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Management – Provident Financial Services, Inc.
Christopher Martin Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer
Mr. Martin has served as Chairman since April 2010 and as President and Chief Executive Officer of Provident and The Provident Bank since September 2009. Prior to that time, he was President and Chief Operating Officer of The Provident Bank since January 2007, and he was President of Provident and The Provident Bank since July 2004. Mr. Martin’s extensive banking experience and knowledge of financial markets enhance the breadth of experience of the board of directors.
John F. Kuntz Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary
Mr. Kuntz has been Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary of Provident since January 2003, and has been Executive Vice President, Chief Administrative Officer and General Counsel of The Provident Bank since January 2011, and prior to that time Executive Vice President and General Counsel since May 2005. Prior to that time, he was Senior Vice President and General Counsel of The Provident Bank since November 2002, and Vice President and General Counsel of The Provident Bank since September 2001.
Thomas M. Lyons Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Mr. Lyons has been Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer since January 2011. Prior to that time he was Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Provident and The Provident Bank since September 2009, and previously was First Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer of The Provident Bank since February 2005 and First Vice President, Finance of The Provident Bank since July 2004.
Leonard G. Gleason Senior Vice President and Investor Relations Officer
Mr. Gleason has been Senior Vice President and Investor Relations Officer of Provident since January 2012, and Senior Vice President and Associate General Counsel of The Provident Bank since January 2012 and General Counsel of Beacon Trust Company since August 2011. Prior to that time, he was First Vice President and Associate General Counsel of The Provident Bank since January 2007 and Vice President and Associate General Counsel of The Provident Bank since June 2004.
Management – The Provident Bank
Christopher Martin Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer
Mr. Martin has served as Chairman since April 2010 and as President and Chief Executive Officer of Provident and The Provident Bank since September 2009. Prior to that time, he was President and Chief Operating Officer of The Provident Bank since January 2007, and he was President of Provident and The Provident Bank since July 2004. Mr. Martin’s extensive banking experience and knowledge of financial markets enhance the breadth of experience of the board of directors.
John F. Kuntz Executive Vice President, Chief Administrative Officer and General Counsel
Mr. Kuntz has been Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary of Provident since January 2003, and has been Executive Vice President, Chief Administrative Officer and General Counsel of The Provident Bank since January 2011, and prior to that time Executive Vice President and General Counsel since May 2005. Prior to that time, he was Senior Vice President and General Counsel of The Provident Bank since November 2002, and Vice President and General Counsel of The Provident Bank since September 2001.
Donald W. Blum Executive Vice President and Chief Lending Officer
Mr. Blum has been Executive Vice President and Chief Lending Officer of The Provident Bank since January 2005. He served as Senior Vice President and Chief Lending Officer of The Provident Bank since December 2001.
Brian Giovinazzi Executive Vice President and Chief Credit Officer
Mr. Giovinazzi has been Executive Vice President and Chief Credit Officer of The Provident Bank since December 2008, and prior to that, he was Executive Vice President-Corporate Administration since April 2007. Prior to that time, he was President and Chief Executive Officer of First Morris Bank & Trust and a member of its board of directors.
Jack Novielli Executive Vice President and Chief Information Officer
Mr. Novielli has been Executive Vice President and Chief Information Officer of The Provident Bank since December 2008. Prior to that time, he was Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer of The Provident Bank since January 2006, and previously was First Vice President and Chief Information Officer of The Provident Bank.
Janet D. Krasowski Executive Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer
Ms. Krasowski has been Executive Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer of The Provident Bank since January 2012 and prior to that time she was Senior Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer of The Provident Bank since May 2006.
Thomas M. Lyons Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Mr. Lyons has been Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer since January 2011. Prior to that time he was Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Provident and The Provident Bank since September 2009, and previously was First Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer of The Provident Bank since February 2005 and First Vice President, Finance of The Provident Bank since July 2004.
Michael A. Raimonde Executive Vice President and Director of Retail Banking
Mr. Raimonde has been Executive Vice President and Director of Retail Banking of The Provident Bank since January 2011. Prior to that time he was Senior Vice President and Director of Retail Banking of The Provident Bank since April 2007. He was Executive Vice President of the Community Banking Division and Market President of the New York Retail System of Sovereign Bank prior to that time.
James D. Nesci Executive Vice President and Chief Wealth Management Officer
Mr. Nesci has been President of Beacon Trust Company, a wholly owned subsidiary of The Provident Bank since August 2011 and Executive Vice President and Chief Wealth Management Officer of The Provident Bank since January 2013. Prior to that time he was Senior Vice President and Chief Wealth Management Officer since March 2008. Prior to that time, he was Chief Operating Officer of National Wealth Management for Wilmington Trust Corporation.
James A. Christy Senior Vice President, Chief Risk Officer and General Auditor
Mr. Christy has been Senior Vice President and Chief Risk Officer of The Provident Bank since January 2012 and was previously Senior Vice President & General Auditor since January 2009. He was First Vice President and General Auditor since May 2005 and he was Vice President and General Auditor since September 2001.
Frank S. Muzio Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer
Mr. Muzio has been Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer of The Provident Bank since January 2011. Prior to that time, he was First Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer of The Provident Bank since June 2010. He was Senior Vice President and Controller for the New York Division of Sovereign Bank since June 2006.
Board of Directors
Christopher Martin Chairman of the Board
Mr. Martin has served as Chairman since April 2010 and as President and Chief Executive Officer of Provident and The Provident Bank since September 2009. Prior to that time, he was President and Chief Operating Officer of The Provident Bank since January 2007, and he was President of Provident and The Provident Bank since July 2004. Mr. Martin’s extensive banking experience and knowledge of financial markets enhance the breadth of experience of the board of directors.
Frank L. Fekete Lead Director
Mr. Fekete is a certified public accountant and the Managing Partner of the accounting firm of Mandel, Fekete & Bloom, CPAs, located in Jersey City, New Jersey. He has over 35 years of public accounting experience, including supervision of audits of public companies.
Laura L. Brooks
Ms. Brooks is retired. She previously served as Vice President-Risk Management and Chief Risk Officer of PSEG in Newark, New Jersey since November 2002. Prior to November 2002, she was Vice President-Risk Management of PG&E in San Francisco, California. She serves on the Advisory Board for the Enterprise Risk Management Program at North Carolina State University and for the Quantitative Finance Program at Rutgers University. She is a member of the board of directors of the National Association of Corporate Directors, New Jersey Chapter.
Thomas W. Berry
Mr. Berry retired from investment banking in 1998 after a 26-year career with Goldman Sachs & Co. where he served as a partner since 1986. Mr. Berry was a founding director of Red Oak Bank, a New Jersey bank, which was acquired by another financial institution in 2005. He is a director of the Hyde and Watson Foundation.
Geoffrey M. Connor
Mr. Connor is retired. He previously was a partner of the international law firm of Reed Smith LLP where his practice concentrated on banking and corporate matters. Mr. Connor served as Commissioner of the New Jersey Department of Banking from 1990 to 1994.
Terence Gallagher
Mr. Gallagher is President and a member of the board of directors of Battalia Winston, a national executive search firm headquartered in New York, New York. He has served on the Americas Board for the Association of Executive Search Consulting Firms and the Advisory Committee for the National Association of Corporate Directors, New Jersey Chapter.
Carlos Hernandez
Dr. Hernandez is retired. He previously served as President of New Jersey City University, located in Jersey City, New Jersey.
Thomas B. Hogan Jr.
Mr. Hogan is retired. He had a 40-year career with the international public accounting and consulting firm of Deloitte & Touche where he served as the chief operating officer of that firm’s northeast practice area prior to his retirement. Mr. Hogan serves on the board of directors of Supreme Industries, Inc. He formerly served on the board of directors of Energy East Corporation before its acquisition by Iberdrola, SA in 2008.
Katharine Laud
Ms. Laud is a former member of the board of directors of First Morris Bank & Trust where she was instrumental in the formation of that bank’s wealth management and trust business. She is Associate Vice President for Finance and Administration of the University of Vermont Foundation. She has prior experience in investment management with two major banking companies.
Edward O'Donnell
Mr. O’Donnell is retired. He previously served as President of Tradelinks Transport, Inc., a transportation consulting company located in Westfield, New Jersey from 1999 to 2012. Previously, he was the Director and Executive Vice President of NPR, Inc. (Navieras de Puerto Rico), a transportation company located in Edison, New Jersey. He is a member of the board of directors of Pacific Crane Maintenance Company, L.P.
Jeffries Shein
Mr. Shein is a former member of the board of directors of First Sentinel Bancorp, Inc. and First Savings Bank. He is a principal with JGT Management Co., LLC, a real estate management and investment company. Mr. Shein is a member of the board of directors of Middlesex Water Company.
Matthew K. Harding
Mr. Harding is President and Chief Operating Officer of Levin Management Corporation, a leading retail real estate services firm. Prior to 2001, he served as the firm’s Senior Vice President and Deputy Chief Operating Officer. Mr. Harding serves as Vice President of The Philip and Janice Levin Foundation.
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