The Love Your Neighbor Award recognizes the service, compassion, empathy and significant impact made within our community, and this year, we are honoring Ralph and Liz Mastrangelo. 

 

Ralph is a retired executive from the Bank of New York. In addition to his position as executive vice president of the bank he also was president of BNY Securities Group. Prior to joining the Bank he was senior vice president and chief information officer at JP Morgan & Co. He has served on the advisory board of Market Resolve, a financial services consulting firm. Ralph is also a former director of the Government Securities Clearing Corporation and the International Securities Clearing Corporation. He holds a BS in Economics from St. John’s University and an MBA in Management from Fairleigh Dickinson University. 

 

Liz is a retired registered nurse. She has practiced at the Bellevue and Richmond Memorial hospitals in New York. She also practiced at The Valley Hospital in New Jersey. She is a graduate of the Bellevue School of Nursing. 

 

Ralph has served on the board at Our Lady of Mercy Community Outreach for nine years, and as a chair for two of those years. He is currently a member of the finance committee at Our Lady of Mercy Community Outreach. Ralph also serves as a member of the board of governors of the Ramapo College Foundation and the Valley Hospital Foundation. He has served on the board of Junior Achievement of NY and as a chair of his local school foundation board as well as chair of the board of trustees of New York Presbyterian/Lower Manhattan Hospital. Ralph has been named “trustee of the year” by the Healthcare Trustees of NY State.  

 

Liz has been a volunteer at Our Lady of Mercy Community Outreach for over ten years serving in the food pantry, clothing closet and as a receptionist at the front desk. Additionally, she has served at the American Red Cross for over twenty years, and has volunteered as a nurse at her local school. Liz is a long time member of the Valley Hospital Auxiliary. She has also worked in various capacities at her local church in Franklin Lakes, NJ and volunteers her time and talents at Holy Spirit Catholic Church on Johns Island. 

 

Ralph and Liz have just celebrated their fiftieth wedding anniversary. They raised three beautiful daughters together and have three grandchildren. They split time between Franklin Lakes, NJ and Kiawah Island.