Financial Services >> CEO Interviews >> September 20, 2001

John Garbarino – Oceanfirst Financial Corporation (ocfc)

MICHAEL J. FITZPATRICK is Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of both OceanFirst Financial Corp. and its subsidiary, OceanFirst Bank. Mr. Fitzpatrick has held this position at OceanFirst since 1992 following an 11 year career at KPMG in the Financial Institutions practice. He has earned an undergraduate and MBA degree from Rutgers University and is licensed as a CPA in New Jersey. Profile
JOHN R. GARBARINO is Chairman, President and CEO of both OceanFirst Financial Corp. and its subsidiary, OceanFirst Bank, as well as OceanFirst Foundation. OceanFirst is a $1.7 billion institution serving the Jersey Shore Community, headquartered in Toms River, New Jersey. Mr. Garbarino currently also serves on the Board of the Federal Home Loan Bank of New York, as well as the New Jersey-based Meridian Health Systems. His past service includes terms as Chairman of the Board of the New Jersey Savings League for 1991-1992, as well as a Director of America's Community Bankers and he has been active in numerous other community and business organizations during his 30 year career in the industry. Profile
TWST: Could we begin with an overview of OceanFirst Financial?

Mr. Garbarino: The Company has been publicly owned effective from our

IPO on July 2, 1996. Prior to that, the company had been in