Page 4 THE VILLADOM TIMES III • July 27, 2011 Business Lakeland Bank recently recognized 10 employees for their 10 years of service to the company. Honorees included: Laura Ashplant, Andrea Bajek, Giuseppe Cascio, Dan Fetterman, Teresa Kowal, Maura Lapinski, Mariana Nobre, Stephen Novak, Hannah Shea-Nomer, and Jessica Zeek. “We are very pleased to recognize these employees for their exemplary service to the bank over the past 10 years. Their continued commitment to Lakeland and its customers has solidified our focus as a community bank,” said Thomas J. Shara, president and CEO of Lakeland Bank. Ashplant joined Lakeland Bank in the loan operations department, transferred to the BSA/AML department in 2006, and transitioned to her current position in the physical security department as a physical security specialist. She is a member of the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners and recently earned her bachelor’s degree in criminal justice/economic crime investigation from Utica College. Ashplant resides in West Milford. Bajek started with Lakeland Bank as a part-time teller in Park Place and became full-time in 2005. This Bergen Community College graduate lives in Milford, Pennsylvania. Lakeland employees recognized for 10 years of service Cascio joined Lakeland Bank as a float teller and worked his way up to his current position as branch manager of the North Haledon office. He graduated as a tourist associate from ITT Marco Polo in Italy in addition to graduating from the Italian Army in 1997 having specialized in strategic organization. He is currently working on his CFT diploma and is a member of the Knights of Columbus. He resides in Wyckoff. Fetterman, who has over 20 years of banking experience, joined Lakeland Bank as a customer service representative for the Bloomingdale office. He acquired his Insurance Producers License in 2005 and was designated as a Licensed Branch Employee with the ability to offer fixed annui- Front row: Maura Lapinski, Andrea Bajeck, Hannah Shea-Nomer, and Giuseppe Cascio. ties to customers. In Febru- Second row: Mariana Nobre, Teresa Kowal, and Laura Ashplant. Third row: Lakeland Bank ary 2008, Fetterman was President and CEO Thomas Shara. Back row: Stephen Novak and Dan Fetterman. Not picpromoted to senior sales tured: Jessica Zeek. representative for the Montville office. He resides in Butler. to deposit operations in July 2009, and was selected as an Kowal began her career as a teller in the Hampton office employee of the quarter for the second quarter of 2010. and was later promoted to teller manager. In 2006, she was Lapinski, who has over 25 years in the banking industry, promoted to customer service representative and trans- is a mortgage loan specialist. This Hardyston resident has ferred to the Sparta downtown office. Kowal transferred (continued on page 17)