NOTABLE BLACK LEADER NAMED

PCSB Bank in Yorktown recently announced that Michelle A. Nicholas, senior vice president, chief diversity officer and director of community development, has been awarded two honors by Crain”™s New York Business. She was named to Crain”™s 2022 list of Notable Black Leaders and Executives and Notable Diverse Leaders in Banking and Finance.

In her role at PCSB, Nicholas is responsible for shaping the bank”™s diversity, equity and inclusion strategy as well as engaging external audiences in areas of community development throughout its lower Hudson Valley footprint. 

Joseph D. Roberto, chairman, president and CEO of PCSB Bank, said, “Her remarkable contribution has enabled our bank to design and implement diversity initiatives that deeply impact the communities we serve”¦.”

Nicholas said , “”¦ It is very gratifying to be part of a financial institution that truly values fairness, respect and equity.”

Upon joining PCSB Bank in 2021, Nicholas brought extensive senior-level experience in the corporate, nonprofit and government sectors. She is chair of the Racial Equity, Diversity & Inclusion Committee of Nonprofit Westchester and the Economic Development Committee at Westchester County”™s African American Advisory Board. 

PCSB Bank, a New York-chartered stock commercial bank, has served the banking needs of its customers in the lower Hudson Valley since 1871. It operates 14 branch offices located throughout Dutchess, Putnam, Rockland and Westchester counties in New York.