Bank Notes
Jim Gould
Marty Gallagher
Brian Myers
BENEFICIAL BANK Beneficial Bank announced that it has expanded its credit and lending teams. The bank appointed Jim Gould as executive vice president and CLO, Marty Gallagher as senior vice president and COO, and Brian Myers as director of mortgage banking. Gould directs and oversees all of the bank’s lending operations in Pennsylvania and New Jersey with a specific focus on growing Beneficial’s middle market commercial lending team. He holds a bachelor’s degree from Arkansas State University. Gallagher is responsible for overseeing the bank’s credit and portfolio management
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Thomas J. Kemly
Raymond G. Hallock
Martin D. Jessen
disciplines, with specific focus on enhancing infrastructures to support lending portfolio growth. Gallagher holds a master of business administration and a bachelor’s degree from St. Joseph’s University. Myers is responsible for directing sales of residential mortgages and oversees the conceptualization of all residential mortgage products for the bank. He holds a bachelor’s degree from William Paterson University. COLUMBIA BANK Thomas J. Kemly has been named successor to Raymond G. Hallock, president and CEO
Gary T. Jolliffe
Michael A. Shriner
Joseph G. Mulrooney
of Columbia Bank, who officially retires on Dec. 31, 2011, following a 33-year Columbia Bank career. Hallock will remain a member of Columbia’s board of directors. Kemly will begin his leadership on Jan. 1, 2012. Kemly joined Columbia in 1981 as a management trainee. Upon completion of the bank’s Management Training Program, he was promoted to accounting supervisor. In 1986, he was promoted to assistant controller; was named controller in 1986, and was appointed vice president in 1988. Kemly was appointed vice president and CFO in 1992 and appointed senior vice president a year later. In 2001, he was appointed senior executive vice president
Winter 2012