Thomas Iadanza joined State Bank of Long Island's executive management recently as chief lending officer. Prior to joining State Bank, Iadanza was president/sector CEO of NY Metro Commercial Banking at Sovereign Bank, where he was responsible for Sovereign's NY&NJ Middle Market and other Lending Divisions. Iadanza earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting from St. John's University. Well known in the commercial lending arena, Iadanza has over 30 years of banking and lending experience having served as Managing Director of the Commercial Markets Group at Citibank, senior vice president of commercial lending at EAB, and senior vice president of specialty lending at National Westminster Bank. Iadanza is also an avid supporter of the NY metropolitan community serving as a Director on the Boards for the Prospect Park Alliance, St. John's Cemetery, and New Ground. State Bank, headquartered in Jericho, is a commercial bank that operates seventeen branches located in the counties of Nassau, Suffolk, Queens and Manhattan. State Bank has built a reputation for providing high-quality personal service to meet the needs of our diverse customer base which includes commercial real estate owners and developers, small to middle market businesses, professional service firms, municipalities and consumers.