FAIRFIELD — Robert J. Peluso has been named Vice President/Government Banking Officer at Kearny Bank.
Prior to joining the Bank, he served as Vice President/ Relationship Banker & Managing Director Government Banking at Peapack-Gladstone Bank.
Mr. Peluso graduated with a Bachelor’s Degree in Management from Montclair State University and earned his MBA in Corporate Finance from Fairleigh Dickinson University.
In his position, Peluso will enhance the Bank’s strategic direction to capitalize on the government banking and non-profit opportunities in our marketplace. He will support and manage Kearny’s government and non-profit deposit and lending relationship portfolios. He will also engage community partnerships, chambers of commerce, economic development programs, and government associations to provide a superior banking experience.
Peluso serves as a Council Vice President in Parsippany-Troy Hills, where he resides with his wife Ildiko and son Robert. He has also been the President of the Parsippany Area Chamber of Commerce for the past 17 years and is the Founder and President of the Parsippany Area Visitor Center and a Board Member of the Morris County Economic Development Corp.
In addition, Peluso serves as an advisory board member for Homeless Solutions, Employment Horizons, Morris County Technical School and YMCA. He was named Lakeland Hills YMCA Citizen of the Year 2001.
Kearny Bank, a federally-chartered stock savings bank, has supported the communities it serves since 1884.
The Bank has assets of $ 4.3 billion and operates 42 full-service banking offices in Northern and Central New Jersey and Brooklyn and Staten Island, New York.
