As a Senior Vice President, Mike Cook is the Manager for Investment Real Estate in New Jersey and is responsible for the management, administration, and development of a commercial loan portfolio of over $350 million as well as the Bank’s Construction Lending Department. He has been the top-producing lender for First Bank each year since 2012. Prior to joining the First Bank team, Mr. Cook served as a Senior Analyst then Assistant Vice President/Relationship Manager at M&T Bank in New York City where he managed a commercial real estate portfolio of over $400 million.
Mike Cook earned a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from St. Lawrence University and an MBA from the AB Freeman School of Business at Tulane University. A licensed real estate broker/salesperson since 2002, Mr. Cook is a member of the New Jersey Chapter National Association of Industrial and Office Parks (NAIOP), the Princeton Regional Chamber of Commerce, and the National Association of Realtors. Mike also volunteers as a Head Coach with the Princeton Youth Hockey Association.
