Lakeland Bank announces appointments

OAK RIDGE — Thomas J. Shara, President and chief executive officer of Lakeland Bank, announced the following promotions and new hire officer appointments.
Mary Karakos was appointed to the newly created position of Commercial Loan Chief Administrative Officer based in Oak Ridge. She joined the bank in 1992 as a commercial loan workout officer based in Branchville and in 1996 was promoted to vice president, Commercial Loan Officer based in Sussex County. In 2004, she was promoted to vice president, team leader, Sussex County Lending Team and in 2007 was promoted to senior vice president, team leader.
Karakos is a former board member for the Sussex County Economic Development Partnership and the Sussex County Community College Foundation. She is a resident of Fredon.
Neill Schreyer has been appointed to senior vice president, asset recovery manager in the Credit department based in Oak Ridge. Schreyer was most recently with Sussex Bank in Rockaway as the executive vice president, chief Credit Officer. Prior to that, he was with Noble Community Bank/Highlands State Bank in Sparta as the senior vice president, chief lending officer. He earned a bachelor’s degree in business administration from Rutgers University and has a master’s degree in finance from Fairleigh Dickinson University, Metropolitan Campus. Schreyer is a resident of Wantage.