BCB Bancorp, Inc. and BCB Community Bank Elect Raymond J. Vanaria to its Boards of Directors

BAYONNE, N.J., July 02, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- (the “Company”), (NASDAQ: BCBP), the holding company for BCB Community Bank (the “Bank” or “BCB”), today announced the election of Raymond J. Vanaria to the Board of Directors of both BCB Bancorp, Inc. and BCB Community Bank, effective immediately.

Mr. Vanaria joined Malesardi, Quackenbush, Swift & Company LLC as an accountant in 1983, and became a member of the firm in 1988. He specializes in individual and corporate taxation, auditing, and small business consulting. Mr. Vanaria has deep experience in the areas of corporate governance and auditing. He has served on the Board of Directors for Fulton Bank (formerly Prudential Bank of Philadelphia), Millington Bank, and ConnectOne Bank (formerly Center Bancorp), serving as Chair of the Audit Committee of the latter two. He is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, the New Jersey Society of Certified Public Accountants and MSI Global Alliance. Mr. Vanaria graduated Magna Cum Laude from Fairleigh Dickinson University with a Bachelor of Science degree and a Master of Business Administration - Finance.

“We are very pleased to have Raymond join our Boards of Directors and serve as Chair of the Audit Committee,” said Mr. Mark D. Hogan, Chairman of the Board. “Raymond is exceedingly well known and highly respected in our business communities. His extensive background in accounting and taxation will complement the skills represented on the Board of Directors.”

About BCB Bancorp, Inc.

Established in 2000 and headquartered in Bayonne, N.J., BCB Community Bank is the wholly-owned subsidiary of BCB Bancorp, Inc. (NASDAQ: BCBP). The Bank has twenty-seven branch offices in Bayonne, Edison, Hoboken, Fairfield, Holmdel, Jersey City, Lyndhurst, Maplewood, Monroe Township, Newark, Parsippany, Plainsboro, River Edge, Rutherford, South Orange, Union, and Woodbridge, New Jersey, and four branches in Hicksville and Staten Island, New York. The Bank provides businesses and individuals a wide range of loans, deposit products, and retail and commercial banking services. For more information, please go to .

Forward-Looking Statements

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In addition to factors previously disclosed in the Company’s reports filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") and those identified elsewhere in this release, the following factors, among others, could cause actual results to differ materially from forward-looking statements or historical performance: the inability to close loans in our pipeline; changes in asset quality and credit risk; the inability to sustain revenue and earnings growth; changes in interest rates and capital markets; inflation; supply chain disruptions; any future pandemics and the related adverse local and national economic consequences; civil unrest in the communities that the company serves; customer acceptance of the Bank’s products and services; customer borrowing, repayment, investment and deposit practices; customer disintermediation; the introduction, withdrawal, success and timing of business initiatives; competitive conditions; economic conditions; and the impact, extent and timing of technological changes, capital management activities, and actions of governmental agencies and legislative and regulatory actions and reforms.