SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
The First of Long Island Corporation
(Registrant)
By: /s/ William Aprigliano
William Aprigliano
Senior Vice President and
Chief Accounting Officer
Dated: November 15, 2017
Exhibit 99.1
November 15, 2017
For Immediate Release
For More Information Contact:
Mark D. Curtis,
S
EVP, CFO and Treasurer
(
516) 671-4900, Ext.
7413
THE FIRST OF LONG ISLAND CORPORATION
ANNOUNCES
THE
ELECTION OF
DENISE STRAIN
TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Glen Head, New York,
November 15
, 201
7
(GLOBE NEWSWIRE) – The First of Long Island Corporation (Nasdaq: FLIC), the parent company of The First National Bank of Long Island,
announced that
on
November 14, 2017
,
Denise St
r
ain
was ele
cted
to
the Board of Directors
of the
Corporation
and the Bank
.
M
s
.
Strain
’s service on both boards is effective
December
1, 201
7
.
M
s
.
Strain
has
35
years
of
experience
in
the
banking
industr
y
including
most recently
as
Managing Director and Senior Tax Counsel of Citibank, N
.
A
.
She provided senior executive level counsel to ensure appropriate controls and governance w
ere
in place for the tax function. Her key accomplishments at Citibank include
devising tax efficient structures as
a member of the Dodd Frank Planning Team,
reengineering efforts to reduce tax expense while implementing Sarbanes-Oxley processes and global management of tax planning to ensure efficiencies during the Traveler
s
-Citicorp merger.
M
s
.
Strain
earned her J.D.
from
St. John’s
University
School of Law
,
her LL.M in Tax from New York University School of Law
and
is
a
graduate
of Fairfield University with a B.A. in Psychology
.
She currently resides in Garden City.
Walter C. Teagle III, Chairman of the Board of Directors, speaking on behalf of the company said: “We are very fortunate to have an individual with the
banking and tax
expertise of
Denise Strain
join our Board of Directors.
As a
growing
company
on Long Island
,
Denise
’s
professional and community affiliations
w
ill be an added benefit to The First National Bank of Long Island.”