Executive Officers
![Thomas J. Shara](/assets/1538146280-TomShara.jpg)
Thomas J. Shara
President and Chief Executive Officer / Lakeland Bancorp, Inc. and Lakeland Bank
250 Oak Ridge Road
Oak Ridge, NJ 07438
- tshara at lakelandbank dot com
Mr. Shara was named President and Chief Executive Officer of Lakeland Bancorp, Inc. and Lakeland Bank effective April 2, 2008. Prior to joining Lakeland Bank, Mr. Shara served as President and Chief Lending Officer of TD Banknorth’s (now TD Bank) Mid-Atlantic Division, which includes New Jersey, New York and Pennsylvania. Prior to TD Banknorth acquiring Hudson United Bank, Mr. Shara was Executive Vice President and Senior Loan Officer of HUBCO, a $9 billion commercial bank, where he oversaw organic growth and was responsible for integrating over 30 acquisitions.
Mr. Shara serves on the Board of Trustees of the Boys and Girls Club of Paterson and Passaic, N.J. and the Board of Directors of the Commerce and Industry Association of New Jersey. He also serves on the Board of Governors of the Ramapo College Foundation and is a Foundation Officer on the Board of Trustees of Chilton Medical Center Foundation. Mr. Shara earned a master’s degree in business administration as well as a Bachelor of Science from Fairleigh Dickinson University.
![Timothy J. Matteson, Esq.](/assets/1538139354-TimMatteson.jpg)
Timothy J. Matteson, Esq.
Executive Vice President / Chief Administrative Officer / General Counsel and Corporate Secretary
250 Oak Ridge Road
Oak Ridge, NJ 07438
- TMatteson at lakelandbank dot com
Mr. Matteson joined Lakeland Bank in 2008 and currently serves as serves as Executive Vice President, Chief Administrative Officer, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary for both Lakeland Bancorp, Inc. and Lakeland Bank, and as a member of Lakeland's Executive Management Team.
Mr. Matteson is responsible for the supervision of the administrative and operational departments, including Information Technology, Business Application Support, Deposit Operations, Enterprise Solutions, Facilities, Human Resources, Legal, Loan Operations and Physical Security.
Mr. Matteson previously served as General Counsel at Hudson United Bancorp, Assistant General Counsel at IDB Bank, Senior Attorney at TD Banknorth (now TD Bank) and Counsel at Summit Bank.
Mr. Matteson earned his law degree from the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, Yeshiva University, and Bachelor of Arts degree from Rutgers University. Mr. Matteson also is a graduate of the ABA Stonier Graduate School of Banking, in connection with which he completed the requirements to receive the Wharton Leadership Certificate from the Wharton School, Aresty Institute of Executive Education, at the University of Pennsylvania, and separately earned the certificate from the ABA Advanced Commercial Lending School. Mr. Matteson is admitted to practice law in New Jersey and New York.
![James M. Nigro](/assets/1538146373-JimNigro.jpg)
James M. Nigro
Executive Vice President / Chief Risk Officer
250 Oak Ridge Road
Oak Ridge, NJ 07438
- JNigro at lakelandbank dot com
Mr. Nigro joined Lakeland Bank in 2016 as Executive Vice President and Chief Risk Officer. He previously served as Senior Vice President, Credit Risk Manager at The Provident Bank in Iselin, NJ.
His banking career began in 1994 at Summit Bank in Berkeley Heights where he held various credit and lending positions in Chatham, Cranford, Dayton, and Bridgewater. He advanced to Vice President, Regional Sales Manager, a position he held until 2001 when he left Summit Bank to pursue opportunities with the former Somerset Hills Bank in Bernardsville as Executive Vice President, Chief Lending Officer.
Mr. Nigro graduated magna cum laude from Seton Hall University with a bachelor’s degree in finance, and was a member of Beta Gamma Sigma and the Financial Management Association. He was recently named Chairman of the Morris Habitat for Humanity where he has served as a Director and Treasurer since January 2013. He also serves as Secretary for the Morris County Housing Alliance, is a member of the Risk Management Association and serves on a committee for the New Jersey Bankers Association.
![John F. Rath, III](/assets/1538145907-JohnRath.jpg)
John F. Rath, III
Executive Vice President / Chief Lending Officer / Commercial Lending
250 Oak Ridge Road
Oak Ridge, NJ 07438
- Direct
- 973-841-6210
- jrath at lakelandbank dot com
Mr. Rath serves as Executive Vice President, Chief Lending Officer and joined Lakeland Bank in March 2015 as Senior Vice President and Group Manager, responsible for Middle Market and C&I lending, Asset Based Lending and Equipment Finance. He has over 35 years of banking experience and was previously employed by TD Bank for over 16 years as Senior Vice President and Group Manager responsible for Middle Market, Commercial and Small Business lending activities in the Lower Hudson Valley prior to his departure. Prior to that, he was with The Bank of New York for 18 years where he held various positions.
He serves as a Board member and past Chairman for Hudson Valley Pattern for Progress and is on the boards of Hospice of Orange and Sullivan Counties and the Bardavon 1869 Opera House. He has been an Advisory Board member for the Food Bank of the Hudson Valley for 25 years and was Co-Chairman of their Capital Campaign.
Mr. Rath was a recipient of the 2014 Mount Saint Mary's College Joseph A. Bonura Leadership award and 2017 United Way of Dutchess/Orange Community Champion award. He graduated from Washingtonville Senior High School and attended Dutchess County Community College.
![Karen Garrera](/assets/1578665011-KGarrera2018.jpg)
Karen Garrera
Executive Vice President / Chief Retail Officer
250 Oak Ridge Road
Oak Ridge, NJ 07438
- KGarrera at LakelandBank dot com
Mrs. Garrera joined Lakeland Bank in 2000 through the acquisition of Metropolitan State Bank as Vice President, Regional Administrator for the Southern Region and has more than 30 years of retail banking experience. In 2007, she was promoted to Senior Vice President, Regional Administrator of the Bank’s Southern Region and in 2016, she was promoted to First Senior Vice President and Senior Regional Administrator. She is currently a board member for the Chilton Medical Center Foundation.
![John Andreacio](/assets/1644517690-JAndreacio2022.jpg)
John Andreacio
Executive Vice President / Group Leader
- Phone-hide
- 866-224-1379
- JAndreacio at lakelandbank dot com
Mr. Andreacio serves as Executive Vice President, Group Leader, joining Lakeland Bank in January 2022 through the acquisition of 1st Constitution Bank where he served as Executive Vice President, Chief Lending Officer and Chief Credit Officer. Prior to joining 1st Constitution in 2012, he was President and Chief Executive Officer of Northern State Bank, a community bank located in Bergen County, N.J. Prior to that, he served as an Executive Vice President with National Penn Bank/KNBT and Senior Vice President of First Union Corporation (now Wells Fargo) in the Lending and Credit areas.
Mr. Andreacio earned a Bachelor of Science degree in finance from Seton Hall University and a Master’s in Business Administration from Rutgers University. He is also a member of the Risk Management Association and the New Jersey Bankers Commercial Lending Committee.
![Thomas Stackhouse](/assets/1591130303-TStackhouse2019Website.jpg)
Thomas Stackhouse
Executive Vice President / Chief Credit Officer
250 Oak Ridge Road
Oak Ridge, NJ 07438
- TStackhouse at LakelandBank dot com
Mr. Stackhouse joined Lakeland Bank in 2019 as First Senior Vice President, Senior Credit Officer and has more than 25 years of industry experience. Previously, he was a Commercial Real Estate Underwriting Manager at Provident Bank and prior to that, he was Senior Vice President Construction Lending, and Senior Vice President and Chief Credit Officer at Investors Bank. Stackhouse earned a Bachelor of Science degree in business administration at Villanova University and is a graduate of Stonier Graduate School of Banking. He is a board member and treasurer for Collier Youth Services Foundation and serves on the Kislak Real Estate Institute Executive Advisory Counsel at Monmouth University. His professional affiliations include memberships in Risk Management Associates, the Society of Chief Appraisers and the Society of Certified Insurance Counselors.