Executive Bio: Paul D. Colasono

Paul D. Colasono joined the Company in April 2005 as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Colasono has thirty years of management experience in a broad range of senior management positions in the retail banking and mortgage banking industries. He was Vice President and Controller at GE Capital Mortgage Services Corporation. Mr. Colasono served in various management capacities at the Dime Savings Bank of New York, where he was President and CEO of the Dime Savings Bank of New Jersey. Mr. Colasono served as Chief Administrative Officer and Chief Financial Officer of the mortgage banking division; Executive Vice President/Director of Strategic Planning; and was First Senior Vice President and Controller. Mr. Colasono began his career at the Chase Manhattan Bank, N.A. in 1969, and holds a BS and an MBA (Accounting) from St. John’s University.