Provident Bank Charitable Foundation Announces Appointment of Chair of Corporate Responsibility

March 17, 2011 - PRLog -- MONTEBELLO, NY -- The Provident Bank Charitable Foundation has announced that Keith T. Darcy, Executive Director of the Ethics & Compliance Officer Association, has been named the Provident Bank Charitable Foundation Chair of Corporate Responsibility at St. Thomas Aquinas College for the Spring 2011 semester.

The Chair was established by the College last Fall with a $250,000 grant from the Provident Bank Charitable Foundation. The purpose of the Chair is to provide a scholarly perspective on the issue of ethics and social responsibilities facing the business community regionally, nationally and globally.

Mr. Darcy has a combined 30-year career in the financial services industry as an educator with long-term involvement in business ethics, corporate governance and organizational leadership. He currently serves as Chairman of the Ethics & Compliance Officer Association Foundation. He also serves as Chairman of the Board of the Better Business Bureau Foundation, which supports the Better Business Bureau of New York, where he chairs the Audit Committee.  

Since 1994, Mr. Darcy has taught Ethics and Leadership in the Executive Programs at The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania. He is also Executive-in-Residence at Manhattanville College in Purchase, where he serves as Executive Director of the Center for Business Ethics. He holds a BS degree from Fordham University’s College of Business and an MBA from the Hagan Graduate School of Business at Iona College in New Rochelle.

Mr. Darcy was  selected by a committee comprised of  Gerald Filandro, Senior Vice President, Compliance and Ethics Officer, Provident Bank; Dr. John Durney, Provost, St. Thomas Aquinas College; Michael Murphy, Chair, Division of Business Administration, St. Thomas Aquinas College; and Barbara Donn, Professor of Accounting, Former Chair, Division of Business Administration, St. Thomas Aquinas College.  

St. Thomas Aquinas College is an independent liberal arts college located in Sparkill, NY which provides education at the undergraduate and graduate levels.  The College’s 2,700 full and part time students can choose from almost 100 different majors, minors, specializations, and dual degree programs across five divisions: Humanities; Business Administration; Social Sciences; Natural Sciences & Mathematics; and Teacher Education programs. For more information visit http://www.stac.edu.

The Provident Bank Charitable Foundation was established in connection with the second-step conversion of Provident Bancorp, MHC and related stock offering of Provident New York Bancorp, which is the stock holding company of Provident Bank.  

Headquartered in Montebello, N.Y., Provident Bank, with $2.9 billion in assets, is the largest independent full-service community bank in the lower Hudson Valley. Provident Bank operates 35 branches that serve the Hudson Valley region including three Commercial Banking Centers in Westchester County, and one office in Bergen County, N.J. The bank offers a complete line of commercial, retail and investment services.  Visit the Provident Bank Web site at http://www.providentbanking.com.

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ABOUT PROVIDENT BANK: Headquartered in Montebello, N.Y., Provident Bank, with $2.9 billion in assets, is the largest independent full-service community bank in the lower Hudson Valley. Provident Bank operates 35 branches that serve the Hudson Valley region including three Commercial Banking Centers in Westchester County, and one office in Bergen County, N.J. The bank offers a complete line of commercial, retail and investment services. Visit the Provident Bank Web site at http://www.providentbanking.com.