Joseph Roberto
President of New York Banking Operations at BankUnited
Joseph Roberto, 58, has been the President of New York Banking Operations at BankUnited since March 2013. Mr. Roberto is responsible for managing the banking center locations, commercial private banking and deposit operations for the New York region. From 2007 to 2013, Mr. Roberto was senior vice president responsible for Capital One's commercial real estate deposit portfolio, managing seven teams in the North East, Mid-Atlantic and South Central markets. Prior to joining Capital One, Mr. Roberto held leadership positions at North Fork Bank from 1998 up until its merger with Capital One. Mr. Roberto is a founding board member of the Melville/East Farmingdale Chamber of Commerce and has chaired or served on committees for AHRC-Suffolk County, Southampton Youth Services, Brookhaven Memorial Hospital, Great South Bay YMCA, Special Olympics, United Cerebral Palsy, American Cancer Society and the American Heart Association. He was awarded the Distinguished Citizen Award by the 23rd Street Association in 2007 for outstanding community service. Mr. Roberto currently serves as a community board member at Northwell Health-South Side Hospital in Bay Shore, on the corporate advisory board of Cohen Children’s Hospital, on the corporate advisory board of Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory and on the dean’s advisory board for the College of Management at Long Island University. He received a B.S. in business management from Long Island University - C.W. Post Campus.