Financial Services >> CEO Interviews >> September 20, 2001
GEORGE L. ENGELKE, JR. is Chairman, President and Chief Executive
Officer of Astoria Financial Corporation and its subsidiary Astoria
Federal Savings and Loan Association. Mr. Engelke, a certified public
accountant, joined Astoria in 1971 after specializing in audit and tax
work for savings and loan associations for Peat, Marwick, Mitchell &
Co., predecessor to KPMG Peat Marwick. At Astoria, Mr. Engelke served as
Vice President and Treasurer in charge, among other things, of Astoria's
investment securities portfolio. Mr. Engelke was named Executive Vice
President in 1974, a member of the Board of Directors in 1983, Chief
Operating Officer in 1986 and President and Chief Executive Officer in
1989. He was elected to the additional position of Chairman of the Board
in 1997. Mr. Engelke is a member of the Board of Trustees of Long Island
University. He is also a member of the Board of Directors of the
Community Preservation Corporation and the Advisory Board of Directors
of Neighborhood Housing Services of New York City, Inc., both non-profit
affordable housing consortiums, and the Board of Directors of the
Federal Home Loan Bank of New York. He also serves on the Federal
Reserve Bank of New York's Thrift Institutions Advisory Panel. Mr.
Engelke is a past chairman and current member of the Board of Directors
and Executive/Finance Committee of the Community Bankers Association of
New York State and a member of the Governmental Affairs Steering
Committee and the Government Affairs Council of America's Community
Bankers. He previously served as a member of the Financial Accounting
Standards Advisory Council. Mr. Engelke is a graduate of Lehigh
University with a BS in Business Administration. Profile
Astoria Financial?
Mr. Engelke: Astoria Federal Savings, the bank owned by Astoria
Financial Corporation, was founded back in
