Jeffrey S. Wilks

State Bancorp, Inc. operates as a holding company for State Bank of Long Island. The bank offers a full range of banking services to its diverse client base which includes commercial real estate owners and developers, small to middle market businesses, professional service firms, municipalities and consumers. The bank's retail and commercial products include checking accounts, NOW accounts, money market accounts, savings accounts, certificates of deposit, individual retirement accounts, business installment loans, commercial loans, construction loans, commercial real estate loans, small business lines of credit, cash management services and telephone and online banking. The bank also provides access to annuity products and mutual funds. The bank serves its client base through seventeen branches in Nassau, Suffolk, Queens and Manhattan. Its loan portfolio is concentrated in commercial and industrial loans and commercial real estate loans. The company was founded in 1985 and is headquartered in Jericho, NY.

UJA-Federation of New York cares for those in need, rescues those in harm’s way, and renews and strengthens the Jewish people in New York, in Israel, and around the world. Funds raised by UJA-Federation sustain the activities of health, human-service, educational, and community agencies. Every day, these community-based organizations provide a multitude of services that improve and enhance people’s lives.

Valley National Bank provides retail and commercial banking services. The firm offers depository banking, consumer and commercial lending, trust and pension services. The company was founded in 1927 and is headquartered in Passaic, NJ.

Founded in 1988, Sandler O'Neill & Partners LP is a broker/dealer headquartered in New York City. The firm is a subsidiary of Sandler O'Neill & Partners Corp. and their ultimate parent is SOP Holdings LLC. Sandler O'Neill & Partners' Equity Sales & Trading team seeks to enhance liquidity, execute complex transactions, distribute securities and provide institutional investor exposure for hundreds of financial institutions. Sandler O'Neill is a market maker for over 425 NASDAQ financial stocks and trades equities on all active exchanges including the NYSE, NASDAQ, OTC Bulletin Board and Pink Sheets. They work with CEOs, CFOs and management teams on corporate buybacks, portfolio valuations, rebalancings and liquidations. Sandler O'Neill publishes detailed equity research on approximately 270 financial services companies. They primarily cover small- and mid-sized companies that are not widely followed by large Wall Street firms. Their research coverage focuses on the following industries: (1) banks and thrifts (2) specialty finance and credit card companies (3) asset management (4) e-Finance (5) investment banking firms and broker/dealers (6) REITS (7) mortgage REITs and (8) insurance.