Smithtown Resident Named New Senior Vice President of NEFCU

Smithtown resident Michele Dean, the former head of lending at Bethpage Federal Credit Union, recently joined the Westbury-based credit union Nassau Educators Federal Credit Unions (NEFCU) as its senior vice president, chief lending officer.

In her new role, Dean will oversee NEFCU’s lending and business services departments. Specifically, she will provide unified leadership of NEFCU’s consumer lending, commercial lending and business deposit services units.

She will be reporting to John DeIeso, executive vice president, chief operating officer.

Dean previously served as a strategic consultant to NEFCU, working with the credit union beginning in January to provide guidance and technical assistance on several key strategic initiatives.

After almost 20 years at Bethpage Federal Credit Union, she became the senior vice president, lending and investments. In 2014, she left the company to start her own consulting enterprise, where she advised corporate boards, CEOs and leadership teams on identifying strategic opportunities, raising capital and analyzing and guiding operations.

While at Bethpage, Dean oversaw its commercial, residential mortgage, and consumer lending. She also headed up its investment strategies division that managed a $400 million portfolio for more than 4,000 clients.

Within the financial services industry, she has served as an advisory board member for Fannie Mae, INVEST Financial Corporation, NACUSO and Experian.

On Long Island, she is a member of the board of directors for Long Island Housing Partnerships, Island Harvest and Molly College Energeia Partnership.

She was also named one of the “Top 50 Most Influential Women in Business” by Long Island Business News in 2004 and 2012.

Congratulations to Michele Dean!