Sector: Financials
Director information for CUSTOMERS BANCORP INC (data for year 2026)
| Name | Position | Age | Qualifications and Experience | Committee Memberships | Filing Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ANDREA R. ALLON | Chair of the Audit Committee; Director | 64 | ["Chief Operating Officer of the Chamber of Commerce for Greater Philadelphia","Partner of Ernst & Young LLP overseeing audit services","Over 20 years with Ernst & Young in Philadelphia and New York","Taught accounting and auditing at the college level","MBA from Columbia University","Bachelor of Science from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania"] | ["Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee","CSR Committee","Nominating and Corporate Governance","Audit","Leadership Development and Compensation"] | 2026 |
| Bernard B. Banks | Director; Chair of the CSR Committee | 62 | ["Director of Rice University’s Doerr Institute for New Leaders","Former career military officer in the United States Army for 29 years","Ph.D. in social-organizational psychology from Columbia University","MBA from Northwestern University","MPA from Harvard University","MA and MPhil from Columbia University","Experience in leader development, organizational culture, and organizational change"] | ["Leadership Development and Compensation Committee","Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee","Nominating and Corporate Governance","CSR","Leadership Development and Compensation"] | 2026 |
| Dalton T. Sirmans | Director; Co-Founder and Senior Partner | 62 | ["Co-Founder and Senior Partner of Amplio Ventures","Co-founder of MainStreet Technologies","Author of 'The Refugee Advantage'","Participant in Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses – National Cohort Alum","Master of Liberal Arts in International Relations from Harvard Extension School","Bachelor of Science, Criminal Justice from Valdosta State University","Associate of Science Sociology from Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College","Author of 'The Refuge Advantage'","Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses – National Cohort Alum","Bachelor of Science in Criminal Justice from Valdosta State University","Associate of Science in Sociology from Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College"] | ["Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee","Directors Risk & Compliance Committee","Audit","CSR"] | 2026 |
| DANIEL K. ROTHERMEL | Lead Independent Director; Lead Director | 88 | ["Chair of the Board of Cumru Associates, Inc.","Former President and Chief Executive Officer of Cumru Associates, Inc.","Over twenty years on the Board of Directors of Sovereign Bancorp and Sovereign Bank","Lead independent Director at Sovereign","Graduate of The Pennsylvania State University with a B.S. in Business Administration (finance and accounting)","Juris Doctor from Washington College of Law of the American University","Background as an attorney and general counsel","Extensive experience in corporate governance"] | ["Directors Risk Committee","Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee","Executive Committee","Leadership Development and Compensation Committee","Audit Committee","Regulatory Affairs Sub-Committee","Nominating and Corporate Governance","Audit","Leadership Development and Compensation","Regulatory Affairs"] | 2026 |
| JAY S. SIDHU | Executive Chairman of Customers Bancorp, Inc.; Director and Executive Chairman; Executive Chairman and Former Chief Executive Officer | 74 | ["CEO of Sovereign Bank","Chairman of Sovereign Bancorp, Inc.","Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Sidhu Advisors, LLC","extensive banking sector experience","MBA from Wilkes University","Harvard Business School’s Leadership Course for CEOs"] | ["Executive Committee","Directors Risk & Compliance Committee","Regulatory Affairs Sub-Committee","Nominating and Corporate Governance","Leadership Development and Compensation"] | 2026 |
| LYLE P. CUNNINGHAM | Executive Vice President, Chief Banking Officer | 62 | ["Joined Customers Bank in 2014","Managing Director of Specialty Finance","Chief Lending Officer (2021-2024)","Member of Executive Committee","Managing Director at CMS Mezzanine Fund (2008-2013)","Senior Vice President & Managing Director at National City Bank (1999-2008)","Vice President at CoreStates Bank (1988-1998)","Bachelor of Science in Accounting and Finance from Penn State University"] | ["C&I","Commercial Real Estate","Consumer","Warehouse loan"] | 2026 |
| MARK R. MCCOLLOM | Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer | 62 | ["Chief Financial Officer at Customers Bank","Chief Financial Officer of Fulton Financial Corporation","9 years in senior leadership at Griffin Financial Group","Chief Financial Officer of Sovereign Bancorp, Inc.","Bachelor of Science in Accounting from The Pennsylvania State University"] | ["Executive Committee"] | 2026 |
| M. Michael Gill | Director | 74 | ["Retired attorney","Managing Director Global Complex Contracting at Accenture LLP","Specialized in technology, digital, outsourcing, and systems integration transactions","Experience as a transactional attorney for over 25 years","Independent director of BM Technologies, Inc. (BMTX)"] | ["Audit Committee","Directors Risk & Compliance Committee","Audit","CSR"] | 2026 |
| Philip S. Watkins | Executive Vice President, Head of Corporate Development and Investor Relations and Former Chief Financial Officer | 41 | ["Head of Corporate Development and Investor Relations","Former Chief Financial Officer","Former Principal of Megalith Capital Management","MBA from Harvard Business School","BSBA in Finance from University of Florida"] | ["Executive Committee"] | 2026 |
| Robert J. Buford | Director; President and CEO | 77 | ["President and CEO of Planned Realty Group","Experience in manufacturing, sales and management","Founder of PRG","Background in commercial real estate, investments, management, entrepreneurship, and building companies","BS in Industrial Engineering from the University of Illinois","MBA from the University of Chicago","Law Degree from DePaul University"] | ["Audit Committee","Audit"] | 2026 |
| Robert M. Krasne | Director; Chair of Steinman Communications | 71 | ["Chair of Steinman Communications","10 years as principal in the Krasne Group, Inc.","Adjunct professor at Georgetown University's McDonough School of Business","Partner in the Washington DC law firm of Williams & Connolly, L.L.P.","Lawyer in the Enforcement & Compliance and Legal Advisory Services divisions of the OCC","Special Assistant United States Attorney for Western District of Louisiana","National bank examiner","A.B. in Economics from Georgetown University","J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center","Honorary Doctorate in Public Service from Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology","Honorary Doctorate in Fine Arts from the Pennsylvania College of Art & Design"] | ["Audit Committee","Directors Risk & Compliance Committee","Audit","CSR"] | 2026 |
| Robert N. Mackay | Director; CEO | 53 | ["25 years experience in the fintech industry","CEO of Regnology","Former CEO of Itiviti","Led Cross Asset Trading and Risk at FIS","BA in Biology from Oxford University"] | ["Leadership Development and Compensation Committee","Directors Risk & Compliance Committee","Audit","CSR"] | 2026 |
| Sam Sidhu | President and Chief Executive Officer | [] | [] | 2026 | |
| Samvir S. Sidhu | Director, President and Chief Executive Officer; President & Chief Executive Officer of Customers Bancorp, Inc.; Vice Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer | 42 | ["CEO of Customers Bancorp","President and Chief Executive Officer of Customers Bank","Head of Corporate Development","Vice Chair and Chief Operating Officer of Customers Bank","Founder and CEO of Megalith Capital Management","Experience in private equity with Providence Equity Partners","Investment banking with Goldman Sachs","BA from the Wharton School of Business","MBA from Harvard Business School"] | ["Directors Risk & Compliance Committee","Regulatory Affairs Sub-Committee","Executive Committee","Audit","Leadership Development and Compensation"] | 2026 |
| STEVEN J. ZUCKERMAN | Chair of the Leadership Development and Compensation Committee; Director | 62 | ["Founder of Clipper Magazine","Experience in leadership","Expertise in digital marketing","Entrepreneurship","Building companies","Founded Clipper Magazine","Digital marketing expertise"] | ["Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee","Customers Bank Board Compliance Committee","Directors Risk & Compliance Committee","Leadership Development and Compensation Committee","Audit","Leadership Development and Compensation"] | 2026 |
| SUSAN D. LOONEY | President; Director | 58 | ["sixth president of Reading Area Community College since July 1, 2018","business coordinator and interim vice president for academic affairs at Colorado Mountain College (2011-2014)","dean of instruction and senior vice president of academic affairs/provost at Reading Area Community College (2014-2018)","chair of the Reading Hospital Board of Trustees","board member of Berks Latino Workforce Development","member of the Executive Committee of the United Way of Berks County","member of the Greater Reading Chamber Alliance","member of the Greater Berks Development Fund","national board member of the American Association of Community Colleges","vice chair and member of the Executive Committee for the Middle States Commission on Higher Education","holds an Associate’s Degree, Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, MBA, Juris Doctorate, and Doctorate in Education","President of Reading Area Community College","Business coordinator and interim vice president for academic affairs at Colorado Mountain College","Dean of instruction and senior vice president of academic affairs/provost at Reading Area Community College","Chair of the Reading Hospital Board of Trustees","Board member of the American Association of Community Colleges","Vice chair of the Middle States Commission on Higher Education","Doctorate in Education specializing in Higher Education Leadership"] | ["CSR Committee","Directors Risk & Compliance Committee","Corporate Social Responsibility Committee","Leadership Development and Compensation"] | 2026 |
| Thomas H. Kasulka | Executive Vice President, Chief Credit Officer | 64 | ["39 years of senior banking experience","Chief Lending Officer at Signature Bank (2017-2023)","Group Director at Signature Bank (2004-2017)","Bachelor of Arts in Economics from SUNY Stony Brook"] | ["Executive Committee"] | 2026 |
| T. Lawrence Way | Director | 77 | ["Chairman and CEO of Alco Industries, Inc.","Chief Financial Officer of Alco Industries, Inc.","President of Alco Industries, Inc.","Certified Public Accountant","Master’s in Business Administration from Mount St. Mary’s College","Juris Doctor degree from Rutgers-Camden School of Law","Experience in management, finance, operations, and mergers and acquisitions"] | ["Audit Committee","Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee","Directors Risk & Compliance Committee","Regulatory Affairs Sub-Committee","Audit","CSR","Leadership Development and Compensation","Regulatory Affairs"] | 2026 |
