Peapack-Gladstone Financial Corporation and Peapack-Gladstone Bank announced the appointment of Katherine M. Dickenson, Esq. as Senior Managing Director, Assistant General Counsel. Dickenson is primarily responsible for providing legal and transactional support to Peapack Capital, the Bank’s equipment leasing and finance subsidiary, and assisting the general counsel in overseeing all legal affairs of the Company. She brings a wealth of knowledge and experience in providing internal legal guidance in support of the financial goals of the Bank and its subsidiaries.

Dickenson joins the company after serving 21 years at Citizens Asset Finance (CAF), a division of Citizens Bank, N.A., in Johnston, RI. As in-house counsel for one of the largest financing and leasing companies in the U.S., she delivered sound and pragmatic legal advice to the sales, operations, credit and documentation teams at CAF, including the drafting, review and negotiation of various forms of complex commercial agreements and analyzing and evaluating each client’s leasing and financing needs. Prior to that, Dickenson served as Regional Manager, Settlement Agent, at United One Resources, Inc., a large title insurance firm based in Wilkes-Barre, PA, where she founded the Rhode Island office and oversaw all legal issues for satellite offices in RI and MA.

Dickenson holds a Juris Doctor from Roger Williams University School of Law. She also graduated cum laude from Johnson & Wales University in Providence, RI, with a Bachelor of Science degree in Administrative Management and an Associate of Science degree in Paralegal Studies. She is a member of the State of Connecticut and State of Rhode Island Bar Associations.