Our Leadership

Don Cole serves as President and Chief Executive Officer of Forbright Bank and the President and Chief Operating Officer of Forbright, Inc. He previously served as President and COO of Congressional Bank. From 2012 to 2018, Mr. Cole served as Chief Financial Officer of Alliance Partners. From 2009 to 2011, he served as Chief Financial Officer of CapitalSource. From 2003 to 2009, Mr. Cole served in various senior management positions at CapitalSource including Chief Operations Officer, Chief Accounting Officer, and Chief Information Officer. Mr. Cole received his BS and MBA from the State University of New York at Buffalo and his law degree from the University of Virginia.

Lisa Cuba serves as Chief Risk Officer for Forbright Bank and Chief Risk Officer of Forbright, Inc., positions she has held since 2022. Prior to joining Forbright, Ms. Cuba had over 20 years of risk management experience within community and regional banks and most recently served as Senior Vice President, Director of Enterprise Risk Management at Atlantic Union Bank from 2018 to 2022. Ms. Cuba holds an M.B.A. from the University of South Carolina and a B.B.A. with a concentration in Finance from the College of William & Mary, in addition to degrees from the Graduate School of Banking at the Louisiana State University and the Virginia Bankers School of Bank Management at the University of Virginia.

Kenny Elias joined Forbright in 2011 and now serves a dual role as the bank’s Chief Lending Officer as well as President of Structured Finance. Kenny founded various national specialty lending business units at the bank, including the cash flow and leveraged finance unit, lender finance, and national real estate. Additionally, from 2017-2019 he oversaw the Washington DC area community bank lending efforts. Prior to joining the Bank, Kenny served various roles in leveraged finance, private equity and accounting. Most recently he was with Blackstreet Capital where he sourced, underwrote, and managed control equity buyouts of underperforming companies. Prior thereto, Kenny was a Director of Portfolio Management for Leveraged Finance at CapitalSource where he managed several billion dollars of performing and non-performing loans throughout his tenure. His previous experience includes roles with Allied Capital Corporation (now part of Ares Capital) and regional CPA firm Watkins Meegan LLC. Kenny earned his C.P.A. (now inactive) and received his M.B.A. from the Smith School of Business at the University of Maryland. He also earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting from the University of Delaware.

Aaron Juda serves as Chief Strategy Officer and President of Consumer Banking at Forbright Bank. Prior to joining Forbright in 2018, Mr. Juda served as Business Development Officer of Alliance Partners. Prior to his role at Alliance Partners, Mr. Juda was a Vice President in the Financial Institutions Group at Barclays Investment Bank and was a consultant at Accenture Strategy. Mr. Juda holds a B.B.A. from the University of Pittsburgh and an M.B.A. from the NYU Stern School of Business.

Leanne Ladd serves as Chief Administrative Officer for Forbright Bank, a position she has held since 2021. Ms. Ladd joined Forbright in 2018 and has served in roles with increasing responsibility, including Vice President, Director of Systems Operations/ Program Management and Senior Vice President, Director of Operations. Ms. Ladd holds a B.A. in International Studies with a concentration in Business from Brigham Young University.

Chris Lynch serves as Chief Financial Officer at Forbright Bank. Prior to joining Forbright, Mr. Lynch served for almost a decade as Senior Vice President and Executive Vice President of Finance at Pacific Western Bank. During his tenure, Mr. Lynch managed the financial and capital forecasting, capital stress testing, tax, and insurance functions. Prior to Pacific Western Bank, he held executive roles including Senior Vice President of Finance at CapitalSource and Chief Financial Officer at Walker & Dunlop. Earlier in his career, Mr. Lynch worked in investment banking at Merrill Lynch, and in treasury and finance positions at Marriott International.

Kori Ogrosky serves as Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary of Forbright, Inc. and Forbright Bank, positions she has held since 2022. Prior to joining Forbright, Ms. Ogrosky was Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary for PacWest Bancorp. Prior to joining PacWest Bancorp, Ms. Ogrosky was Senior Vice President and General Counsel of CapitalSource Inc. from 2012 to 2014 and had served in various roles in the legal department at CapitalSource since 2007. Additionally, Ms. Ogrosky was an Associate at White & Case LLP from 1999 to 2004. Ms. Ogrosky holds a B.S. from Emory University and a J.D. from George Washington University.