Lake Equipment Leasing, Inc. of Millburn, NJ announced that Michael N. Gallina has been named Executive Vice President of the company, a newly created position.

Mr. Gallina was previously the Managing Director of Business Banking for First Central Savings Bank in Glen Cove, NY. Prior to that, he was the Chief Commercial Banking Officer for NorthEast Community Bank in White Plains, NY where he founded the commercial lending function for the bank from scratch. Mr. Gallina was also previously a senior vice president with North Fork Bank and Sterling National Bank. Mr. Gallina received a bachelor's degree and an MBA from Rider University.

"We are pleased to welcome Mike to Lake Leasing. Mike has valuable business and finance experience that will help enable Lake to achieve its growth objectives" stated Steven Roth, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Lake Equipment Leasing, Inc.

Lake Equipment Leasing, Inc. is an equipment leasing and finance company located in Millburn, NJ. The company was founded in 1994. Lake specializes in new and used equipment leasing and financing for businesses who are unable to obtain financing from banks or other traditional financing sources.