<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001567619-22-019245.txt : 20221107
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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001567619-22-019245
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	3
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20221027
FILED AS OF DATE:		20221107
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20221107

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Cavallaro Frank A.
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001471659

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		3
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-16197
		FILM NUMBER:		221366825

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		132 YALE AVENUE
		CITY:			SOMERDALE
		STATE:			NJ
		ZIP:			08083

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			PEAPACK GLADSTONE FINANCIAL CORP
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001050743
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	COMMERCIAL BANKS, NEC [6029]
		IRS NUMBER:				223537895
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			NJ
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		500 HILLS DRIVE
		CITY:			BEDMINSTER
		STATE:			NJ
		ZIP:			07921
		BUSINESS PHONE:		9082340700

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		500 HILLS DRIVE
		CITY:			BEDMINSTER
		STATE:			NJ
		ZIP:			07921
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  <div style="text-align: center; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 12pt;"><u>POWER OF ATTORNEY</u></div>
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  <div style="text-indent: 36pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 12pt;">I, Frank A. Cavallaro, Senior Executive Vice President of Peapack-Gladstone Financial Corporation (the &#8220;Corporation&#8221;), hereby
    authorize and designate Douglas L. Kennedy, Heidi Smith, Sheryl Cappa, Scott A. Brown and any partner in the law firm of Luse Gorman, PC, as my agent and attorney-in-fact, each with full power of substitution and signing singly, to:</div>
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  <div style="text-indent: 36pt;"><font style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">(1)</font><font style="display: inline-block; text-indent: 0px; font-size: 12pt; width: 36pt;" id="TRGRRTFtoHTMLTab">&#160;</font><font style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">prepare and sign on my behalf any Form ID, Form 3, Form 4 or Form 5 under Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &#8220;Exchange Act&#8221;), with respect
      to the Corporation&#8217;s securities and file the same with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#8220;SEC&#8221;) and each stock exchange on which the Corporation&#8217;s stock is listed;</font></div>
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  <div style="text-indent: 36pt;"><font style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">(2)</font><font style="display: inline-block; text-indent: 0px; font-size: 12pt; width: 36pt;" id="TRGRRTFtoHTMLTab">&#160;</font><font style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">prepare and sign on my behalf any Form 144 Notice of Proposed Sale of Securities, under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#8220;Securities Act&#8221;), with respect to a
      sale by me or on my behalf of the Corporation&#8217;s securities and file the same with the SEC; and</font></div>
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  <div style="text-indent: 36pt;"><font style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">(3)</font><font style="display: inline-block; text-indent: 0px; font-size: 12pt; width: 36pt;" id="TRGRRTFtoHTMLTab">&#160;</font><font style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the best interest
      of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it being understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and conditions as
      such attorney-in-fact may approve in such attorney-in-fact&#8217;s discretion.</font></div>
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  <div style="text-indent: 36pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 12pt;">The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing
    whatsoever requisite, necessary or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or
    revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact&#8217;s substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this power of attorney and the rights and powers herein granted. The
    undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the Corporation assuming, any of the undersigned&#8217;s responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the
    Exchange Act and Rule 144 of the Securities Act.</div>
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  <div style="text-indent: 36pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 12pt;">This Power of Attorney shall remain in effect until the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4 or 5 with respect to the
    undersigned&#8217;s holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the Corporation, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed and dated writing delivered to each of the foregoing attorneys-in-fact or by a new power of attorney regarding the
    purposes outlined herein dated as of a later date.</div>
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            <div>Dated: November 7, 2022</div>
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            <div><u>/s/ Frank A. Cavallaro</u></div>
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            <div>Frank A. Cavallaro</div>
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