MIDDLE ATLANTIC
Lakeland Bank of Newfoundland, N.J., the sole subsidiary of Lakeland Bancorp Inc. in Oak Ridge, has promoted Gail Martin to senior vice president of loan operations. Ms. Martin was vice president of loan operations.
She has more than 30 years of banking experience. Before joining the $2.4 billion-asset Lakeland Bank, she was the vice president of loan operations at National Bank of Sussex County.
Lakeland Bank also has promoted Mary Kaye Nardone to senior vice president of network administration and Elaine Petit to senior vice president of computer services.
Peapack-Gladstone Financial Corp. in Gladstone, N.J., has named Finn M.W. Caspersen Jr. its general counsel and promoted him from senior vice president to executive vice president.
Mr. Caspersen joined the company's $1.3 billion-asset Peapack-Gladstone Bank in 2004 as chief corporate risk manager.
SOUTHEAST
NewBridge Bancorp in Greensboro, N.C., has hired Richard M. Cobb to be its controller and chief accounting officer.Mr. Cobb has 30 years of banking experience, most recently as the chief financial officer at Southern Community Financial Corp. from 1996, when the company was established, to 2005.
Before joining the $2 billion-asset NewBridge he was self-employed as a consultant.
Bank of Florida Corp. in Naples has named Roy N. Hellwege its director of banking.
Mr. Hellwege had been the president and chief executive officer of the company's $185 million-asset Bank of Florida - Tampa Bay since 2004, when he was hired.
In his new job, he is to oversee that unit as well as the company's two others: $690 million-asset Bank of Florida - Southwest and $463 million-asset Bank of Florida - Southeast.
Mr. Hellwege's 30-year banking career includes 23 years at SunTrust Banks Inc., an Atlanta banking company where he rose to regional president for Tampa and St. Petersburg.
WEST
Discovery Bancorp in San Marcos, Calif., has named Joseph C. Carona interim president and chief executive officer of it and its $178 million-asset Discovery Bank. He succeeded James P. Kelley 2nd, who has resigned.Mr. Carona was an executive vice president and the chief administrative officer of the bank and its parent since they were established in 2001.
He began his banking career in 1970 at Citibank.
Tri-Valley Bank in San Ramon, Calif., said William Nethercott, its president and chief executive officer, will resign March 16.
It said he is leaving "to pursue another banking opportunity in the Greater Bay area."
Tri-Valley, which opened in 2005, has $86 million of assets.
Uniti Financial Corp. in Buena Park, Calif., has hired Paul Seon-Hong Kim to be the president and chief executive officer of the company and its $251 million-asset Uniti Bank.
Mr. Kim was the president and CEO of Center Financial Corp. and its Center Bank from 1998 until January 2007.
Before that he had a variety of jobs at Hanmi Bank from 1986 to 1998, including chief financial officer, chief credit officer, and chief marketing officer. For six years before that he was a senior vice president and branch manager at Pacific Union Bank, which Hanmi Financial Corp. bought in 2004.
