Leadership

José R. González
José R. González was appointed President and CEO of the Federal Home Loan Bank of New York on April 2, 2014. Mr. González joined the FHLBNY on October 15, 2013, as Executive Vice President. Mr. González served as Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors of the FHLBNY from 2008 through 2013, and as an elected industry director since 2004. Prior to joining the FHLBNY, he served as Senior Executive Vice President, Banking & Corporate Development for OFG Bancorp (formerly Oriental Financial Group, Inc.). Mr. González is also a member of the Board of Directors of the Pentegra Defined Benefit Plan for Financial Institutions since July 2014.
On August 31, 2016, Mr. González was appointed by President Barack Obama to serve as one of the eight directors of the Oversight Board created by the Puerto Rico Oversight, Management, and Economic Stability Act (“PROMESA”) of 2016.
Mr. González was a member of the Board of Directors of Santander BanCorp (“Santander”), a bank holding company, from 2000 to 2010. From 2002 to 2008, he was Vice Chairman of the Board, President and CEO of Santander. After joining Santander in 1996 as President and CEO of its securities broker dealer, Mr. González was named Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the holding company in 2001.
Mr. González began his career in banking in the early 1980s as Vice President, Investment Banking, for Credit Suisse First Boston (“CSFB”) and, from 1989 through 1995, served as President and CEO of CSFB’s Puerto Rico operations. He served as President and CEO of the Government Development Bank for Puerto Rico, a government instrumentality that acts as the Commonwealth’s fiscal agent, from 1986 to 1989. He is a past President of both the Puerto Rico Bankers Association and the Securities Industry Association of Puerto Rico. Mr. González holds a B.A. in Economics from Yale University and M.B.A. and Juris Doctor degrees from Harvard University.
2021 FHLBNY Board of Directors
Chairman
John R. Buran
President & CEO
Flushing Bank
Uniondale, New York
Vice Chairman
Larry E. Thompson*
Former Vice Chairman
The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation
New York, New York
Danelle M. Barrett*
Retired Rear Admiral
United States Navy
Buffalo, New York
Kevin Cummings
Chairman & Chief Executive Officer
Investors Bank
Short Hills, New Jersey
Michael M. Horn*
Partner
McCarter & English, LLP
Newark, New Jersey
Thomas L. Hoy
Chairman
Glens Falls National Bank & Trust Company
Glens Falls, New York
David Huber*
President
Huber Advisory Services
Red Bank, New Jersey
Thomas J. Kemly
President, Chief Executive Officer & Director
Columbia Bank
North Fair Lawn, New Jersey
Charles E. Kilbourne, III*#
Managing Director
Financial Services Volunteer Corps
New York, New York
Gerald H. Lipkin
Senior Advisor
Valley National Bank
Wayne, New Jersey
Kenneth J. Mahon
Chief Executive Officer & Director
Dime Community Bank
Brooklyn, New York
Christopher P. Martin
Chairman & Chief Executive Officer
Provident Bank
Iselin, New Jersey
Richard S. Mroz*
Managing Director
Resolute Strategies, LLC
Haddonfield, New Jersey
David J. Nasca
President & Chief Executive Officer
Evans Bank, N.A.
Hamburg, New York
Stephen S. Romaine
Chairman of the Board
Tompkins Trust Company
Ithaca, New York
Rev. DeForest B. Soaries, Jr.*#
Senior Pastor
First Baptist Church of Lincoln Gardens
Somerset, New Jersey
Carlos J. Vázquez
Senior Executive Vice President
Banco Popular de Puerto Rico
San Juan, Puerto Rico
Ángela Weyne*
Former Commissioner of Insurance
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico
San Juan, Puerto Rico
* Independent Director
# Public Interest Director
Chair
Maria Rodriguez-Collazo
Director of Housing Programs
PathStone Corporation
Ponce, Puerto Rico
Staci A. Berger
President and CEO
The Housing and Community Development
Network of New Jersey
Trenton, New Jersey
Susan Cotner
Executive Director
Affordable Housing Partnership /
Albany Community Land Trust
Albany, New York
Jacqueline S. Jones
Executive Director
Vineland Housing Authority
Vineland, New Jersey
Daniel Kelly
President
Community Quest
Egg Harbor Township, New Jersey
Bakari Lee
Member
McManimon, Scotland & Baumann, LLC
Roseland, NJ
Colin McKnight
Acting Executive Director
New York State Rural Housing Coalition
Albany, New York
David Rowe
Executive Vice President
CAMBA Housing Ventures, Inc.
Brooklyn, New York
Vice Chair
Gwen O’Shea
President & CEO
Community Development Corporation of Long Island
Centereach, New York
Krystal R. Canady
Chief Executive Officer
The Gateway Family YMCA
Elizabeth, New Jersey
Robert Graham
Executive Director
Virgin Islands Housing Authority
St. Thomas, U.S.V.I
Lisa Kaseman
Regional Vice President
Conifer LLC
Rochester, New York
Retha Leno
Executive Director
Akwesasne Housing Authority
Akwesasne, New York
Wayne Meyer
President
New Jersey Community Capital
New Brunswick, New Jersey
Carrie Michel-Wynne
Vice President of Strategic Relations
YWCA of Rochester & Monroe County
Rochester, New York
José R. González
President
& Chief Executive Officer
Stephen Angelo
Senior Vice President
& Chief Audit Officer
Edwin Artuz
Senior Vice President,
Head of Corporate Services & Director of the Office of Minority and Women
Melody Feinberg
Senior Vice President
& Chief Risk Officer
Adam Goldstein
Senior Vice President
& Chief Business Officer

Kevin Neylan
Senior Vice President
& Chief Financial Officer
Cynthia Palladino
Senior Vice President,
Head of Affordable Housing and Community Investment
Michael Radziemski
Senior Vice President,
Chief Information Officer
Technology Group
Phil Scott
Senior Vice President &
Chief Capital Markets Officer
Michael Volpe
Senior Vice President,
Head of Bank Operations
Jonathan West
Senior Vice President &
Chief Legal Officer