Peapack-Gladstone Financial Corporation announced a new employee. Carrie R. Kittel joins Peapack Capital, a subsidiary of Peapack-Gladstone Bank as Vice President, Equipment Finance Operations Officer.

With 19 years of experience across both consumer and commercial banking environments and now as a member of the Peapack Capital Equipment Finance Operations Team, Kittel is responsible for leasing operations, front, mid- and back-office support, including reporting and process improvements. She is the technology point person for the organization’s Aspire leasing system.

 Prior to joining Peapack-Gladstone Bank, Kittel held the positions of Assistant Vice President, Senior Documentation Coordinator and Business Support Manager, Operations Analyst III at Citizens Asset Finance, a division of Citizens Bank, N.A., Johnston, RI, where she was responsible for maintaining an extensive portfolio of customers while managing the closing process with all parties. Prior to that she held the position of Consumer Operations Specialist & Loan Processor/Closer at The Washington Trust Company.