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Mr. Conefry is the retired Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors of Astoria Financial Corporation and its wholly owned subsidiary Astoria Federal Savings. He formerly served as the Chairman of the Board and CEO of Long Island Bancorp and The Long Island Savings Bank from 1993 until 1998 and was a Director of the Long Island Savings Bank from 1980 until its merger with Astoria Financial in 1998. From 1981 through 1993, Mr. Conefry was a Sr. Vice President of Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Inc. where he served in several capacities, including Chief Financial Officer, Director of Operations and Systems and a Sr. Vice President in Sales. Prior to joining Merrill Lynch, Mr. Conefry was a partner in the public accounting firm of Deloitte Haskins & Sells where he had 14 years of extensive accounting and auditing experience. | 