Our People

Managing Principal, Chief Investment Officer

John Creamer has over 30 years of experience in managing and growing investment portfolios for high net worth individuals and institutions. He is head of portfolio management and leads a team of portfolio managers responsible for $3.50 billion in assets under administration. He also chairs the Wealth Management Investment Strategy Committee.

Prior to joining Peapack-Gladstone Bank, John spent 20 years in the investment community as a portfolio manager and equity analyst with an emphasis on working with high-net-worth individuals and institutional clients. He began his career in 1988, performing equity research and analysis for Jamison Eaton and Wood, a registered investment advisor based in Chatham, NJ. In 1993, he moved into portfolio management at the firm. In 1998, John joined U.S. Trust in New Jersey, as a Vice President and portfolio manager, and began working more closely with trust, advisory and investment management accounts. He later served in a similar capacity at Wilmington Trust.

John received his B.S. degree in Business Administration from Villanova University and his M.B.A. with a dual concentration in Finance and Quantitative Business Analysis from Penn State University. John has earned the Chartered Financial Analyst, the Chartered Financial Consultant, and the Certified Financial Planner® designations. He is actively involved with a number of community and church-based organizations.

David G. DIETZE

Managing Principal

David G. Dietze is Managing Principal, Senior Portfolio Strategist of Peapack Private Wealth Management (PPWM), the wealth management division of Peapack-Gladstone Bank. David founded in 1993 Point View Wealth Management (PVWM), an SEC registered investment adviser, which became part of PGB in 2019. PVWM was named one of the country's top wealth managers by Bloomberg Wealth Manager magazine, ranked among the top 100 independent advisors by CNBC, and was a 2015 Five Star Wealth Manager. PPWM helps its clients realize their financial dreams, including retirement income strategies, portfolio investment advice, and tax savvy financial planning.

David is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA^®), a Certified Financial Planner (CFP^®), and has practiced law for many years. David is a much sought out resource for the media, including Bloomberg, CNBC, Fox, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, LA Times, Forbes, U. S. News and World Report, Investor's Business Daily, and The Star-Ledger.

David graduated Phi Beta Kappa, magna cum laude, and with Honors in his major, Economics, from Dartmouth College. There, he was a Rufus Choate Scholar and received five citations in English, Latin, and Greek. He studied Spanish in Granada, Spain. He pursued graduate studies at Yale University in Classical Studies and Political Philosophy, earning Honors work. He received his law degree from The University of Chicago Law School. He is an attorney at law and member of the Bars of New Jersey, New York, and the District of Columbia. He has practiced corporate and finance law with New York based White & Case and Washington, D.C.'s Crowell & Moring.

David is actively involved in local community and charitable activities. He has served as President of Summit’s Board of Education, President of the Dartmouth Club of Suburban New Jersey, President and Paul Harris Fellow of the Rotary Club of Summit/New Providence, President of the Summit Tennis Club, President of the Downtown Club, Trustee and Planning and Budget Chair of Overlook Hospital Foundation, Vice President of the Summit Area Public Foundation and Chair of its investment committee, Trustee, Treasurer, and Chair of the investment committee of the Summit Area YMCA, Head Agent for his Dartmouth College Class, member of the reunion and gift committees for his University of Chicago Law School Class, Chair of the Service Committee of Dartmouth’s Alumni Council, Advisory Committee member of Dartmouth’s Friends of Football, member Dartmouth Communities Executive Council, Co-Chair of the Stewardship Campaign of Summit’s Calvary Church, President of the Suburban Chambers of Commerce, Board Member of Summit Helping Its People (SHIP) and on the Golf Committee of the Canoe Brook Country Club and a member of the Summit Elks Club.

David was named to the Inaugural Hall of Fame of his alma mater, Mountain Lakes High School, for his community, charitable, and professional accomplishments. He was the Suburban Chambers of Commerce’s Distinguished Citizen of the Year in 2017. He was a Boy Scouts Good Scout Awardee as an exemplary role model for the youth of our community, plus a recipient of the Boy Scouts North Star Award. David enjoys reading, travel, golf, and skiing. He resides in Summit, New Jersey with his wife, while their daughter attends American University (DC) and their son, a graduate of the University of Colorado at Boulder, is pursuing a finance career in Denver.

Diahann W. Lassus

Managing Principal

Diahann W. Lassus, CFP^®, CPA/PFS is a Managing Principal at Peapack Private Wealth Management.

Prior to Peapack Private, Diahann was the President and co-founder of Lassus Wherley, a subsidiary of Peapack-Gladstone Bank. Diahann was also the Chief Investment Officer (CIO) of Lassus Wherley, director of the investment group and Chair of the Investment Committee. Diahann and her team take the time to learn what is important to clients and learn about their needs and wants. They put their clients’ interests ahead of their own. Financial advice is provided only after obtaining a complete understanding of clients’ circumstances. Diahann and her team analyze their client’s unique situations and seek to educate them so they understand their financial choices. Operating with these principles helps them assist clients in building more secure financial futures. In the process, Diahann and her team provide clients the peace of mind that comes from knowing they are dealing with people who understand and care about them. For over 30 years Diahann and her team have provided comprehensive financial planning, investment management, tax preparation, trust services and family office support through Lassus Wherley’s offices in New Providence, NJ and Bonita Springs, FL.

Prior to founding Lassus Wherley, Diahann held positions in accounting and line operations for Blue Cross Blue Shield, Xerox Corporation and AT&T from 1970 to 1984. She was the Field Operations Manager for the 1984 Summer Olympic Games in Los Angeles.

Diahann holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Management from Florida State University and an MBA from the University of North Florida. She is a Certified Public Accountant, New Jersey State Board of Accountancy; Personal Financial Specialist, American Institute of Certified Public Accountants; and Certified Financial Planner™ professional, CFP® Board of Standards. Diahann is presently a member of the Individual Development Committee, Financial Planning Foundation; inaugural CNBC Digital Financial Advisor Council; Inaugural Commission on Standards, CFP Board of Standards; New Jersey State Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors; Board of Governors of the Florida State University (FSU) College of Business; and the FSU Foundation Board of Trustees. Diahann is a member of the Financial Planning Association, American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, and New Jersey Society of Certified Public Accountants. Diahann has been named one of the Top 100 Most Influential Financial Advisors, Investopedia; a Multiyear (2012-2020) Five-Star Wealth Manager, Five Star Professional; named one of the 30 Most Influential and received the Robert J. Underwood Distinguished Service Award from the National Association of Personal Financial Advisors (NAPFA); among the 25 people who have shaped the advice business, InvestmentNews; and on the list of Worth Magazine’s Top Financial Advisors seven times beginning with the first list in 1994. Diahann has appeared on NBC’s The Today Show, Nightly Business Report, and CNBC Closing Bell.

Investment Team

John E. Creamer

Jeffrey Fisher

David G. Dietze

Diahann w. Lassus

Peter J. lewis

Scott Noyes

Ralf Sellig

ROBERT VOGEL

jOhn Joseph lee

William m. robb

anne m. smith

brian t. tesseyman

erik vadeika

sARAH KRIEGER

edward t. mcnasby

thomas w. myers

ELAINE F. PHIPPS

Frederick w. schoenhut

DONNA ST. AMANT

Glen C. Corbitt

mICHAEL e. hERRMANN

Joe W. Kwok

richard barfuss

Rita Cuyegkeng

DAVID M. FULLAM

Bruce SeverAnce

ryan d. kung

George malanga

David j. colby

Gavin Charlton

Erik Rano

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Our People

Investment Team

John E. Creamer

Jeffrey Fisher

David G. Dietze

Diahann w. Lassus

Peter J. lewis

Scott Noyes

Ralf Sellig

ROBERT VOGEL

jOhn Joseph lee

William m. robb

anne m. smith

brian t. tesseyman

erik vadeika

sARAH KRIEGER

edward t. mcnasby

thomas w. myers

ELAINE F. PHIPPS

Frederick w. schoenhut

DONNA ST. AMANT

Glen C. Corbitt

mICHAEL e. hERRMANN

Joe W. Kwok

richard barfuss

Rita Cuyegkeng

DAVID M. FULLAM

Bruce SeverAnce

ryan d. kung

George malanga

David j. colby

Gavin Charlton

Erik Rano

The Weekly

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David G. DIETZE

Diahann W. Lassus

Peter J. Lewis

Scott Noyes

Ralf Sellig

RObert Vogel

john joseph lee

ELAINE F. PHIPPS

Joe W. Kwok

Rita Cuyegkeng