Jessica Perry//January 20, 2006
Angelo Catania will finish out a former directorÂs term.Toms River-based OceanFirst Financial, the holding company for OceanFirst Bank, announced that its board of directors has elected Angelo Catania as director. Catania will serve the remainder of the term of former director James G. Kiley, who resigned from the board in July 2005.
Catania is currently president and CEO of Homestar Services, a heating, cooling and plumbing services company. Previously, Catania served as president and COO of Stamford, Conn.-based Petro, a heating oil company. He holds an M.B.A. from St. JohnÂs University. OceanFirst Bank (Nasdaq: OCFC) shares fell $0.20 to $23.70 in afternoon trading.