BCB Bancorp, Inc. announced that the hiring of Mark J. Noto as BCB Banks Chief Lending Officer. David Garcia will make a lateral move to Executive Vice President (EVP) of BCBs newly formed subsidiary, BCB Capital Group (BCG). Noto and Garcia will report to BCBs President and Chief Executive Officer, Thomas M. Coughlin, and Ryan Blake, BCBs Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer (COO).

Noto served as the Executive Vice President, Head of Commercial Banking for Investors Bank (Citizens Bank a/o April 6, 2022). Noto was successful in growing the banks Commercial and Industrial Loan division over his decade of service. His success involved the creation of several specialty businesses while never losing focus on the Banks core community-based clients.

Noto earned a Bachelor of Arts degree for Economics from Fordham University in New York City, New York. He has served as a board member for Neighborhood Housing of New York City, New York Industries for the Blind, and The Staten Island Zoological Society. DAVID GARCIA BECOMES EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT OF BCBs NEWLY FORMED SUBSIDIARY BCB CAPITAL GROUP (BCG).

David Garcia will make the lateral move to spearhead BCBs newly formed subsidiary, BCB Capital Group, as its EVP. Garcia joined BCB in 2020 as its Chief Lending Officer and has overseen BCBs Lending Division through its unprecedented expansionary phase over the last two years. With almost 30 years of experience in the finance industry, Garcias executive career has focused on growing both bank and investment bank platforms. Prior to his tenure at BCB, he spent more than a decade with Oritani Bank (since merged with Valley National Bank), including as Executive Vice President of Oritanis private REIT, Oritani Asset Corp., as well as Managing Director of Oritani Finance Co.

His tenure enabled the banks lending platform expansion to encompass five contiguous states. Prior to that, he served at UBS Investment Bank in the Global Commercial Real Estate/CMBS Group for nearly a decade, most recently as a Director leading the proprietary acquisition of credit-tenant assets nationwide. Before working at UBS, Garcia served as Associate Director within the real estate finance group at Daiwa Securities.

Garcia earned a Bachelor of Science degree from Dominican College; and a Master of Business Administration (MBA) from Fairleigh Dickinson University. He served as Chairman of the Real Estate Board of New York Finance Committee from 2019-2021 and is active in several influential industry organizations.