Nancy E. Cleaver is Senior Vice President and Chief Lending Officer of Crest Savings Bank, headquartered in Wildwood, NJ. She is charged with responsibility for the Loan Department, including the nineteen people who originate, process and service commercial, residential and consumer loans in the Bank’s primary marketplace: Cape May County. The loan portfolio is $410,000,000 outstanding and 2000 customers. She has been at Crest since 2010. Her banking career started in the early 1980’s at Heritage Bank, Cherry Hill, NJ. She stepped away from banking for the ten years prior to joining Crest in pursuit of the dream of being an entrepreneur. She had four gift stores called Shore Designs at the peak of her retail adventure.
Nancy believes in giving back to the community that has provided her with so many opportunities. She is an active supporter of the Cape May County Chamber of Commerce as a member of the Board of Directors, and member of the Finance Committee, Women in Business Event Committee and Chair of the Annual Dinner. She also volunteers her time and banking expertise for Habitat for Humanity-Cape May County, including a two year term as President of the Board. She supports the Boy Scouts of America originally in the role of Chair for the annual Distinguished Citizens Reception in Cape May County 2014-2016. More recently, she has advanced to a position on the Executive Board governing six counties in Southern New Jersey known as the Garden State Council. Nancy also accepted a seat on the Atlantic Cape Community College Foundation Board in 2017, recently joining the Finance Committee.
Her formal education includes earning an undergraduate degree in cultural anthropology from Colgate University, Hamilton, NY and an MBA-Finance from the University of Connecticut, Storrs, Conn. After spending 23 wonderful years living in historic Cape May City, she recently moved to Ventnor City where she enjoys her free time on the boardwalk with her other half, Jim.
