Lakeland Bank Appoints New Healthcare Lending Team

Thomas J. Shara, President and CEO of Lakeland Bank, is pleased to announce the appointment of Ron Krauskopf and Roberto Camacho to the Bank’s newly formed Healthcare Lending Team.

“We are excited to have a new team in place to offer financing solutions to providers across the healthcare spectrum,” said Shara. “Ron and Roberto have extensive experience in this unique field and we look forward to the contributions they will make to grow this segment of Lakeland’s lending services.”

Ron Krauskopf has been hired as Senior Vice President and Team Leader of the Healthcare Lending team based in Bernardsville, N.J. Krauskopf will be responsible for managing the new division by overseeing relationship development, steering day-to-day operations, and navigating trends emerging within the industry. He was most recently a Senior Vice President and Team Leader for the Healthcare Lending Team at Investors Bank in Short Hills, N.J. Krauskopf earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Finance and Economics at The College of New Jersey. He is a member of the Dean’s Advisory Council for Rutgers School of Public Health and was previously a member of LeadingAge. Krauskopf resides in Montville, N.J.

Roberto Camacho has been hired as Vice President of the Healthcare Lending Team based in Bernardsville, N.J. With more than 16 years of commercial banking experience in N.J. and N.Y., he was most recently a Vice President, Relationship Manager for the Healthcare Lending Team at Investors Bank. Camacho has held several volunteer Board seats and is currently a Foundation Board Member of North Hudson Community Action Corporation.

The Healthcare Lending Team will be responsible for building relationships with large medical practices, senior living facilities, not-for-profit organizations, hospitals and health systems, specialty medical facilities, healthcare real estate investment firms, and private equity partnerships within the healthcare industry by providing customers with the financing and banking solutions that meet their needs.

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