BICOFNY - Key Persons
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- President G.E. Grace and Company, Inc.
With over 30 years of experience in real estate consulting and brokerage, George is the President of G.E. Grace & Company, Inc., the company he founded in 1995. The firm provides assessments, analyses and solutions for complex real estate problems faced by organizations and owners. He has worked extensively with nonprofits and governmental organizations in and around NYC. George is a graduate of The Cooper Union, Fordham Law School, and holds an MBA from the University of Chicago. image 16 of 20previousnextclose SITE DESIGN BY 14th & BoomCopyright © 2014-2018 Business Initiative Corporation of New York (BICNY), All Rights Reserved
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- Vice President Flushing Bank
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- Principal With the Law Firm of Rodman
Hugh is a principal with the Law Firm of Rodman and Campbell, P.C., located in the Bronx, New York. He has extensive experience practicing in the areas of general civil law. Hugh is a past president of the Black Bar Association of Bronx County, the Bronx County Bar Association and the New York State Trial Lawyers Association. He is a graduate of Boston College and Hofstra University School of Law, and has been admitted to practice law for over 30 years.
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- Board Secretary / Johnson Security Bureau
- President Johnson Security Bureau / Board Secretary
Jessica is responsible for the overall business operations of her family's third generation security services firm, based in the Bronx. In prior roles, she worked as as sales representative for several international companies, including IBM, Sanofi Pharmaceuticals and Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals. She is committed to building her community, serving several organizations including Women Impacting Public Policy (WIPP). Jessica holds a Masters in Market Research from University of Georgia and a BS in Industrial Engineering from Northwestern.
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- Chairman of the Board
- Senior Vice President at Webster Bank
Jim Lanfranchi is a Senior Vice President at Webster Bank. He works exclusively with privately held firms in the New York area.Mr. Lanfranchi has over 30 years of experience in financial services, loan origination, credit analysis and real estate. Prior to joining Webster Bank, he held positions with MetLife, Citibank and Fleet-Boston. An entrepreneur, Jim also founded Archer Meade Appraisals, a real estate appraisal and consulting firm. Jim currently serves as Chairman of the Board for BICNY, which is a certified SBA 504 lender in New York State. Jim is the Vice-Chair of the Greater Hunts Point Economic Development Corporation and the treasurer for R.A.I.N Total Care (Regional Aid for Interim Needs) Board of Directors.
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- Board Treasurer / President RiteCheck
- President of RiteCheck Cashing
- President RiteCheck / Board Treasurer
Joe has served as President of RiteCheck Cashing, a licensed check cashing firm with twelve locations in Harlem and the Bronx, since 1989. As a long-time practitioner in the financial services market for lower income Americans, he's found creative solutions and products to benefit low income consumers. As Chairman of Financial Service Centers of America (FiSCA), Joe helped educate regulators about lower income consumer needs. He is also a grantee of Innovations for Poverty Action (IPA) and the Ford Foundation to develop Cash & Stash, a savings program.
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- Team Leader - Senior Vice President Managing
Lola is currently a Team Leader - Senior Vice President managing a team of Relationship Managers with M&T Bank's Business and Professional Banking Group in the Bronx and Westchester S.. Lola joined M and T in 2013 and has over 18 years of business banking experience. Previous to joining M&T Bank, Lola held other positions with Chase Bank and Capital One Bank. Lola was born and raised in Albania and came to the USA at the age of 14 and is very proud of her heritage and gets involved with many of that community's nonprofits. She also gets involved with other nonprofits like March of Dimes & volunteers her time to help at the Bronx nonprofit "Grace Outreach" who serves low income women of all ages pursue higher education. In 2020 Lola was named a "40 under 40 Rising Star" by the Westchester Business Council. She is a past board member of the "Childcare Council of Westchester" as well as the Chairwoman of the Westchester chapter of "Vatra Organization". Currently she is a board member of the Business Initiative Corporation of New York. She resides in Bedford with her husband John and their three children - Daniel, Nicoleta, and Julia.
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- the Bronx Borough President