Claudine Baptiste

Claudine Baptiste is a Relationship Manager -Business Development Officer, Commercial Lending Officer and CRB/MRB Specialist at BCB Bank and is responsible for the Essex County Market.  Earlier in her banking career, she was the Assistant Vice President/Assistant BSA Officer for over 5 years for Allegiance Community Bank, before BCB and Allegiance merged in 2012. Claudine Baptiste was named the Branch Manager/Business Development Officer shortly after the merger and began working directly with the community that she has come to know so well.

Claudine Baptiste is a long-time resident of Maplewood for over 29 years. She graduated from Montclair State University in Upper Montclair NJ with her B.S Degree in Business Administration, concentration in both Business Management and International Studies.  Claudine is the recipient of the Maplewood Chamber of Commerce 2019 Distinguished Service Award and 2018 Small Business Support of the Year Award of the Essex County Latino-American Chamber of Commerce. When Claudine isn’t diligently working in her office, she is out in the Community directly involved with a variety of local non-profit organizations and groups. These include SOMA Chambers of Commerce where she serves as a Board of Director, serving as the Senior Advisory Committee for Maplewood Township, The Maplewood Rotary Club serving as past President, The South Orange Downtown Board and with the South Orange Lions Club as their Vice President.

Claudine enjoys working at BCB Community Bank and takes great pride in serving her customers.  BCB is truly a Community Bank that Claudine has been a part of for over 18 years by helping businesses grow and helping people achieve their dreams of homeownership and financial security.  In her spare time, Claudine enjoys reading, cooking, spending time with family and traveling.