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Interview with the President and CEO: Flushing Financial Corp. (NASDAQ:FFIC)

Buran, John R.
John R. Buran is President and Chief Executive Officer of Flushing Financial Corporation and Flushing Bank. He joined the Bank as Chief Operating Officer in 2001 and has served on the board of directors since 2003. Mr. Buran’s banking career began in 1977 at Citibank where he held a variety of senior management positions. Mr. Buran is former Chairman of the Board of the Federal Home Loan Bank of New York, a position he held from 2018 to 2023. He was a Director there from 2010-2023. He is past Chairman and current board member of the New York Bankers Association. He is a former member of the Community Depository Institutions Advisory Council of The Federal Reserve Bank of New York where he served six years. Mr. Buran is also a former member of the Nassau County Interim Finance Authority where he served eight years. Mr. Buran also serves on the Advisory Board and is a former Board President of Neighborhood Housing Services of New York City. He is a board member of The Korean American Youth Foundation and is Chairman of the Board of the Long Island Conservatory. He received an honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters from St. Francis College of Brooklyn and was the recipient of the Catholic Charities Gold Medal. He holds a B.S. in Management and an MBA, both from New York University. Profile
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TWST: You spoke with The Wall Street Transcript around this time last year, but for those in our audience who aren’t familiar, can you tell us about Flushing Bank?

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