Peapack Private elevates M.J. Sully to senior managing director

Bedminster-based Peapack-Gladstone Financial Corp. on Tuesday said it elevated M.J. Sully to senior managing director, chief fiduciary officer, at Peapack Private, a division of Peapack-Gladstone Bank, and named her president of PGB Trust & Investments of Delaware, a bank subsidiary.

Sully, who joined the wealth management division of the organization in 2007, is a member of the firm’s senior leadership team and manages the trust and estate professionals and support personnel in both New Jersey and Delaware.

Sully began her legal career in private practice and then served for more than 12 years as a government attorney. She was assistant municipal attorney to the township of West Orange and then special probate counsel to the Essex County Surrogate’s Court and the Superior Court of New Jersey, Chancery Division, Probate Part.

Sully is admitted to practice in New Jersey and Pennsylvania. She received her B.A. from the University of Notre Dame. She also earned an M.S.A. from the University of Notre Dame Mendoza College of Business and a J.D. from the University of Notre Dame School of Law. As an undergraduate, she was a member of the women’s national championship fencing team and was recognized as a scholar-athlete.