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2 The Queens Courier • KINGS OF QUEENS • SEPTEMBER 11, 2014 for breaking news visit www.queenscourier.com kings of queens H SEPTEMBER 18, 2014 H H H JOSEPH R. Ficalora President & Chief Executive Officer NYCB Family of Banks MICHAEL Meyer President F&T Group F. PENNISI Joseph R. Ficalora is the President and Chief Executive Officer Albert F. Pennisi is Special Counsel to Daniels, Norelli, Cecere & Tavel, P.C. and President of the Queens Chamber of Commerce. Pennisi’s services include commercial leasing and litigation. He represents more than 90 cooperatives and condominiums, providing services including negotiating first mortgages and closing on first mortgage financing and refinancing: acting as transfer agent and closing attorney on sales of cooperative apartments and general counsel. Pennisi represents purchasers and owners of commercial real estate and industrial properties in purchases, sales and first mortgage financing. In addition, he represents sellers and purchasers of residential one, two and multi-family properties. Pennisi represents clients regarding Trusts, Wills and Estate Planning and Litigation. An active member of the community, Pennisi currently serves as the President of the Queens Real Estate Board and the President of the Federation of New York Housing Cooperatives and Condominiums. ALBERT and a director of New York Community Bancorp, Inc., the 20th largest bank holding company in the nation, with assets of $48.6 billion, and of its two primary subsidiaries, New York Community Bank and New York Commercial Bank. Under Mr. Ficalora’s leadership, the Company has evolved from a mutual savings bank with seven branches in Queens and Nassau Counties to a publicly traded multi-bank holding company with 273 branch offices serving consumers and businesses throughout Metro New York, New Jersey, Florida, Ohio, and Arizona. Established in 1859, New York Community Bank is one of the largest thrift depositories in the nation. Named President and Chief Operating Officer of the Community Bank in 1989, he spearheaded the establishment of New York Community Bancorp four years later, and has served as President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company since its inception on July 20, 1993. A graduate of Pace University with a degree in business and finance, Mr. Ficalora provides leadership to several professional banking organizations. He is a former member of the Board of Directors of the American Bankers Association (ABA), currently serves as a member of the ABA’s Government Relations Council Administrative Committee, and is a director of the New York Bankers Association (NYBA), also serving as Chairman of its Metropolitan Area Division. Mr. Ficalora serves as Vice Chairman of the Federal Home Loan Bank of New York, as well as on the Boards of Directors of RSI Retirement Trust and Peter B. Cannell & Co., Inc., an investment advisory firm. Mr. Ficalora also is an active participant in community affairs. A member of the Board of Directors of the Queens Chamber of Commerce since 1990, Mr. Ficalora has served on its Executive Committee since April 1992. In addition, Mr. Ficalora serves on the boards of directors of the New York Hall of Science, New York Hospital-Queens, and Flushing Cemetery, the Board of Trustees of the Museum of the Moving Image, and the Advisory Council of the Queens Museum of Art. HALL of FAMERS Mr. Meyer is President of the F&T Group, a real estate services company with offices in New York and China. Over the past 10 years he has elevated F&T’s profile from an outer-borough real estate developer to an international player by forging partnerships with Rockefeller Development Group and AECOM Capital on their $1B Flushing Commons project and JP Morgan Asset Fund on their 3.4 million square foot World Trade Center in Nanjing, China In 1999 Mr. Meyer joined Accenture (then Andersen Consulting), the world’s largest consulting and technology-services company. Starting as a Regional Director, he quickly rose to a Global Lead responsible for re-engineering the business model for Accenture’s officeservices function, overseeing a $550-million budget and a staff of 3,400. Earlier in 1994, Mr Meyer was recruited by Tishman Realty as a Vice President to represent the City of Miami Beach on the largest public/private join venture in Miami’s history--the development of two convention center hotels and a parking garage. The 800-room Loews Hotel and a second adjacent 422-room resort required $60 million of City funding--at a total cost of over $250 million. Mr Meyer began his post- MBA career at the Port Authority of NY & NJ focusing on international trade. In 1989 when The Port acquired the World Trade Center’s Vista Hotel, Mr. Meyer entered the real estate and hotel industry as the Owner’s Representative for the hotel, overseeing Hilton International’s operations. He conceived of a strategy to terminate the management contract and later led negotiations that financially restructured the ground lease and management agreements. After the first bombing of the World Trade Center, Mr. Meyer led the rebuilding of the 800-room Vista hotel, and also spearheaded the $42-million business-interruption and property-damage claim negotiations for both the hotel and Windows on the World. Throughout his career, Mr. Meyer has forged teams and partnerships capable of mastering complex projects, transactions, and transitions. He has succeeded both in entrepreneurial settings and in structured corporate realms; in the third world or in a torrid political environments such as New York and Miami Beach. Mr. Meyer has served on several boards and civic organizations, currently New York Hospital Queens, the World Trade Centers Association, and the Flushing BID. He is a frequent speaker and university lecturer. Special Counsel to Daniels, Norell, Cecere & Tavel, P.C President, Queens Chamber of Commerce s


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