Biographies - Officers

Douglas Conover, Executive Vice President, Chief Lending Officer

Doug Conover joined the Bank in September 2009 as Executive Vice President and Chief Lending Officer. He is a 34 year veteran banking executive who most recently led the commercial lending department at a $250 million dollar community bank in Union County. Doug managed a team of lenders that successfully grew the loan department in excess of $160 million. Previously he directed lending teams at Sovereign Bank, NatWest Bank and First Washington State Bank. Mr. Conover is a graduate of The College of New Jersey with a BS in Economics. During his banking career he has served on various boards including the Mercer County Chamber of Commerce, March of Dimes and the Rock Brook School Foundation.

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William A. Siegenthaler, Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer

William A. Siegenthaler joined the Bank in September 2009 as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Siegenthaler has more than 30 years experience in the banking and financial services industries. He supports the Asset/Liability Management Committee and the Audit Committee for The Bank of Princeton. Most recently, he was Chief Financial Officer of CMS Companies, an investment advisory, broker-dealer and insurance firm. Mr. Siegenthaler served as an Executive Director at Grant Thornton and Manager at KPMG. He provided audit, financial and risk management services to banks and other financial services companies. In addition, he was First Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of two other banks. Mr. Siegenthaler is a CPA and graduate of Drexel University with a BS in Business Administration and an MBA. He is active in several non-profit organizations.

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Barbara A. Cromwell, Senior Vice President, Director of Market Development

Barbara A. Cromwell joined The Bank of Princeton in February 2007as Senior Vice President and currently serves as the Director of Market Development. She brings with her over 30 years of experience in the banking industry. Ms. Cromwell previously was a Senior Vice President for Yardville National Bank where since 1998 she successfully managed sales teams and developed new primary markets for the bank. Under Barbara’s leadership the Hunterdon Market grew to over 360 million in deposits in three years, with seven branch locations. Prior to Yardville, Barbara spent 8 years at Summit Bank as a Vice President in the Princeton Market. While at Summit, she served on the Board of The Borough Merchants for Princeton as Treasurer and participated as an active member in the Princeton Chamber of Commerce. More recently she has co-chaired the Hopewell Harvest Fair. Barbara currently is a board member of the Hopewell Valley Education Foundation, Corner House Foundation, and The Arc of Hunterdon County. She is an active member of the Pennington Business and Professional Association. She participates on several committees within the organization and has served on the Board as Treasurer. Throughout her banking career, Barbara remained active in the community and continues to support various business and charitable organizations in both Mercer and Hunterdon Counties.

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Edward Dietzler, Senior Vice President of Corporate Development

Edward Dietzler joined the Bank in September 2009 as Senior Vice President of Corporate Development. He is a veteran banking executive of 22 years who most recently was the Managing Director at Bear Stearns Bank and Trust in Princeton, NJ. While at Bear Stearns he was responsible for all aspects of banking and mortgage operations. Previously, he spent 5 years with Yardville National Bank as First Senior Vice President of Capital Markets, where he oversaw all aspects of balance sheet and capital management. Prior to that, Mr. Dietzler was with GMAC Mortgage as the Director of Risk Management and was responsible for derivative trading and balance sheet management. Mr. Dietzler is a graduate of Widner University where he earned a Masters degree in Business Administration. Throughout his career, Mr. Dietzler has been active in numerous community, charitable and educational organizations in the local area.

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Nina D. Melker, Senior Vice President, Hamilton Community Bank Executive

Nina joined the Bank in March 2007 as Senior Vice President. She comes from a twenty three year stay at Yardville National Bank where she was the First Senior Vice President in charge of Community Banking. As head of Community Banking, Nina maintained a strong presence in her community while building a multi-million dollar lending portfolio consisting of small business loans. She serves on many boards including the Hamilton Area YMCA, Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital at Hamilton Foundation, The Foundation of St. Lawrence Rehabilitation, and the Mercer County Community College Foundation. The community has recognized her as the Business Person of the Year from Nottingham High School Future Business Leaders of America, the Volunteer of the Year for Mercer County American Heart Association, and awarded her the Community Compassion Award by Contact of Mercer County.

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Kris Muse, Senior Vice President, Healthcare Lender

Kris Muse joined the Bank of Princeton in March 2007 as a Senior Vice President and Commercial Lending Officer. Kris has been a community Banker for more than 22 years primarily serving the Burlington, Camden and Mercer County areas. Prior to The Bank of Princeton, Kris worked for Commerce Bank N.A for 13 years and was responsible for small business relationships and most recently working with the Healthcare Group. Kris has taken her healthcare expertise and currently leads the healthcare initiative at The Bank of Princeton. Kris maintains a community presence as a member and Board Member of the Princeton Rotary and Board member of the YWCA Trenton. She also remains active in those events supporting the Healthcare industry.

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Stephanie Adkins, Vice President, Princeton Community Bank Executive

Stephanie Adkins joined The Bank of Princeton in February 2009 as Vice President, Commercial Lender as a veteran with thirty years of banking experience. Soon after, she moved into a market manager’s role as the Community Bank Executive of the Chambers Street branch. She is formerly of Peapack-Gladstone Bank, where she was also a Vice President, Commercial Lender. Ms. Adkins is a graduate of Douglass College at Rutgers University, where she earned a BA in Economics. She is actively involved in numerous community organizations, including Anderson House and Princeton Merchants Association.

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Michelle C. Jones, Vice President, Pennington Community Bank Executive

A career banker with over ten years of banking experience, Michelle Jones joined The Bank of Princeton in November of 2008 as Vice President of Commercial Lending. She began her career in banking at Corestates Bank (First Union). Michelle gained experience in accounting and investments at Merrill Lynch. She spent six years lending to commercial clients at First Washington State Bank (The Bank). There she developed a specialty in loans guaranteed by the U.S. Small Business Administration. Michelle is the immediate past Chairwoman for the Young Business Leaders Council of the Mercer Regional Chamber of Commerce. She is currently a Membership Committee member for the Mercer Regional Chamber of Commerce. She holds a BS degree in Finance, with honors, from Rider University.

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Karen D. Pfeifer, Vice President, Director of Operations & Compliance

Karen joined the Bank in December 2007 as Assistant Vice President, Compliance Officer. A career banker with over twenty-four years of bank operations experience, Karen assumed Operations duties in December 2009 and continues to serve as Compliance Officer for the bank. She began her career in bank operations with United Jersey Bank in Hackensack and then spent 10 years with Nat West Bank in South Plainfield. She has also worked for Fleet Bank and Summit Bank, managing large deposit operations departments at both banks. Karen also spent 2 years as a Project Manager in the Operations department at First Morris Bank and Trust.

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Board of Directors

Andrew M. Chon,
Chairman

Ross Wishnick,
Vice Chairman

Stephen Distler

Judith Giacin

Richard Gillespie

Janet Lasley,
In Memoriam

Robert N. Ridolfi, Esq.

Stephen Shueh

Officers/Senior Management

Douglas Conover,
Executive Vice President, Chief Lending Officer