Financial Services >> CEO Interviews >> December 8, 2003
WILLIAM C. GRAY has served as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial
Officer of Carver Bancorp since January 2001. Prior to that, Mr. Gray
served as Dime Savings Bank of New York's Vice President/Director of
Business Unit Planning and Support in the Corporate Controller's
Department. At Dime, Mr. Gray was responsible for identifying and
evaluating strategic initiatives for the Consumer Financial Services,
Business Banking, Commercial Real Estate and Consumer Lending
businesses. He managed all aspects of budgeting, reporting, financial
planning and control, and accounting for these businesses and was
responsible for developing and presenting financial and operational
performance reports. Previously, he served as Vice President/Director of
Financial and Management Information Systems for Dime's Consumer
Financial Services Division. He began his tenure at Dime as Vice
President/Corporate Profitability Manager in the Corporate Controller's
Department. Before joining Dime, Mr. Gray was Chief Financial Officer,
Treasurer and a Director of State Savings, F.A. of Great Neck, NY from
1989 until 1992. Mr. Gray began his career in 1975 at Richmond Hill
Savings Bank of Floral Park, NY where he served in a number of financial
and marketing capacities and rose to Vice President and Controller. He
earned a BA in Accounting at Adelphi University in 1986. Profile
DEBORAH C. WRIGHT is currently President and Chief Executive Officer of
Carver Bancorp, Inc. Carver is the holding company for Carver Federal
Savings Bank, a federally chartered savings bank and the nation's
largest publicly traded African- and Caribbean- American operated bank,
with $521.9 million in assets and 110 employees. Carver operates five
full service branches in the New York City boroughs of Brooklyn, Queens,
and Manhattan. Prior to assuming her current position, Ms. Wright was
President and CEO of the Upper Manhattan Empowerment Zone Development
Corporation, a position she held since May 1996. She previously served
as Commissioner of the Department of Housing Preservation and
Development under Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani from January 1994 through
March 1996. Prior to that appointment, Ms. Wright was named by Mayor
David N. Dinkins to the New York City Housing Authority Board, which
manages New York City's 189,000 public housing units. She is a member of
the Board of Overseers of Harvard University and serves on the Boards of
Kraft Foods, Inc., the Lower Manhattan Development Corporation, The New
York City Partnership, Inc., and the Ministers and Missionaries Benefit
Board of the American Baptist Churches. Ms. Wright earned AB, JD and MBA
degrees from Harvard University. Profile
history and what you see as the game plan?
Ms. Wright: Carver is a traditional thrift that's based in Harlem and
has a market
