UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

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FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):  May 28, 2020

 

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On May 28, 2020, the Board of Directors of Carver Bancorp, Inc. (the “Company”), following receipt of supervisory non-objection by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, appointed Steven C. Bussey to the Board of Directors of the Company. Mr. Bussey was also appointed to the Board of Directors of Carver Federal Savings Bank following receipt of supervisory non-objection by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency.

Steven C. Bussey is a Managing Director with Alvarez & Marsal in the Healthcare Industry Group in New York. He has more than 25 years of experience in finance, sales, and operations across the financial services and healthcare sectors. In this role, Mr. Bussey blends expertise in corporate finance, restructuring and workouts, raising capital and interim management and has partnered with clients in industries ranging from healthcare and technology to alternative investments, financial services and logistics. Prior to his role with Alvarez & Marsal, Mr. Bussey served as CFO and COO of Apyrous Capital Management, a fundamental commodities-driven hedge fund. There, he was responsible for the day-to-day operations, thesis development, funds management, liquidity management, risk management and investor relations. He has also served as Chief Executive Officer of Harlem United, a federally qualified healthcare center, Article 28 adult day health care center, and provider of housing, healthcare and prevention services for homeless people living with HIV/AIDS. In addition, he has held positions as director, global markets and financing services and head of fixed income prime brokerage sales at Merrill Lynch. He was also a director for Credit Suisse Prime Services. Mr. Bussey has served on the Boards of Harlem United, AmidaCare, the Foundation for Research on Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Upper Room AIDS Ministry, and the CHCANYS Public Policy Committee. He was also a member of the NYS Medicaid Redesign Team-Affordable Housing Work Group. He earned his bachelor's degree in economics from the University of Pennsylvania and his master's degree in business administration in finance and entrepreneurship from the Simon School of Business at the University of Rochester.

The Company’s Board of Directors has appointed Mr. Bussey to serve until the 2021 Annual Meeting of Stockholders. Mr. Bussey has been appointed to the Finance and Audit Committee.

 

Mr. Bussey is not a party to any transaction with the Company or the Bank that would require disclosure under Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, hereunto duly authorized.