Financial Services >> CEO Interviews >> August 2, 1999

John E. Stefan – Sterling Financial Corporation (slfi)

JOHN E. STEFAN is the Chairman of the Board, President and CEO of the Bank of Lancaster County, NA. Prior to joining Lancaster, he was with Nanuet National Bank where he became Executive Vice President/Cashier and a member of the Board of Directors (1963-1979). Mr. Stefan is a graduate of Villanova University with a B.A. degree in Political Science, 1961 and has an MBA degree in Banking from Columbia University, 1963. Presently, he is a member of various community organizations contributing to the St. Joseph Hospital Foundation, the Economic Development Company of Lancaster County, also Homestead Village, Inc. and the Lancaster County Club and is Honorary Appeal Chair for The Lancaster County Conservancy. Mr. Stefan is married and has two children. He's also enjoys golfing and gardening. Profile
TWST: Can you give us a quick overview and a little bit of the history

of Sterling Financial to kind of set the stage for the readers?

Mr. Stefan: We are currently a one-bank holding company,