James S Vaccaro

James S. Vaccaro –

Chair, President & Chief Executive Officer

Manasquan Bank

James S. Vaccaro is Chair, President and Chief Executive Officer of Manasquan Bank, a $3.4-billion-dollar mutual banking organization founded in 1874. Manasquan Bank currently operates from fifteen offices and branches located in Middlesex, Monmouth and Ocean Counties, New Jersey. 

While he has worked in other fields, the majority of Mr. Vaccaro’s career has been as a leader within the banking profession, with more than forty years of experience in the industry. 

He served as Chair, President and CEO of Central Jersey Bancorp, parent company of Allaire Community Bank and Monmouth Community Bank, which he helped found in 1998.  From 1982 to 1995, Mr. Vaccaro was employed by Central Jersey Bank and Trust Company and served in various capacities including Executive Vice President, Treasurer, CFO and member of the Board of Directors.

A leader in both civic and philanthropic organizations, Mr. Vaccaro is Vice Chair of the Board of Trustees of RWJ/ Barnabas Health and former Chair of Monmouth Medical Center.  He is former Chair of the Board for Visiting Nurses Association of Central New Jersey, a former member of the Board of Trustees of Monmouth University.  He also is past Chair of the Board of Directors of New Jersey Bankers Association. He is a member of the Board of Directors of Four Springs Capital, LLC,.

In 2013 Mr. Vaccaro was the recipient of the Monmouth University Distinguished Business Leader Award and in 2007, the Long Branch Chamber of Commerce honored Mr. Vaccaro with the Louis G. Libutti Community Service award for exceptional leadership, professional achievement and stellar record of community service.

Mr. Vaccaro currently Chairs the Federal Reserve Bank of New York Community Depository Institutions Advisory Council and is President  of  the Federal Reserves’ National Council (CDIAC)

Mr. Vaccaro received a BS in economics from Ursinus College and earned a PMD certification from Harvard Graduate School of Business.