
	Thomas R. Cangemi has been Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of New York Community Bancorp, Inc. and New York Community Bank since April 5, 2005, and of New York Commercial Bank since its establishment on December 30, 2005. He joined the Company on July 31, 2001 as Executive Vice President and Director of the Capital Markets Group, and was named Senior Executive Vice President on October 31, 2003.

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	Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Cangemi was Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, and Treasurer of both Richmond County Financial Corp. and Richmond County Savings Bank. Before joining Richmond County in 1997, Mr. Cangemi served as Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, and Corporate Secretary of Continental Bank, a commercial bank based in Garden City, New York and, previously, as Director of Corporate SEC Reporting for an electronics corporation in Boca Raton, Florida. From 1993 to 1996, Mr. Cangemi was Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Sunrise Bancorp, a publicly traded thrift headquartered on Long Island. Previously, Mr. Cangemi was a member of the SEC Professional Practice Group of KPMG Peat Marwick serving financial institutions.&nbsp;

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	Mr. Cangemi holds a B.B.A. from the School of Professional Accountancy at Dowling College, and is a certified public accountant and a member of the AICPA.

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	Mr. Cangemi is a member of the Board of Directors of Peter B. Cannell &amp; Co., Inc., a New York City-based investment management firm owned by New York Community Bancorp, Inc. He also serves as Treasurer and a member of the Board of Directors of the Richmond County Savings Foundation and Treasurer of the New York Community Bank Foundation. In addition, Mr. Cangemi is a member of the Council of Overseers of the Tilles Center for the Performing Arts and a member of the Board of Trustees of the Cold Spring Harbor Whaling Museum. He also serves on the Board of the Children&rsquo;s Autism Hope Project. Previously, Mr. Cangemi was on the Board of Directors of Friends of the Arts, and a member of the Board of Trustees of the East Woods School.
