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Priscilla Sims Brown has served as our President and Chief Executive Officer and on our Board of Directors since June 2021. Ms. Brown has served as a multi-national board director and C-suite executive with 30 years of financial services experience. Prior to joining the Company, she was the Group Executive for Marketing and Corporate Affairs at Commonwealth Bank of Australia from July 2019 to June 2021, where she focused on rebuilding trust and pride in the bank with direct responsibility for end-to-end marketing, branding, stakeholder insights, government and public affairs, and environment and social policy. From October 2017 to July 2019, she served as Chief Executive Officer of Emerge.me, a digital health insurance broker. Ms. Brown has held senior positions at AXA Financial, Inc., Sun Life Financial, and Lincoln Financial Group. She was a member of the AXA Financial US Executive Committee, serving as Chief Marketing Officer (CMO), where she directed all aspects of US marketing and led global digital marketing initiatives. Prior to AXA Financial, Ms. Brown served as CMO at AmeriHealth Caritas, where she developed a new go-to-market strategy for the largest Blue Cross/Blue Shield Medicaid company in response to the Affordable Care Act. At Sun Life, Ms. Brown served as CMO and Chief Strategist, where she negotiated and managed Sun Life Stadium naming rights, Pro Bowl, Super Bowl, and other major events with the Miami Dolphins NFL football team. During her 18-year tenure at Lincoln Financial Group, Ms. Brown held numerous leadership positions where she integrated acquired companies, established new businesses, and led the consumer brand. She established the firm's first investment management profit center, targeting midsized insurance companies. She also started and chaired Lincoln's first family of standalone mutual funds and served as president of the broker-dealer. Ms. Brown also led the investor relations function, before expanding her responsibilities to include corporate and strategic marketing. Board Service: Prior to joining the Company, she served as a member of the Board of Trustees of Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association of America (TIAA). She served on the TIAA Investment, Nominating and Governance, and Corporate Governance and Social Responsibility committees, as well as Trustee and CEO selection subcommittees.

Jason Darby has served as our Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer since May 2021 and has been with the Company since 2015, now nearly eleven years. He has over 30 years of leadership experience in financial services and has been instrumental in developing and advancing our strategic financial initiatives and overall performance. Darby leads our engagement with the capital markets and regularly represents the Company at industry conferences and in the media. Before joining the Company, Darby held positions at Capital One, Esquire Bank, North Fork Bank, American Express, and KPMG. He is a New York-licensed Certified Public Accountant and earned an M.B.A. from the University of Pittsburgh.

Sam Brown has served as our Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Banking Officer since August 2022. Mr. Brown joined us as Executive Vice President, Business Development in 2014, and in 2015, Mr. Brown became our Executive Vice President, Director of Commercial Banking. Prior to joining us, Mr. Brown served as Director of the White House Business Council in the White House's Office of Public Engagement, a position he held from 2013 to 2014. As President Barack H. Obama's liaison to the private sector, Mr. Brown worked on economic policies to help America's working families and businesses succeed. Before leading the Business Council, Mr. Brown held various positions between 2007 and 2012 serving President Obama. Mr. Brown also served as the founding Chief Operating Officer of Organizing for Action and Finance Chief of Staff for the Obama-Biden 2012 campaign. Mr. Brown holds a bachelor's degree from University of Southern California.

Edgar Romney, Jr., has served as the Bank's Executive Vice President, Chief Strategy and Administrative Officer since April of 2023. Mr. Romney, Jr. is responsible for leading the Bank's strategic agenda, assisting the CEO in evaluating strategic growth opportunities, overseeing progress on key business goals, and leading innovation to maintain the Bank's competitiveness. In addition, Mr. Romney, Jr. is tasked with serving as the spokesperson for communicating enterprise strategy to key stakeholders. He previously served as the Interim Chief Audit Executive from April 2024 to October of 2024 while the Company searched to fill this role. Prior to this role, he served as the Bank's Chief Revenue Officer from 2022 to 2023, in this role, Mr. Romney, Jr. was responsible for the execution of the business strategy for deposit, lending and investment portfolios as well as achieving budget goals for the Bank's banking and investment team. From 2018 to 2022, Mr. Romney, Jr. also held the role of Regional Sales Director, leading the Bank's commercial sales team in the northeast. Lastly, in his 16 years with the bank, Mr. Romney, Jr. also held the role of Chief Risk and Compliance Officer and Deputy General Counsel. Mr. Romney, Jr. received his J.D. from St. John's University School of Law and his Bachelor's Degree from Cornell University.

Sean Searby has served as our Executive Vice President, Chief Information and Operations Officer since February of 2025. He previously served as our Executive Vice President, Chief Operations Officer from April of 2022 until February of 2025. He was our Executive Vice President, Operations and Program Management from 2020 to 2022. Prior to that, he served as the Director of Product Management from 2018 to 2020, and as the Director of Product & Client Services within Commercial Banking from 2015 to 2018. Before joining us, Mr. Searby worked in Global Transaction Banking at HSBC on the USD Clearing Team, providing foreign financial institutions and multinational corporations access to the USD market. Before HSBC, Mr. Searby was in the Strategic Planning Group at Cathay Bank. Earlier in his career, he held a number of positions in Product Management, Service and Operations within Transaction Banking.

Lynne P. Fox has served as Chair of our Board of Directors since May 2016. Ms. Fox is an attorney and is the elected President and Chair of the General Executive Board of Workers United, a position she has held since May 2016. Prior to that, she served as an Executive Vice President of Workers United from March 2009 to May 2016. She is also the elected Manager of the Philadelphia Joint Board of Workers United (and its predecessor labor organizations), a position she has held since December 1999. She is a Vice President of the Service Employees International Union. She is responsible for overseeing a $16 million budget, strategic planning, and for representing approximately 75,000 members in the U.S. and Canada. She has served as chief labor negotiator for innumerable collective bargaining agreements, that, among other things, provide for health and pension benefits, and has responsibility for oversight of the investigation and processing of labor grievances. Board Service: Ms. Fox serves as Chair of the Amalgamated Life Insurance Company, Chair of the Consolidated Retirement Fund, Chair of the National Retirement Fund after having served as Chair of the Investment Committee of the National Retirement Fund from 2016 to 2018, Chair of the Sidney Hillman Medical Center in Philadelphia, President of the Sidney Hillman Medical Center Apartments for the Elderly, Inc. in Philadelphia and is a member of the Philadelphia Airport Advisory Board. She is President of the Philadelphia Jewish Labor Committee, and Chair of the John Fox Scholarship Fund in Philadelphia. She also served as a Board member for the State Employee Retirement System in Pennsylvania from 2006 to 2011, which is a $28.3 billion fund. She also serves as Chair of the National Plus Plan and serves as Chair and/or trustee on various other insurance and employee benefit funds.

Mr. Romney, Sr. briefly became President of Workers United upon its formation in March 2009 and has been its Secretary-Treasurer since July 2009. He is also a member of the General Executive Board of Workers United and Vice President of Service Employees International Union, positions he has held since September 2009. Mr. Romney, Sr. joined the former International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union (ILGWU) in 1962 as a shipping clerk. He later became an Organizer and Business Agent with Local 99 ILGWU and, in 1976, was asked to serve as Director of Organization for the largest ILGWU affiliate - Local 23-25. Two years later, he was elected Assistant Manager of Local 23-25, and in 1983, became the local's Manager-Secretary and an ILGWU Vice President. Mr. Romney, Sr. served as Manager-Secretary of Local 23-25 until 2004, when he became Manager of the New York Metropolitan Area Joint Board, formed by the consolidation of the five local unions that represent apparel workers in the New York area. In 1989, Mr. Romney, Sr. was elected ILGWU Executive Vice President, becoming the first African American to hold that position, and in 1995, he became Executive Vice President of UNITE - the union that grew out of the merger of the ILGWU and ACTWU. He was elected to the position of Secretary-Treasurer of UNITE in 2003. With the merger of UNITE and HERE in 2004, Mr. Romney, Sr. became Executive Vice President of UNITE HERE, a position he held until the separation of UNITE 12 and HERE in 2009. Mr. Romney, Sr. served as Secretary-Treasurer of the Change to Win Coalition from September 2003 until 2009. Mr. Romney, Sr. is the father of Mr. Romney, Jr., who is the Chief Strategy and Administrative Officer. Board Service: Mr. Romney, Sr. continues to serve on numerous boards of directors and is National Secretary of the A. Philip Randolph Institute; Vice President of IndustriALL and the New York State AFL-CIO; and an executive board member of the New York City Central Labor Council and the Workmen's Circle. Mr. Romney, Sr. is also a director of Amalgamated Life Insurance Company, a board member of the Sidney Hillman Foundation, and a trustee of each of the Consolidated Retirement Fund and the National Retirement Fund. Mr. Romney, Sr. also serves as Chairman of the Consortium for Worker Education (CWE).

Julie Kelly is the General Manager of the New York New Jersey Regional Joint Board of Workers United and an International Vice President and member of the General Executive Board of Workers United, positions she has held since 2010. She has worked in the labor movement since 1989 and has been with Workers United and its predecessor organizations in a number of capacities since 2000. Board Service: Ms. Kelly is President of the New York New Jersey Regional Joint Board Holding Company, Inc., a director of Amalgamated Life Insurance Company, and a trustee of the Amalgamated National Health Fund, Amalgamated Retail Retirement Fund, Consolidated Retirement Fund, the National Retirement Fund, Consortium for Worker Education Audit Committee, and the Union Health Center. She also served as former President of the Clothing Workers Center, a historic organization that has provided a home for tens of thousands of Amalgamated Clothing and Textile Workers Union (ACTWU) workers for over a century.

Mark A. Finser was a founding member of New Resource Bank and served as its Chair until our acquisition of New Resource Bank in 2018. Mr. Finser started his career in social finance in 1984 as a founder of RSF Social Finance (RSF), an organization focused on developing innovative social finance tools to serve the unmet needs of clients and partners. He served as President and Chief Executive Officer of RSF until 2007, during which time he led the growth of the organization's assets to $120 million. In 2007, he transitioned to Chairman of the Board of Trustees of RSF and served in that role until 2018. Mr. Finser also works with high-net-worth individuals and families to develop a strategy to align financial resources with personal values. As part of this work, Mr. Finser serves as an independent trustee for families and multigenerational beneficiaries. Board Service: As an active member of the social finance community, Mr. Finser has served on several boards, including B Lab, Living Lands Trust, and Gaia Herbs.

JoAnn Lilek has more than 30 years combined experience as a Chief Financial Officer and operations leader in consulting, commercial banking, and supply chain management. From 2010 to 2018, she served as Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer of Accretive Solutions, Inc., a private equity owned company. From 2008 to 2010, Ms. Lilek served as Executive Vice-President, Chief Financial Officer and Corporate Secretary of Midwest Banc Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq: MBHI) where she was part of the turnaround team commissioned to recapitalize its subsidiary, Midwest Bank, during the global financial crisis of 2008. From 2001 to 2008, Ms. Lilek was Chief Financial Officer for DSC Logistics (DSC), a well-known, privately held national provider of third-party logistics and supply chain management services. Prior to DSC, Ms. Lilek had a 23-year career in financial leadership at ABN Amro North America. She played an instrumental role in ABN Amro North America's growth to become the largest foreign bank in the United States. She held the positions of Group Senior Vice-President and Corporate Controller for North America from 1991 to 1999 and Executive Vice-President and Chief Financial Officer Wholesale Banking for North America from 1999 to 2000. Both Directors & Boards in 2007 and Private Company Director in 2019 highlighted Ms. Lilek's accomplishments in their Directors to Watch articles. She is a Founding Member of the Private Directors Association and a member of the National Association of Corporate Directors and Women Corporate Directors. Board Service: Ms. Lilek currently serves as an independent Trustee and Audit Committee Chair of the Datum One Series Trust, a series of mutual funds. She served as a board member of the Hinsdale Bank and Trust Company, a subsidiary of Wintrust Corporation (Nasdaq: WTFC), from 2011 to 2016 where she also served as Audit Committee Chair and as a credit and risk management committee member. In addition, from 2005 to 2009, she served as board Chair for the Lou Holland Trust Mutual Fund. She has 14 years of board service at the YWCA Metropolitan Chicago, including board President and Treasurer. She currently serves on the advisory board of MGX Beverage Group, a private family-owned wholesale distribution and third-party logistics business.

Maryann Bruce has over 30 years of experience in the financial services industry and is recognized for her outstanding leadership and expertise. Ms. Bruce has earned numerous accolades, including being named one of Directors & Board's 20 Accomplished Female Board Members in Directors to Watch and appearing on US Banker's list of The 25 Most Powerful Women in Banking. Since 2007, Ms. Bruce has served as President of Turnberry Advisory Group, a private consulting firm. From 2008 to 2010, she was President of Aquila Distributors Inc., a subsidiary of Aquila Investment Management. Earlier in her career, she was President of Evergreen Investments Services, Inc., a division of Wachovia (now Wells Fargo & Company), focused on investment management and diversified financial services. Ms. Bruce is passionately committed to advancing women's leadership in business and boardrooms. She earned the CERT Certificate in Cybersecurity Oversight from the National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD) and Carnegie Mellon University's Software Engineering Institute, demonstrating her dedication to cybersecurity governance. Her career has spanned a wide range of executive leadership roles across strategy, sales and distribution, marketing, product development, client service, risk management, and regulatory oversight. Board Service: Ms. Bruce is a board member and Nominating & Governance Chair of the ASA Gold and Precious Metals Fund. Her previous board experience includes serving as an Independent Director at NextPoint Financial, where she chaired the Corporate Governance & Nominating Committee, served on the Executive, Audit, and Compensation Committees, and successfully led the company through a strategic review, restructuring, and a going concern sale. Ms. Bruce also served as an Independent Director at MBIA (NYSE: MBI), where she was a member of the Audit & Compliance and Compensation & Governance Committees, an Independent Director for Atlanta Life Financial Group, where she chaired the Compensation Committee, and Trustee for the Allianz Global Investors and PNC Funds. Additionally, Ms. Bruce serves on the advisory boards of Divershefy, a global women's organization, and the Directors Development Initiative, which connects aspiring board members with for-profit and nonprofit boards and Conduit Private Partners. She is also a founding member of NACD's Carolinas Chapter and has previously chaired the C200 Foundation, an organization that brings together C-suite executives and trailblazing entrepreneurs, and Wrestle Like A Girl.

Meredith Miller brings an extensive background in corporate governance and sustainable investment leadership with considerable board and management experience. Ms. Miller served as Managing Member of Corporate Governance and Sustainable Strategies LLC from November 2021 to December 2024. Previously, she served as Chief Corporate Governance Officer for the UAW Retiree Medical Benefits Trust from 2010 to 2021. In that role she covered over 600,000 participants with $62 billion in assets under management. Ms. Miller also has 27 years of experience in health and pension benefits as well as policy making through her roles as Assistant Treasurer for Policy at the Office of Connecticut State Treasurer (1999-2010), Deputy Assistant Secretary and Acting Assistant Secretary for the Pension and Benefits Welfare Administration at the U.S. Department of Labor (1993-1999), Assistant Director for the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organization (1988-1993), and Assistant Director of Research for SEIU. Board Service: Ms. Miller has been a Member of the Investment Integration Project Advisory Council and currently serves on the nonprofit Board of Directors of For the Long Term. She also previously served on the boards of the Washtenaw Community College Foundation, The Global Reporting Initiative, The Council of Institutional Investors and The Thirty Percent Coalition

After working with Ernst & Young LLP (EY) for over 36 years, Scott Stoll retired as a partner in 2018. From 2010 to 2018, Mr. Stoll's role at EY focused on financial services and quality assurance, as he was responsible for EY's non-audit advisory work at a global systematically important bank while based in San Francisco. From 2004 to 2010, Mr. Stoll's partner role focused on banking, capital markets and insurance when he played a leadership role in the expansion of Ernst & Young LLP's financial services consulting capabilities in Zurich, Switzerland. Prior to relocating to Zurich, Mr. Stoll was based in New York from the years 2000 to 2004 where he was one of EY's lead advisory partners serving global banks and insurance/reinsurance companies. Prior to this, Mr. Stoll's role focused on commercial banking risk management and asset liability management from 1994 to 2000. He founded EY's asset liability management advisory practice and was a founding member of EY's U.S. financial services consulting practice serving numerous super regional banks across the U.S. From 1982 to 1994, Mr. Stoll worked on audit engagements for a variety of public company financial services clients. Board Service: Since 2019, Mr. Stoll has been serving as the Audit Committee Chair of Farmers Group, Inc., as well as the Audit Committee Chair and member of the Executive Committee of its wholly owned subsidiary Farmers New World Life Insurance Company. Previously, Mr. Stoll was actively involved on the Board of the National

Darrell Jackson brings an extensive background driving growth and operational initiatives for financial services providers throughout the US. In his 35+ years in the financial sector, he has held leadership positions such as President, CEO and Board Director with consistent success in creating innovative business strategies. Since 2018, Mr. Jackson has served as President and CEO of the Efficace Group. Prior to this, Mr. Jackson held the position of President, CEO and Inside Director for Seaway Bank and Trust in Chicago from 2014 to 2015. Previously he held several management positions at The Northern Trust Corporation from 1995 to 2014, concluding his tenure with the position of Executive Vice President. Board Service: Since 2025, Mr. Jackson has served as an Independent Director for FTC Solar Inc. (Nasdaq: FTCI). Since 2023, Mr. Jackson has served as one of four Advisory Board Members for Dome Construction, Inc. Since 2022, Mr. Jackson has served as a Trustee for the Janus Henderson Mutual Funds Board. Since April 2020, Mr. Jackson has served as one of three outside directors for Gray-Scott-Bowen. From November 2016 until July 2018, Mr. Jackson served as one of four outside directors for Delaware Place Bank and its holding company in Chicago and as Chair of the Executive Loan Committee. Mr. Jackson has also served as Chairman of the Board, Chairman of Audit, Finance, Governance and Management Development & Compensation committees for several high-profile non-profit organizations.

Dr. Julieta Ross With over 20 years of global banking technology leadership and experience, Dr. Julieta Ross offers a vast understanding of the broader financial services risk management landscape along with new technology perspectives including building market-leading banking platforms and digital capabilities. Dr. Ross is the Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Okee Labs, an AI startup launched in 2019. She oversees all aspects of the company's operations, including product development, research, and customer acquisition. Prior to this role, Dr. Ross was the Global Chief Technology Officer at Banco Santander from 2017 to 2019, Global Chief Technology Officer at M&T Bank from 2014 to 2017 and held various international roles for Citi (known as Citigroup prior to 2007) from 2000 to 2014, ultimately being named Chief Technology Officer for Latin America. She has a proven track record building and scaling businesses, leveraging digital technologies to reduce cost, drive customer experiences and improve productivity. Dr. Ross is a member of the National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD). She became a NACD Certified Director (NACD.DC) in 2024. She is also NACD certified in Adaptive Governance. She earned her Cyber Risk and Strategy Oversight certification from Diligent Institute in 2023. Board Service: Dr. Ross has served on the boards of public, private and non-profit companies including Santander Consumer Finance, Mastercard Advisory Board, AAA Western and Central New York, Sheltered Harbor, Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center Technology Committee and Row New York. She has been an advisor, judge and mentor for the Big Ideas Program at the University of California, Berkeley, since 2017. Dr. Ross is a founding member of the Sheltered Harbor Board, and as of January 2026, Dr. Ross serves as a Board Member and Chair of the Membership Committee of International Women's Forum (IWF), Florida.

Mr. Steven S. SaLoutos has served as the Chief Financial Officer of ProSight Financial Association since January 2025. Most notably, Mr. SaLoutos retired from U.S. Bank, N.A. in 2022, concluding a distinguished 38-year career with the institution. His most recent position there was Executive Vice President and Midwest Regional Executive in Consumer and Business Banking from 2006 to 2022 where he managed 375 branch banks and over 2000 branch and business bankers in the Minneapolis-St. Paul, Chicago, St. Louis, Kansas City, and Milwaukee-Madison markets. Previous to that, Mr. SaLoutos headed the Strategic Support Services team and served as Chief Financial Officer for Consumer and Business Banking. The work Mr. SaLoutos did, along with his team, helped U.S. Bank be consistently recognized as one of the top banking companies in the country. Mr. SaLoutos brings extensive expertise in the banking industry, complemented by a strong background in directorship, strategic planning, and business execution. As an active community supporter, Mr. SaLoutos has been a Banking and Finance Instructor at Consumer Bankers Association Executive Banking School (2023 - present), a Strategic Management Adjunct Instructor at Concordia University-Wisconsin (Fall 2023, Spring and Fall 2024, Spring 2025), and a Financial Institutions and Intermediate Finance Adjunct Instructor at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (Spring and Fall 2024, Spring 2025). Board Service: Mr. SaLoutos is the former Chairperson of Wisconsin Women Business Initiative Corporation (WWBIC). WWBIC is a Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI) focused on startup and early-stage business lending for and education of women and minority-owned businesses throughout Wisconsin. Mr. SaLoutos is a member of the Private Directors Association, Milwaukee Chapter, and is Directorship Certified (NACD.DC) by the National Association of Corporate Directors.

Mr. Royce Tony Wells has deep experience in multiple industries driving strategy, customer growth, digital transformation, customer experience and customer satisfaction across both NPS and JD Power measurement systems. He currently is a Venture Partner at Copper Sky Capital, formerly known as AZ-VC, the largest venture fund in the state of Arizona, where he has served since 2024. From 2021 to 2023, Mr. Wells was the Chief Media Officer for Verizon, one of the world's leading providers of technology and communications services generating more than $133 billion in revenue and serving more than 120 million customers. During his tenure as Chief Media Officer, he deployed a +2.5 billion annual enterprise media budget across all business units, platforms, and channels. Mr. Wells joined Verizon from USAA where he served as Chief Brand Officer for the +13-million-member Fortune 100 and +$35 billion revenue financial services company from 2017 to 2021. There he cultivated significant brand growth managing a +$1B budget, rejuvenated their DEI program, and improved the customer satisfaction instrumentation that enhanced their global customer satisfaction reputation. Mr. Wells has also served as a Chief Marketing Officer across multiple industries and go-to-market strategies, including Schneider Electric, Tyco/ADT Security and 24 Hour Fitness. Board Service: Mr. Wells has public, private equity, and non-profit board experience. Appointed to the Yelp board in 2020, he serves on the Compensation Committee. In 2023, Mr. Wells was appointed to the boards of Nexstar, the largest owner of U.S. TV stations and the CW Network, and Triplelift, a Vista Equity advertising technology portfolio company. He has served on two private equity Saas boards in Octiv and Pattem89, both having been successfully acquired. Mr. Wells has extensive non-profit board experience having served on the Board of the Association of National Advertisers, and Chairman of both the USAA Foundation and the USAA Education Foundation. Additionally, he served on the Board of Directors of his alma mater Our Lady of Good Counsel High School, and the National Board of Directors for Mothers Against Drunk Driving.

Mandy Tenner has served as our Executive Vice President and Chief Legal Officer, since December 2023, previously having held the title of Executive Vice President and General Counsel since April 2022. Before that she served as our Deputy General Counsel from April 2018 to April 2022, and as our Assistant General Counsel from April 2016 until April 2018. Before joining us, she served as counsel for ContourGlobal, a global power company from November 2010 to March 2016. Earlier in her career, she worked at Guggenheim Partners in their Leveraged Debt Group. She holds a bachelor's degree in History and Political Science from Brandeis University, an M.A. in French from Middlebury College, and a J.D. degree from Brooklyn Law School. She currently sits on the Advisory Board of Bank on Women. In 2026, she joined the American Bar Association, Banking Law Committee Leadership as part of the Community and Regional Banks subcommittee.

Tyrone Graham has served as our Executive Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer since November 2021. Mr. Graham is responsible for Amalgamated's human resources strategy; a plan focused on building culture and attracting, developing, retaining, and engaging our most valued asset, our colleagues. This includes talent acquisition and development, compensation, benefits, payroll, and internal communications. Prior to joining Amalgamated, Mr. Graham previously served as Senior Vice President of Talent Management at Eastern Bank from 2015 to 2021. He has also held senior HR roles at GE Capital, Sun Life Financial U.S., Bank of America, and Citizens Financial Group. He started his HR career at USTrust Bank, Boston, where he served as Vice President of Corporate Training & Development. Mr. Graham is a graduate of Emmanuel College, Boston, where he received his Bachelor of Science in Business Administration.

Leslie Veluswamy has served as our Executive Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer since November 2022. Previously, she served as the Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer at Dime Community Bancshares, Inc. (DCB) from 2019 until 2022. Prior to that, Ms. Veluswamy served as Senior Vice President and Director of Financial Reporting at DCB from 2016 to 2019. Ms. Veluswamy is a licensed CPA in New York and holds a B.S. in Accounting and a Master's degree in Accounting from the University of Florida.