Amalgamated Financial Corp. announced it has appointed Julieta Ross and Scott Stoll as its newest members to the Company?s Board of Directors, effective immediately. Dr. Ross will serve on the Audit Committee and the Enterprise Risk Oversight Committee of the Board.

Mr. Stoll will serve on the Audit Committee and the Credit Policy Committee of the Board. Dr. Ross has an extensive background in the broader financial services risk management landscape, with over 20 years of global banking technology leadership and experience. With a proven track record of building and scaling businesses while leveraging digital technologies, she offers a vast understanding on the integration of new technology perspectives in the process of building market-leading banking platforms and avant-garde digital capabilities.

Mr. Stoll is a recognized leader with over 40 years of experience in the banking, insurance, and asset management industries, occupying various board and senior leadership roles over the course of his career. Of particular significance is the role he played in the expansion of Ernst & Young LLP?s financial services consulting capabilities, where he founded EY?s asset liability management advisory practice and played a leadership role in building teams serving EY?s global and national financial services clients. Dr. Ross is the Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Okee Labs.

She oversees all aspects of the company?s operations, including product development, research, and customer acquisition. Prior to this role, Dr. Ross was the Global Chief Technology Officer at Banco Santander from 2017 to 2019, Global Chief Technology Officer at M&T Bank from 2014 to 2017 and held various international roles for Citi from 2000 to 2014 ultimately being named Chief Technology Officer for Latin America. She has a proven track record building and scaling businesses, leveraging digital technologies to reduce cost, drive customer experiences and improve productivity.

Additionally, Dr. Ross has served on the boards of private and non-profit companies including Santander Consumer Finance, Mastercard Advisory Board, AAA Western and Central New York, Sheltered Harbor, Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center and Row New York. Dr. Ross is a founding member of the Sheltered Harbor Board. Mr. Stoll is currently serving as the Audit Committee Chair of Farmers Group Inc. as well as the Audit Committee Chair and member of the Executive Committee of Farmers New World Life Insurance Company, Farmers Group Inc.?s wholly owned subsidiary, since 2019.

Prior to that, Mr. Stoll spent 36 years working for Ernst & Young where he retired as a partner in 2018. From 2010 to 2018, Mr. Stoll?s role at EY focused on financial services and quality assurance, as he was responsible for EY?s non-audit advisory work at a global systematically important bank while based in San Francisco. From 2004 to 2010, Mr. Stoll?s partner role focused on banking, capital markets and insurance when he played a leadership role in the expansion of Ernst & Young LLP?s financial services consulting capabilities in Zurich, Switzerland.

Prior to this, Mr. Stoll?s role focused on commercial banking risk management and asset liability management from 1994 to 2000. He founded EY's asset liability management advisory practice and was a founding member of EY's U.S. financial services consulting practice serving numerous super regional banks across the U.S. Mr. Stoll also chairs the Strategic Planning Committee of the Leadership Council of the Schmidthorst College of Business at his alma mater, Bowling Green State University, where he advises on strategic initiatives, curricula plan, student mentorship and faculty engagement.