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The New Jersey Bankers Association has installed the following officers and Board Members for its 2020-2021 fiscal year. NJBankers officers, along with the Board of Directors, guide the Association as it implements its mission of representing the membership’s interests before state and federal government and regulatory authorities; providing support in public and media relations; professional development and providing employee health insurance benefit programs through its licensed insurance brokerage facility, Bankers Cooperative Group. Chairman Thomas J. Shara President and CEO, Lakeland Bank First Vice Chairman John S. Fitzgerald President and CEO, Magyar Bank Second Vice Chairman Christopher D. Maher Chairman, President & CEO, OceanFirst Bank Chairman President and CEO, Lakeland Bank Thomas J. Shara Thomas J. Shara was named President and Chief Executive Officer of Lakeland Bancorp, Inc. and Lakeland Bank effective April 2, 2008. Prior to joining Lakeland Bank, 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, he 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. Shara serves on the Board of Trustees of the Boys and Girls Club of Paterson and Passaic, NJ, the Board of Directors of the Commerce and Industry Association of New Jersey, and is Chairman of the New Jersey Bankers Association board. He also serves on the Board of Governors of the Ramapo College Foundation and the Chilton Medical Center Foundation. First Vice Chairman President and CEO, Magyar Bank John S. Fitzgerald John S. Fitzgerald is President and Chief Executive Officer of Magyar Bank, a community bank headquartered in New Brunswick, NJ. An industry veteran of over 30 years, Fitzgerald joined Magyar Bank in 2001 and established the Bank’s Commercial Lending Department. He was named President and CEO in June 2010, and was previously the Bank’s Chief Operating Officer, responsible for the Bank’s branch network, retail deposit and loan operations departments. A graduate of the University of Maryland where he obtained his Bachelor’s degree in Economics, and the Stonier Graduate School of Banking, Fitzgerald is involved in numerous community and professional organizations, and currently serves as Vice Chair of the Board of Trustees for the State Theatre. He is also a past Chairman of the Board of the Middlesex County Regional Chamber of Commerce, past President of the North Jersey Chapter of the Risk Management Association, past President for the Community Bankers Association, served as a member of the Board of Directors for the New Jersey Bankers Association and is a former member of the Dunellen Board of Education. Second Vice Chairman Chairman, President and CEO, OceanFirst Bank Christopher D. Maher Christopher D. Maher is Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of OceanFirst Financial Corporation and OceanFirst Bank. Maher joined OceanFirst Bank in 2013. OceanFirst is one of the oldest and largest commercial banks headquartered in New Jersey, operates 75 branches throughout New Jersey and New York and Commercial Loan Production offices in the greater Philadelphia metropolitan area. OceanFirst has total assets exceeding $10 billion. OceanFirst is listed on the NASDAQ Stock exchange under the symbol OCFC and has a market value of approximately $1 billion. Prior to joining OceanFirst Bank he served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Patriot National Bancorp. Previously he was Executive Vice President of Dime Savings Bank of Williamsburg, Senior Vice President, Information Services of BISYS, and Managing Director Banking Strategy of Fidelity National Information Services. 2020 – 2021 Members of the NJBankers Board of Directors John Borelli, Jr., President, Newfield National Bank Thomas Comiskey, Regional President of New Jersey, M&T Bank Robert E. Curley, III, South Jersey Market President, TD Bank Joanna DiCiurcio, Retail Market Manager, PNC Bank, N.A. Effie Gikas, SVP/Consumer Banking Region Executive, Bank of America Douglas Kennedy, President/CEO, Peapack-Gladstone Bank Steven Klein, President/CEO, Northfield Bank John E. McWeeney, Jr., President/CEO, NJBankers Craig L. Montanaro, President & CEO, Kearny Bank James D. Nesci, President & CEO, Boiling Springs Savings Bank Kevin B. Peterson, President/CEO, Haddon Savings Bank Robert Rey, President/CEO, NVE Bank Ira Robbins, President/CEO and Chairman, Valley Patrick L. Ryan, President/CEO, First Bank Larry C. Schmidt, President/CEO, 1st Bank of Sea Isle City Michael A. Shriner, President & CEO, Millington Bank William P. Taylor, Chairman and CEO, Somerset Savings Bank, SLA Ferdinand R. Viaud, President & CEO, Glen Rock Savings Bank James H. Wainwright, President & CEO, Freehold Bank Immediate Former Chairman Thomas J. Kemly, President & CEO, Columbia Bank Former Chairman James S. Vaccaro, Chairman, President & CEO, Manasquan Bank