BCB Bancorp, Inc. announced the election of Tara L. French to the Board of Directors of both BCB Bancorp, Inc. and BCB Community Bank, effective immediately. Ms. French previously was an officer at Northfield Bank until her retirement in June 2023. She joined Northfield in 2017 as the Chief Administrative Officer, and she was named Chief Risk Officer in September 2020.

Prior to joining Northfield Bank, Ms. French was an Assistant Deputy Comptroller at the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency from 2011 to 2017, where she worked in the New York District Office supervising commercial banks and thrifts in the Community Bank Program. Ms. French will serve on the Audit Committee, the ALCO Committee, and the Nominating/Corporate Governance Committee.