Barbara von Borstel — Senior Vice President and Group Director at Signature Bank

Ms. Barbara von Borstel has been Senior Vice President and Group Director of Signature Bank since July 2009. Ms. Von Borstel served as relationship banker in TD Bank (formerly Commerce Bank) in New York for six years. She is a veteran private client banker specializing in the theatre and entertainment sectors. The greater part of her banking career and theatrical specialty emphasis was developed and sustained while at (the former) J.P. Morgan & Co. in New York, where she dedicated 17 years to creating and managing a targeted entertainment private banking business. Under her direction, the institution grew to become a leader in serving the theater community's financial needs. During the course of her extensive, prominent career, Ms. von Borstel has managed the banking and financial services needs of a host of Broadway theatrical productions including Cats, Les Miserables, Phantom of the Opera, Rent, Beauty and the Beast, Sunset Blvd., Mamma Mia and the current hit, Jersey Boys. Ms. Von Borstel is a member of The Broadway Association, a not-for-profit business association devoted to the cultural and economic betterment of Midtown west, which comprises the Broadway theatre district. She is an event advisor for the New York Westminster Kennel Club Dog Museum Benefit. Ms. Von Borstel also was a member of the UJA Jewish Federation Theater Division and a former event advisor for the New York Downtown Hospital Benefit Committee.