Financial Services >> CEO Interviews >> September 12, 2002
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 LLP. 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 Chairman of the Board of Directors of the
Community Preservation Corporation and a member of the Advisory Board of
Directors of Neighborhood Housing Services of New York City, Inc., both
nonprofit affordable housing consortiums, and Vice Chairman of 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
Mr. Engelke: Astoria Financial is the holding company for Astoria
Federal Savings, a $22 billion thrift institution
