8 AUGUST 12, 2021 RIDGEWOOD TIMES WWW.QNS.COM
Ridgewood Savings Bank promotes four longtime employees
BY JULIA MORO
EDITORIAL@QNS.COM
@QNS
Ridgewood Savings Bank has
recently promoted four longtime
employees to first vice
president.
Between the four new first vice
presidents, there are 150 years of
collective experience at Ridgewood
Savings Bank. Ann Freese will take
on the position of first vice president
and director of information
technology; Gregory Hrycak is the
new first vice president and director
of commercial lending; LouAnn
Mannino is the new first vice president
and director of branch operations;
and Mirsada Tagani is the new
first vice president and director of
digital channels.
Leonard Stekol, the chairman,
president and CEO said he is so
pleased to promote these hardworking
individuals.
“While this past year has been a
difficult one for so many, our staff
has proven resilient and continue
to ensure our customers and their
banking experience with us remains
our top priority,” Stekol said.
Freese ensures the bank’s technology
supports the operations and
goals of the business. Freese supervises
information technology and
records management and monitors
risks and threats to protect the bank.
Hrycak is responsible for sourcing,
originating and underwriting
the process of commercial real estate
loans throughout New York City,
Westchester County, Long Island
and the Lower Hudson Valley region.
Mannino will run the bank’s
branch network. She also coordinates
staff training, customer
outreach, business growth while
ensuring that sales and client expectations
are being met. She began her
career at Ridgewood Savings Bank
as a part-time teller.
Tagani carries out the bank’s accounts,
the Ridgewood Financial
Academy, the bank’s Customer
Contact Center and product development.
She also began her career
at Ridgewood Savings Bank as a
part-time teller in 1992.
The bank also recently named
three new vice presidents: Bryan
Lutz, vice president and senior
commercial loan officer of East
Norwich, New York; Hector Nieves,
vice president and chief appraiser,
of Pelham Gardens, New York; and
Joan Piccione, vice president and
district manager, of Breezy Point,
New York.
Ridgewood Savings Bank was
founded in 1921 to serve the community
as a mutual savings bank
with approximately $6.5 billion in
assets and 35 locations throughout
the New York metropolitan area.
Ridgewood Savings Bank promoted four longtime employees to fi rst vice presidents.
Photos courtesy of Ridgewood Savings Bank
Middle Village senior killed while
crossing Eliot Avenue: NYPD
BY BILL PARRY
BPARRY@SCHNEPSMEDIA.COM
@QNS
A 91-year-old Middle Village woman was struck and killed Tuesday, Aug. 3, as she tried to cross Eliot Avenue.
Vera Schneider, of 76th Street, was heading westbound near 72nd Street when a 2019 Cadillac Escalade
making a left -hand turn on 72nd Street hit the senior, according to the NYPD.
Offi cers from the 104th Precinct in Ridgewood responded to a 911 call of a pedestrian struck and arrived on the
scene aft er 12:30 p.m. There, they discovered the victim unconscious and unresponsive with trauma to her body,
police said.
EMS transported the woman to Elmhurst Hospital where she was pronounced dead.
The 51-year-old driver of the Cadillac Escalade remained at the scene and was not arrested, according to the NYPD.
The investigation is ongoing.
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