| Lisa C. Walsh |
Lisa C. Walsh is associated with Customers Bancorp, Inc. as the Chief People Officer & Executive Vice President. |
| Robert B. White |
Robert B. White is currently the President, Chief Executive Officer & Director at 1st Colonial Bancorp, Inc. and the President & Chief Executive Officer at 1st Colonial Community Bank. Previously, he worked at Customers Bank as the President-Special Assets & Chief Risk Officer from 2015 to 2019. |
| Thomas Kasulka |
Thomas Kasulka has held the following positions in his career: Chief Credit Officer & Executive Vice President at Customers Bancorp, Inc. since 2023, and Chief Lending Officer & Executive Vice President at Signature Bank (New York, New York) since 2004. |
| Philip Watkins |
Philip Watkins is currently working as a Principal at Megalith Capital Management since 2010. He is also currently serving as the Chief Financial Officer at Customers Bank since 2020 and as the Chief Financial Officer & Executive Vice President at Customers Bancorp, Inc. since 2024. Previously, he worked as the Chief Financial & Accounting Officer at Megalith Financial Acquisition Corp. Mr. Watkins completed his undergraduate degree at the University of Florida and holds an MBA from Harvard Business School. |
| Jessie John D. Velasquez |
Jessie John D. Velasquez is currently working as the Chief Accounting Officer & Executive VP at Customers Bancorp, Inc. since 2021. Additionally, he is also serving as the Chief Accounting Officer at Customers Bank since 2020. Previously, he held the position of Senior VP & Deputy Chief Accounting Officer at Customers Bancorp, Inc. from 2017 to 2018. Prior to that, he worked as the SVP-Accounting Policy & External Reporting at Webster Bank, NA from 2018 to 2020. Mr. Velasquez completed his undergraduate degree at the University of the Philippines. |
| Joan Patricia Cheney |
Joan Patricia Cheney is currently the Chief Risk Officer & Executive Vice President at Customers Bancorp, Inc. He completed his undergraduate degree at New York University. |
| Nicholas Harris |
Nicholas Harris currently works at Customers Bancorp, Inc., as Chief Information Officer & Executive VP from 2023. |
| Endré Jarraux Walls |
Currently, Endré Jarraux Walls occupies the position of Chief Operations & Technology Officer, EVP at Customers Bancorp, Inc.
Mr. Walls previously occupied the position of Principal at Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc., Principal at Strohl Systems Group, Inc., Vice President-Cloud & Technology Operations at CoreDial LLC and Chief Technology Officer for Resources for Human Development, Inc. |
| Lyle P. Cunningham |
Lyle P. Cunningham is the founder of CMS Mezzanine, a company founded in 2008. He held the title of Managing Director from 2008 to 2012. Currently, Mr. Cunningham is the Chief Lending Officer & Head-Specialized Banking at Customers Bancorp, Inc. since 2014. In the past, he worked as a Managing Director-Equity Sponsor Group at National City Bank Asset Management. From 1988 to 1998, he was a Vice President at CoreStates Bank, NA (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania). Mr. Cunningham also worked as a Principal at First Union Securities. He completed his undergraduate degree at The Pennsylvania State University in 1985. |
| Carla A. Leibold |
Carla A. Leibold is currently the Director at the Paul John II Center For Special Learning. She is also currently serving as the Chief Financial Officer & Executive Vice President at Customers Bancorp, Inc., Customers Bank, and is a Member at The American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. Previously, she worked as the Vice President & Controller at Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corp. from 2007 to 2013. Ms. Leibold completed her undergraduate degree at The Pennsylvania State University. |
| Jay S. Sidhu |
Jay S. Sidhu currently works at Sidhu Special Purpose Capital Corp., as Chairman, President & Chief Executive Officer, Customers Bancorp, Inc., as Chairman, Customers Bank, as Executive Chairman from 2020, Wilkes University, as Chairman, BankMobile, as Executive Chairman from 2020, and Grupo Santander Brasil, as Director. Mr. Sidhu also formerly worked at New Century Bank (Phoenixville, Pennsylvania), as Chairman & Chief Executive Officer from 2009 to 2011, Sidhu Advisors LLC, as Chairman & Chief Executive Officer from 2007 to 2009, BankMobile Technologies, Inc., as Chairman & Chief Executive Officer from 2015 to 2020, Santander Holdings USA, Inc., as Chairman in 2006, Atlantic Coast Federal Corp., as Executive Chairman from 2010 to 2011, Santander Bank, NA (Wilmington, Delaware), as Chairman in 2006, Sovereign Bank (Reading, Pennsylvania), as Chairman from 2002 to 2006, Atlantic Coast Financial Corp., as Vice Chairman from 2016 to 2018, Megalith Financial Acquisition Corp., as Executive Chairman from 2018 to 2020, Atlantic Coast Bank (Florida), as Director from 2011 to 2016, Banco Santander SA, as Director, and Old Guard Group, Inc., as Director from 1999 to 2001. Mr. Sidhu received his Masters Business Admin degree from Wilkes University and undergraduate degree from Banaras Hindu University. |
| Samvir S. Sidhu |
Samvir S. Sidhu founded Megalith Capital Management in 2010, where he worked as Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Sidhu also currently works at Customers Bancorp, Inc., as Vice Chairman, President & Chief Executive Officer and Customers Bank, as Vice Chairman, President & Chief Executive Officer from 2021. Mr. Sidhu also formerly worked at Megalith Financial Acquisition Corp., as Chief Executive Officer, Director & MD from 2017 to 2020, Customers Bancorp, Inc., as Director, Customers Bancorp, Inc., as Head-Corporate Development, Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC, as Principal, Providence Equity Partners LLC, as Senior Associate, and Providence Equity Capital Markets LLC, as Senior Associate. Mr. Sidhu received his undergraduate degree from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and Masters Business Admin degree from Harvard Business School. |
| Robert J. Buford |
Robert J. Buford is currently the President & Chief Executive Officer at Planned Realty Group, Inc. He is also an Independent Director at Customers Bancorp, Inc. Additionally, he is a Member of The Chicago Bar Association and the President & Secretary of Planned Property Management, Inc. Previously, he served as a Director at Corus Bankshares, Inc. Mr. Buford holds a graduate degree from DePaul University, an undergraduate degree from the University of Illinois, and an MBA from The University of Chicago Booth School of Business. |
| Steven J. Zuckerman |
Steven J. Zuckerman was the founder of Clipper Magazine, Inc. (founded in 1983) where he held the title of President & Chief Executive Officer from 1983 to 2013. He is also the founder of Vatica Health, Inc. (founded in 2011) where he currently holds the title of Chief Strategy Officer. Mr. Zuckerman's current job(s) include being an Independent Director at Customers Bancorp, Inc. since 2009, a Director at Customers Bank since 2009, a Director at GOJA LLC, the Owner of The Atlantic League of Professional Baseball, a Partner at Opening Day Partners, and a Partner at Oak Tree Development Group LLC since 2013. Mr. Zuckerman's former job(s) include being the Chief Executive Officer-Clipper Magazine at Gannett Media Corp. and a Director at New Century Bank (Phoenixville, Pennsylvania). Mr. Zuckerman obtained his undergraduate degree from Franklin & Marshall College in 1985. |
| Bernard B. Banks |
Bernard B. Banks is currently an Independent Director at Customers Bancorp, Inc., a Director at Customers Bank, a Director at NeuroFlow, Inc., and a Senior Advisory Partner at Sentinel Capital Partners LLC. He is also an Associate Dean & Clinical Professor at Kellogg School of Management since 2016. Previously, he worked as a Director at Annum Health, Inc. Dr. Banks holds a doctorate degree from The Trustees of Columbia University in The City of New York, a graduate degree from The Trustees of Columbia University in The City of New York, a graduate degree from Harvard University, an MBA from Northwestern University, an undergraduate degree from US Military Academy, and a graduate degree from U.S. Army War College. |
| Andrea R. Allon |
Andrea R. Allon is currently the Vice Chairman of Philadelphia Industrial Development Corp. and an Independent Director and Director at Customers Bancorp, Inc. and Customers Bank respectively. She is also a Director at Greater Philadelphia Alliance for Capital & Technologies. Previously, she was the Chief Operating Officer at Greater Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce. Before that, she worked at Ernst & Young LLP as a Partner from 1983 to 2004. Ms. Allon holds an MBA from The Trustees of Columbia University in The City of New York and an undergraduate degree from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. |
| T. Lawrence Way |
T. Lawrence Way is an Independent Director at Customers Bancorp, Inc. and a Director at Customers Bank. He previously served as the Chairman & Chief Executive Officer at Alco Industries, Inc. from 2000 to 2010. He also worked as a Director-Corporate Accounting at Bank One Corp. from 1992 to 1998. Additionally, he has experience as a Director at New Century Bank (Phoenixville, Pennsylvania). Mr. Way holds an MBA from Mount Saint Mary's University, an undergraduate degree from Tufts University, and a graduate degree from Rutgers School of Law (Camden). |
| Rajeev V. Date |
Rajeev V. Date founded Fenway Summer LLC in 2013, where he is working as Managing Partner from 2013 and Cambridge Winter Center For Financial Institutions Policy in 2009, where he worked as Chairman from 2009 to 2010. Mr. Date also founded FS Vector LLC, where he is working as Senior Advisor. Mr. Date also currently works at Fenway Summer Investment Management LLC, as Managing Director & Chairman from 2013, Linden Research, Inc., as Director from 2021, Customers Bancorp, Inc., as Independent Director from 2022, and various other companies. Mr. Date also formerly worked at Jarden Corp., as Director from 2020 to 2021, Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc., as Managing Director-Financial Institutions Group in 2009, Green Dot Corp., as Independent Director from 2016 to 2023, and various other companies. Mr. Date received his undergraduate degree in 1992 from the University of California, Berkeley and graduate degree in 1995 from Harvard Law School. |
