Investors Bank President and CEO Kevin Cummings has been named Philanthropist of the Year by the Mental Health Association in New Jersey (MHANJ). Mr. Cummings will be honored at MHANJ’s Evening of Excellence on Tuesday, June 19, at the Crystal Plaza in Livingston, New Jersey.

“I am very impressed with the Mental Health Association in New Jersey’s advocacy initiatives as well as their accomplishments in serving mental health consumers,” said Mr. Cummings. “Our team at Investors is fortunate to be in a position to help them and other organizations. Each time we contribute our time and funding, we get back ten-fold in the satisfaction of helping others. We are here to make a positive difference.”

Other honorees for the Evening of Excellence are MHANJ’s Golden Bell Leadership Award recipients Richard Brown, Chief Executive Officer of Monarch Housing Associates, the Somerset Hills YMCA’s Healthy Outcomes Partnership (HOP) and Michael Ippoliti, Youth Advocate.

June 19, 2012 marks the 13th Annual Evening of Excellence benefit for the Mental Health Association in New Jersey, a non-profit organization. Proceeds will support the Association’s efforts to strive for mental health for children and adults through advocacy, education, training and services.  For more information or to purchase tickets contact Bob Martin at rmartin@mhanj.org or 973-571-4100, ext. 128.