Vincent D'Alessandro  President Ocean First Bank Southern Region

Tonight's speaker was Vincent D'Alessandro the President of Ocean First Bank Southern Region.  He spoke about bank growth and how and why Ocean First has quickly grown from a small regional bank to the largest New Jersey based bank in New Jersey, covering Central and Southern New Jersey.  Ocean First has retained many of the employees in the local banks that they acquire because they realize they are the reason customers continue to use them after the acquisition.  It was a very interesting and informative session.