12. Kirk Kordeleski

Balance sheets haven’t been the only things collapsing in the banking sector since 2008. Confidence has plummeted and bankers have been demonized. The bubbling cauldron of taxpayer vitriol seemed to spare no one in the financial world, unless, of course, your name is Kirk Kordeleski. The president and chief executive of Bethpage Federal Credit Union has shepherded the bank through the financial crisis with an even-tempered approach and emerged as one of Long Island’s preeminent bankers. The new official Bethpage color may be orange, but its performance is as green as the shade of envy from his banking peers.