Thomas A. Bracken
President & CEO
New Jersey Chamber of Commerce

Veteran banker Thomas A. Bracken became the New Jersey Chamber of Commerce’s president and CEO in February of 2011, taking the reins of the state’s business advocacy organization as it celebrates its 100th year.

Bracken is no stranger to the Chamber. The Skillman resident served as chairman of the New Jersey Chamber of Commerce's Board of Directors from 2005 to 2007, and has been involved with the Chamber for more than 30 years.

He has four decades of experience in the banking and financial services industry, serving previously as president of TriState Capital Bank's New Jersey operation, based in Princeton.

Bracken joined TriState Capital Bank, which serves mid-market businesses in Pennsylvania, Ohio and New Jersey, in January 2008. Prior to that, he was president and CEO of Sun Bancorp, Inc. from 2001 to 2007. He also held executive positions with First Union Bank. He is a former chairman of the Economic Development Corporation of Trenton and a former chairman of the New Jersey Bankers Association.

Bracken, a Bucknell graduate, is currently the chairman of the Finance Committee of the Cancer Institute of New Jersey Foundation; the chairman of the New Jersey Alliance for Action Foundation; and a board member for Public Media NJ, the subsidiary of WNET that runs NJTV.

For an article on Tom in NJBIZ newspaper, click here.

For a Q&A with Tom in Enterprise magazine, click here.