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Thomas Shara<\/h2>\n

\"Tom<\/a>President and CEO, Lakeland Bancorp and Lakeland Bank<\/h3>\n

Mr. Shara is president and CEO of Lakeland Bancorp, Inc. and Lakeland Bank.\u00a0 Prior to joining Lakeland, Mr. Shara served as president and chief lending officer of TD Banknorth\u2019s (now TD Bank) Mid-Atlantic division. Prior to TD Banknorth acquiring Hudson United Bank, Mr. Shara was executive vice president and senior loan officer of HUBCO.\u00a0 He serves on the board of trustees of the Boys and Girls Club of Paterson and Passaic, the Chilton Medical Center Foundation as well as the board of directors of the Commerce and Industry Association of N.J.<\/p>\n

Mr. Shara is also a board member of the New Jersey Bankers Association.\u00a0 He was honored as a Distinguished Citizen in 2012.\u00a0 He earned a B.S. and M.B.A. from Fairleigh Dickinson University. Mr. Shara has served as a member of the 果冻传媒 College Foundation board since 2006.<\/p>\n

Back to the Board of Governors<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Thomas Shara President and CEO, Lakeland Bancorp and Lakeland Bank Mr. Shara is president and CEO of Lakeland Bancorp, Inc. and Lakeland Bank.\u00a0 Prior to joining Lakeland, Mr. Shara served […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1053,"featured_media":0,"parent":13,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1515","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"\nThomas Shara - 果冻传媒 College Foundation || 果冻传媒 College of New Jersey<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ramapo.edu\/foundation\/governors\/thomas-shara\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Thomas Shara\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Thomas Shara President and CEO, Lakeland Bancorp and Lakeland Bank Mr. Shara is president and CEO of Lakeland Bancorp, Inc. and Lakeland Bank.\u00a0 Prior to joining Lakeland, Mr. Shara served […]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ramapo.edu\/foundation\/governors\/thomas-shara\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"果冻传媒 College Foundation\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/果冻传媒College\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-09-04T19:18:18+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ramapo.edu\/foundation\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/199\/2019\/01\/shara.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"390\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"410\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@ramapocollegenj\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ramapo.edu\\\/foundation\\\/governors\\\/thomas-shara\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ramapo.edu\\\/foundation\\\/governors\\\/thomas-shara\\\/\",\"name\":\"Thomas Shara - 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