Mr. Joseph M. Leone is retired vice chairman and chief financial officer of CIT Group Inc., one of the nation’s largest consumer and commercial finance firms. He holds a BBA from Baruch College of the City University of New York and attended the Harvard University Advanced Management Program. Prior to CIT he was with Manufacturers Hanover and KPMG Peat Marwick. He is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, the New York Society of Certified Public Accountants and the Financial Executives Institute.

As a member of the Ramapo College Foundation Board of Governors, Mr. Leone helped link CIT’s philanthropic goals with Ramapo students and was instrumental in creating the CIT Scholars program in 1999. He launched the Leone Family Scholarships in 2004, with the program benefiting motivated students from underserved communities across the State of New Jersey.

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