{"id":149935,"date":"2026-06-11T22:09:01","date_gmt":"2026-06-12T02:09:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevalleyledger.com\/?p=149935"},"modified":"2026-06-11T22:09:31","modified_gmt":"2026-06-12T02:09:31","slug":"unity-bank-appoints-sara-m-sooy-and-alfred-j-gaburo-to-board-of-directors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevalleyledger.com\/?p=149935","title":{"rendered":"Unity Bank Appoints Sara M. Sooy and \ufeffAlfred J. Gaburo to Board of Directors"},"content":{"rendered":"

New directors bring extensive experience in government affairs, financial oversight, banking, real estate finance, and community leadership<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

June 2026<\/strong>\u00a0– Unity Bancorp, Inc.\u00a0(NASDAQ: UNTY)<\/strong>, the parent company of Unity Bank, announced that its Board of Directors has voted to appoint\u00a0Sara M. Sooy<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0Alfred J. Gaburo<\/strong>\u00a0to the\u00a0Unity Bank Board of Directors<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Sooy brings significant banking, finance, governance, and public-sector leadership experience to the board. Her background includes public company audit committee service, credit risk evaluation, commercial real estate finance, enterprise risk governance, capital planning, and fiduciary oversight. She has held roles with Investors Bank and the New Jersey Economic Development Authority, and currently serves as a Somerset County Commissioner.<\/p>\n

Gaburo brings more than three decades of experience in public affairs, government relations, economic development, and strategic advocacy. He has represented leading organizations across New Jersey in industries including healthcare, insurance, transportation, environmental services, maritime, and pharmaceuticals. He also previously served in elected office as a member of the Raritan Borough Council, where he was elected council president\u00a0and served on the Planning Board and as Police and Fire Commissioner.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are pleased to welcome Al and Sara to the Unity Bank Board of Directors,\u201d said\u00a0James A. Hughes, CEO of Unity Bank<\/strong>. \u201cTheir professional experience, leadership, and deep understanding of New Jersey\u2019s business and community landscape will strengthen our board and support Unity\u2019s continued growth.\u201d<\/p>\n

Sooy earned an MBA in Real Estate Finance from Rutgers University and a Bachelor of Science in Economics, with a concentration in International Economics, from Saint Francis College. She also serves on several boards and advisory bodies, including the North Jersey Transportation Planning Authority, Somerset County Business Partnership, and Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Latino Advisory Board.<\/p>\n

Gaburo is a graduate of the University of Delaware and attended the American Institute of Applied Politics in Washington, D.C., and the Eagleton Institute of Applied Politics at Rutgers University. He is also a Leadership New Jersey Fellow, Class of 2000. Gaburo has served on numerous boards and commissions, including Advantage Bank, Community First Bank, Commercial Fidelity Insurance Company, Triad Healthcare, Chronus Healthcare, and the Board of Governors at Saint Peter\u2019s University Healthcare System in New Brunswick.<\/p>\n

The appointments reflect Unity Bank\u2019s ongoing commitment to strong corporate governance and experienced leadership as the bank continues to serve customers, businesses, and communities across New Jersey and the Lehigh Valley.<\/p>\n

Information provided to TVL by:
\nCrystal Rose<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

New directors bring extensive experience in government affairs, financial oversight, banking, real estate finance, and community leadership June 2026\u00a0– Unity Bancorp, Inc.\u00a0(NASDAQ: UNTY), the parent company of Unity Bank, announced that its Board of Directors has voted to appoint\u00a0Sara M. Sooy\u00a0and\u00a0Alfred J. Gaburo\u00a0to the\u00a0Unity Bank Board of Directors. Sooy brings significant banking, finance, governance, and … Continue reading Unity Bank Appoints Sara M. Sooy and \ufeffAlfred J. Gaburo to Board of Directors<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":149936,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"{title}\r\n\r\n{excerpt}\r\n\r\n{url}","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[482],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-149935","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-press-release-2"],"acf":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/unity-promotions.jpg?fit=672%2C372&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149935","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=149935"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149935\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":149937,"href":"https:\/\/thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149935\/revisions\/149937"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/149936"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=149935"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=149935"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=149935"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}