Manager, a position he held until 2001 when he left Summit Bank to pursue opportunities with the former Somerset Hills Bank in Bernardsville as Executive Vice President, Chief Lending Officer.
Mr. Nigro graduated magna cum laude from Seton Hall University with a bachelor's degree in finance, and was a member of Beta Gamma Sigma and the Financial Management Association. He was recently named Chairman of the Morris Habitat for Humanity where he has served as a Director and Treasurer since January 2013. He also serves as Secretary for the Morris County Housing Alliance, is a member of the Risk Management Association and serves on a committee for the New Jersey Bankers Association.
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- Director since 2004 / Former Senior Vice President, Munich - American Risk Partners
Ms. Hendershot, having most recently served as global team project lead for Munich Re Group, has significant experience in the leadership and management of various corporate entities and their operations. She also has experience in managing and controlling risk-taking operations within the insurance industry, and in information technology strategy and developments. Ms. Hendershot received an economics degree from Cornell University.
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- PSA, Cullari Carrico, LLC
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- Payroll Service, Inc
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- Founder and Managing Partner, Horizon Equities
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John A. Peterson, Jr. Esq., Law Office of Bonnie Peterson
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- Executive Vice President
- Group Leader
- Member of the Executive Officers Team
Mr. Andreacio serves as Executive Vice President, Group Leader, joining Lakeland Bank in January 2022 through the acquisition of 1st Constitution Bank where he served as Executive Vice President, Chief Lending Officer and Chief Credit Officer. Prior to joining 1st Constitution in 2012, he was President and Chief Executive Officer of Northern State Bank, a community bank located in Bergen County, N.J. Prior to that, he served as an Executive Vice President with National Penn Bank/KNBT and Senior Vice President of First Union Corporation (now Wells Fargo) in the Lending and Credit areas.
Mr. Andreacio earned a Bachelor of Science degree in finance from Seton Hall University and a Master's in Business Administration from Rutgers University. He is also a member of the Risk Management Association and the New Jersey Bankers Commercial Lending Committee.
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- Executive Vice President, Chief Lending Officer
Mr. Rath serves as Executive Vice President, Chief Lending Officer and joined Lakeland Bank in March 2015 as Senior Vice President and Group Manager, responsible for Middle Market and C&I lending, Asset Based Lending and Equipment Finance. He has over 35 years of banking experience and was previously employed by TD Bank for over 16 years as Senior Vice President and Group Manager responsible for Middle Market, Commercial and Small Business lending activities in the Lower Hudson Valley prior to his departure. Prior to that, he was with The Bank of New York for 18 years where he held various positions.
He serves as a Board member and past Chairman for Hudson Valley Pattern for Progress and is on the boards of Hospice of Orange and Sullivan Counties and the Bardavon 1869 Opera House. He has been an Advisory Board member for the Food Bank of the Hudson Valley for 25 years and was Co-Chairman of their Capital Campaign.
Mr. Rath was a recipient of the 2014 Mount Saint Mary's College Joseph A. Bonura Leadership award and 2017 United Way of Dutchess/Orange Community Champion award. He graduated from Washingtonville Senior High School and attended Dutchess County Community College.
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- Executive Vice President / Chief Retail Officer
Mrs. Garrera joined Lakeland Bank in 2000 through the acquisition of Metropolitan State Bank as Vice President, Regional Administrator for the Southern Region and has more than 30 years of retail banking experience. In 2007, she was promoted to Senior Vice President, Regional Administrator of the Bank's Southern Region and in 2016, she was promoted to First Senior Vice President and Senior Regional Administrator. She is currently a board member for the Chilton Medical Center Foundation.
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- Managing Partner, HMS Global Holdings
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- CEO
- Chairman of the Board
- Director
- Chairman of the Board & CEO of Inserra Supermarkets
Mr. Inserra is Chairman of the Board & CEO of Inserra Supermarkets, one of the largest family-owned and operated supermarket chains in the metropolitan area, which operates twenty-three ShopRite stores throughout New Jersey and New York. The company was founded in 1954 in Lyndhurst NJ.
He holds a number of leadership positions, both professionally and philanthropically including Wakefern Food Corporation board member. He currently serves as the Chairman of both the Hackensack Meridian Health Foundation & Hackensack Meridian Health Carrier Clinic. Larry is also a member of the Board of Directors of Commerce and Industry Association of New Jersey and Lakeland Bank. Mr. Inserra is also a board member of the Food Industry Alliance of New York.
He has served as a director of Pascack Community Bank from 2011 until the closing of the merger with Lakeland Bank, and as a member of the Pascack's compliance committee.
Mr. Inserra holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Business and Economics from Lehigh University.
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- KRS CPA's LLC
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- Director since 1994 / President, Keil Oil Inc. and Fredericks Fuel and Heating Service
Mr. Fredericks has extensive years of service as a Director of Lakeland Bancorp, Inc. and Lakeland Bank. He has experience in the real estate industry, having managed a number of real estate partnerships. Mr. Fredericks has held leadership positions in numerous charitable organizations. He served as a trustee of Chilton Memorial Hospital, at which time he served as a member of the finance committee, and is presently the President of the West Milford Education Foundation.
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- Member of the Board
- Board Chair / Secretary and Treasurer, Deacon Homes, Inc
- Secretary and Treasurer of Deacon Homes, Inc
Ms. Deacon is the Secretary and Treasurer of Deacon Homes, Inc., a real estate development company in Sparta, New Jersey. She has over thirty years of extensive experience in real estate development, construction, property management and sales. In addition to serving on every committee of the Board during her tenure with Lakeland Bancorp, Inc., Ms. Deacon has held leadership and committee positions in state and local real estate associations, during which time she has gained experience in ethics, professional standards, strategic planning and governance. In January 2010, Ms. Deacon was elected Vice Chairman of the Boards of Lakeland Bancorp, Inc. and Lakeland Bank, and in May 2011, she was elected Chairman of the Boards of Lakeland Bancorp, Inc. and Lakeland Bank. Ms. Deacon has been a member of the Board of Lakeland Bancorp, Inc. since 1995.
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- Chief Financial Officer
- Executive Vice President
- Investor Relations Contact
- Member of the Executive Officers Team
Mr. Splaine serves as Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and began his career at Lakeland Bank as Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer in 2016.
Prior to joining Lakeland, Mr. Splaine was employed by Investors Bank from 2004 until 2015 in various positions including Senior Vice President, Financial Planning and Analysis and Investor Relations, and as Chief Financial Officer. His additional previous employment included Hewlett-Packard Financial Services, CIT and KPMG LLC.
Mr. Splaine earned both an undergraduate degree in accounting and a Master's in Business Administration from Rider University.
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- Chief Information Officer
- Executive Vice President
- Member of the Executive Officers Team
Paul Ho-Sing-Loy joined Lakeland Bank in 2017 as Executive Vice President, Chief Information Officer based in Oak Ridge. Mr. Ho-Sing-Loy is responsible for further developing and leading the information technology strategy for the Bank.
Ho-Sing-Loy's extensive industry experience spans more than 30 years and was most recently Senior Vice President, Business Solutions at Associated Bank, a regional bank with $29 billion in assets headquartered in Wisconsin. Prior to that, he served as divisional Chief Technology Officer for Bank of America in San Francisco and Wells Fargo Bank in San Francisco.
He earned a bachelor's degree in computer science from Cornell University.
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- Director since 2003 / President and CEO, Northern Resources Corporation
Mr. Nicholson has broad experience in the management and acquisition of companies and commercial real estate. As a result of his civic and business commitment to our communities, Mr. Nicholson has been honored with the Outstanding Citizen of the Year award from Sparta Township and as a Distinguished Citizen by the Boy Scouts of America, Patriots Path Council. He also received the Distinguished Alumni Award from his alma mater, Florida Southern College, for outstanding service to his professions and community.
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- Member of the Board
- Director since 2004 / President of Smith - McCracken Funeral Home and Wood Funeral Home
- President of Wood Funeral Home
Mr. McCracken is the president of Wood Funeral Home and Smith-McCracken Funeral Home and the sole managing member and owner of REM, LLC, a real estate holding and investment company. Mr. McCracken has over eighteen years' experience serving on the boards of various banks, and presently serves as a director on the Boards of Directors of Lakeland Bancorp, Inc. and Lakeland Bank, and as Chair of the Compensation Committee.
A lifelong member of our communities, Mr. McCracken has held leadership positions in numerous non-profit and local charities, including presently serving as the Board Chair of Atlantic Health Systems, and previously as Board Chair of Newton Memorial Hospital, now known as the Newton Medical Center.
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- Public Accountant
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- Chief Operating Officer
- Executive Vice President
- Member of the Executive Officers Team
Mr. Schwarz joined Lakeland Bank in 2009 as Chief Retail Officer and currently oversees Retail Banking, Commercial Lending and Marketing in his role as Chief Operations Officer.
Prior to joining Lakeland, Mr. Schwarz, with over 45 years of retail banking experience in Northern, New Jersey, was Executive Vice President and Market Executive of Retail Banking at Sovereign (now Santander) for their Northern New Jersey division. In this capacity, he was responsible for all aspects of management for a 79 branch network and over $4 billion in deposits. Prior to Sovereign, he was Senior Vice President and NJ Retail President for Independence Community Bank and also held positions with Broad National Bank, Urban National Bank, Midlantic National Bank and United Jersey Bank.
Mr. Schwarz is a graduate of the Stonier Graduate School of Banking and is currently a member of the Board of Directors for the Metro YMCA's of the Oranges and a past member of the Board of Directors for Hudson County Community College Foundation.
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- Wiss & Company
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- Public Accountant
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- Executive Vice President / Sr. Commercial Real Estate Officer & Group Leader
- Executive Vice President, Senior Commercial Real Estate Officer and Group Leader for Several
Stephen Novak is an Executive Vice President, Senior Commercial Real Estate Officer and Group Leader for several of Lakeland Bank's lending teams. Mr. Novak joined Lakeland Bank in 2001 and has a banking career that spans 30 years, including his tenure with Independence Bank of New Jersey and Commerce Bank.
In addition to his position with Lakeland Bank, Mr. Novak is active within the community including several board/trustee/membership positions with local not-for-profit organizations, charities and various trade organizations, including Commerce and Industry of New Jersey and NAIOP. Mr. Novak serves as the trustee/treasurer for Allendale Housing Inc., which is a not-for-profit organization that is active in the development of housing for low to moderate income developmentally disabled individuals.
Mr. Novak received his Associates Degree in Business from Bergen Community College and both his Bachelors Degree in Finance/Economics and his MBA in Finance from Montclair State University. Mr. Novak is also a graduate of The Stonier Graduate School of Banking and the Wharton Leadership Program.
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- SNS Architect & Engineers
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- Member of the Executive Officers Team
- President and Chief Executive Officer / Lakeland Bancorp, Inc. and Lakeland Bank
Mr. Shara was named President and Chief Executive Officer of Lakeland Bancorp, Inc. and Lakeland Bank effective April 2, 2008. Prior to joining Lakeland Bank, Mr. Shara served as President and Chief Lending Officer of TD Banknorth's (now TD Bank) Mid-Atlantic Division, which includes New Jersey, New York and Pennsylvania. Prior to TD Banknorth acquiring Hudson United Bank, Mr. Shara was Executive Vice President and Senior Loan Officer of HUBCO, a $9 billion commercial bank, where he oversaw organic growth and was responsible for integrating over 30 acquisitions.
Mr. Shara serves on the Board of Trustees of the Boys and Girls Club of Paterson and Passaic, N.J. and the Board of Directors of the Commerce and Industry Association of New Jersey. He also serves on the Board of Governors of the Ramapo College Foundation and is a Foundation Officer on the Board of Trustees of Chilton Medical Center Foundation. Mr. Shara earned a master's degree in business administration as well as a Bachelor of Science from Fairleigh Dickinson University.
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- Chief Credit Officer
- Executive Vice President
- Member of the Executive Officers Team
- in 2019 As First Senior Vice President, Senior Credit Officer
Mr. Stackhouse joined Lakeland Bank in 2019 as First Senior Vice President, Senior Credit Officer and has more than 25 years of industry experience. Previously, he was a Commercial Real Estate Underwriting Manager at Provident Bank and prior to that, he was Senior Vice President Construction Lending, and Senior Vice President and Chief Credit Officer at Investors Bank. Stackhouse earned a Bachelor of Science degree in business administration at Villanova University and is a graduate of Stonier Graduate School of Banking. He is a board member and treasurer for Collier Youth Services Foundation and serves on the Kislak Real Estate Institute Executive Advisory Counsel at Monmouth University. His professional affiliations include memberships in Risk Management Associates, the Society of Chief Appraisers and the Society of Certified Insurance Counselors.
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- Executive Vice President, Chief Administrative Officer, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary for Both
Mr. Matteson joined Lakeland Bank in 2008 and currently serves as serves as Executive Vice President, Chief Administrative Officer, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary for both Lakeland Bancorp, Inc. and Lakeland Bank, and as a member of Lakeland's Executive Management Team.
Mr. Matteson is responsible for the supervision of the administrative and operational departments, including Information Technology, Business Application Support, Deposit Operations, Enterprise Solutions, Facilities, Human Resources, Legal, Loan Operations and Physical Security.
Mr. Matteson previously served as General Counsel at Hudson United Bancorp, Assistant General Counsel at IDB Bank, Senior Attorney at TD Banknorth (now TD Bank) and Counsel at Summit Bank.
Mr. Matteson earned his law degree from the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, Yeshiva University, and Bachelor of Arts degree from Rutgers University. Mr. Matteson also is a graduate of the ABA Stonier Graduate School of Banking, in connection with which he completed the requirements to receive the Wharton Leadership Certificate from the Wharton School, Aresty Institute of Executive Education, at the University of Pennsylvania, and separately earned the certificate from the ABA Advanced Commercial Lending School. Mr. Matteson is admitted to practice law in New Jersey and New York.
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- Rotenberg Meril
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- Retired Partner, Ernst & Young LLP
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- Lupin & Co
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- Withum Smith & Brown