Oradell’s Freedom Bank:
Senior Management in Place

Oradell, NJ – The new Freedom Bank at 550 Kinderkamack Road in Oradell, introduces its senior management team with over 125 years of collective banking experience. These professionals pride themselves on providing outstanding customer service and exceptional banking expertise.

The senior management of Freedom Bank includes Joel C. Sweren, Executive VP & Chief Financial Officer from Fort Lee; Paul A. Meyer, Executive VP & Senior Loan Officer from Paramus; and Barbara E. Komor, VP & Branch Manager, from Ramsey.

• Before coming to Freedom Bank as Executive VP & Chief Financial Officer, Joel C. Sweren, CPA, served as President of Golden First Bank and Maryland Permanent Bank and Chief Operations Officer of Bank of Baltimore. Mr. Sweren is responsible for maintaining Freedom Bank’s financial records, ensuring compliance, managing the daily operations, and supervising Bank security. He is a member of the AICPA and served as a director for Good Samaritan Hospital.
• Prior to joining Freedom Bank as Executive VP & Senior Loan Officer, Paul A. Meyer, served as Senior VP, Commercial Lender at Greater Community Bank and Midland Bank/Valley National and VP, Commercial Lender at Horizon Bank. He is responsible for all commercial and consumer lending including commercial loans, lines of credit, mortgages, construction loans, and all forms of consumer loans including home equity loans and lines of credit.  Extremely active in his community, Mr. Meyer has received the Melvin Jones Fellowship from Lions International, was named Business Person of the Year at the Paramus Chamber of Commerce and received a Bergen County Volunteer Service Award. He was President of the Greater Paramus Chamber and the Greater Paramus Educational Foundation and past Chairman of the Foundation at the Bergen Regional Medical Center and past Board member of the Hospital itself. Mr. Meyer is presently Vice-Chairman of the Bergen Community College Foundation. He has also served as VP/Treasurer and Board member of the New Jersey Camp for Blind Children, and is a member of the 200 Club of Bergen County. 
• Barbara E. Komor served as Manager of Commerce Bank and Chase/Chemical Bank before becoming VP & Manager of Freedom Bank. She is responsible for business development and supervision of branch operations. Ms. Komor is a member of the Oradell Chamber of Commerce, the Paramus Chamber of Commerce, the River Dell Chamber of Commerce, the 200 Club of Bergen County and the Rutgers Finance Club.

 

Freedom Bank’s senior management were chosen not only for their extensive banking experience, but for their involvement in the Bergen County business and civic communities. At Freedom Bank, we enjoy being able to make a difference and ‘give back’ to the communities we serve.

Freedom Bank will serve local businesses and retail clients with a wide variety of banking services including commercial mortgages, business loans and lines of credit, home equity lines of credit, residential mortgages, and traditional commercial banking products for small to medium size businesses. The Bank also offers internet banking, bill pay, remote merchant capture, and other technology-based products.

Lobby and drive-up hours are: Monday – Friday, 8:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. and Saturday, 9:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. For more information, call 201-599-3000 or visit the Freedom Bank website at www.freedombanknj.com.  The Bank is a member of the FDIC and an Equal Housing Lender.