Richard Ehst

Richard A. Ehst is currently Chairman of the Pennsylvania Business Council Education Foundation and the Pennsylvania Business-Education Partnership.
He serves as Director of The Pennsylvania Chamber of Business & Industry and the Reading Health System Foundation.
Since 2010, Mr. Ehst has been a Trustee at Albright College.
Formerly, Mr. Ehst was President, Chief Executive Officer, and Director at Customers Bank from 2020 to 2021.
From 2010 to 2021, Mr. Ehst was President and Chief Operating Officer at Customers Bancorp, Inc. Mr. Ehst was Founding Associate Director at Dickinson College and Director at Pennsylvania Business Council.
Mr. Ehst held the position of EVP-Commercial Middle Market Division at Santander Bank, NA (Wilmington, Delaware).
From 2009 to 2011, Mr. Ehst was President and Chief Operating Officer at New Century Bank (Phoenixville, Pennsylvania).
Between 2000 and 2004, Mr. Ehst was Executive Vice President-Commercial Middle Market at Sovereign Bank (Pennsylvania).
From 2004 to 2009, Mr. Ehst was Regional President at Berks County Food Bank.