
Keith R. Mestrich is President and Chief Executive Officer of Amalgamated Bank and chairs the board of the Amalgamated Foundation. Keith has over three decades of experience in finance, many of those assisting the bank’s core constituencies in labor, nonprofits, political organizations and issue-advocacy campaigns. Under his leadership, the bank increased its profitability, installed a new management team and significantly grew its core deposit base. Keith has spearheaded impactful initiatives to underscore the Amalgamated’s mission, including support of a $15 minimum wage (and raising the bank's minimum wage to $15), acceptance of IDNYC as a primary form of ID and certification as a B Corp. In 2017, Keith guided Amalgamated’s acquisition of San Francisco-based New Resource Bank, creating the nation’s largest socially responsible bank, and, in 2018, Amalgamated Bank became the first union-owned bank to become a publicly-traded company. Click here to read more about Keith Mestrich.