---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000846617-23-000068"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "DCOM"
cik: "0000846617"
company_name: "Dime Community Bancshares, Inc. /NY/"
filed_at: "2023-09-28T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-10T07:57:50.847219+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Dime Community Bancshares appoints Judith H. Germano to Board of Directors

## Summary
- Judith H. Germano effective September 28, 2023, filling vacancy from Marcia Z. Hefter's retirement.
- Ms. Germano will serve on Credit Risk, Enterprise Risk, and Strategic Planning Committees.
- She is founder of GermanoLaw LLC, a Distinguished Fellow at NYU Center for Cybersecurity.
- Background includes 11 years as federal prosecutor, Chief of Economic Crimes at U.S. Attorney's Office.
- Appointment extends to Dime Community Bank's Board; term expires at 2024 annual meeting.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000846617-23-000068
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: DCOM
- cik: 0000846617
- company_name: Dime Community Bancshares, Inc. /NY/
- filed_at: 2023-09-28T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/846617/000084661723000068/0000846617-23-000068-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/846617/000084661723000068/dcom-20230928x8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000846617-23-000068.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Judith H. Germano was appointed as Director at Dime Community Bancshares, Inc. /NY/.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Director
  source text: On September 28, 2023, Judith H. Germano was appointed to the Board of Directors of Dime Community Bancshares, Inc. (the “Company”) to fill the position vacated by the previously disclosed retirement of Marcia Z. Hefter.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/846617/000084661723000068/0000846617-23-000068-index.htm

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