BankUnited today announced the hiring of a top executive to head New
York banking operations, as well as its team leader of commercial
private banking in New York, according to Chairman, President and CEO
John Kanas.
Joe Roberto, president of New York banking operations and senior executive vice president of BankUnited. (Photo: Business Wire)
Joe Roberto will serve as president of New York banking
operations and senior executive vice president of BankUnited.
Roberto held leadership positions at North Fork Bank for eight years
before the bank was acquired by Capital One. Most recently he was
responsible for the management of Capital One’s New York City deposit
portfolio as senior vice president. In addition, Roberto had seven
commercial real estate teams reporting to him in the New York, Boston,
Mid-Atlantic and South-Central markets.
Roberto is a founding board member of the Huntington/East Farmingdale
Chamber of Commerce and has chaired or served on committees for
AHRC-Suffolk County, Southampton Youth Services, Brookhaven Memorial
Hospital, Great South Bay YMCA, Special Olympics, United Cerebral Palsy,
American Cancer Society, American Heart Association, and Long Island
Hispanic Chamber of Commerce. He was awarded the Distinguished Citizen
Award by the 23rd Street Association in 2007 for outstanding community
service. Roberto currently serves as a community board member at North
Shore LIJ-South Side Hospital in Bay Shore. He is a graduate of Long
Island University - C.W. Post Campus and resides with his family in Bay
Shore, NY.
Kelly Sheehan joins BankUnited from Capital One, and will serve
as team leader of commercial private banking in New York and senior
vice president. Sheehan has worked in retail and commercial banking
for the past 10 years, most recently as senior vice president of Capital
One’s commercial real estate group. She was responsible for managing a
team of eight professionals providing cash management solutions to some
of New York City’s largest real estate owners. Sheehan began her career
with North Fork Bank in 2002. She earned a bachelor’s degree in business
management from Quinnipiac University in Hamden, Connecticut.
About BankUnited, N.A.
BankUnited, N.A., a national bank and wholly-owned subsidiary of
BankUnited, Inc. (NYSE: BKU), is headquartered in Miami Lakes, Florida
with $11.7 billion of assets, more than 1,360 professionals and 98
branches in 15 Florida counties as of December 31, 2012. Ranked 10th
on Forbes Magazine’s list of “Best Banks in America 2012,” and
one of the largest independent depository institutions headquartered in
Florida by assets, BankUnited provides a wide range of commercial and
consumer banking services. The company recently opened a branch in
Melville and has immediate plans to open three branches in New York
City. For additional information, call (877) 779-2265 or visit www.BankUnited.com.
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