MIAMI LAKES, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jul 28, 2025--
BankUnited Inc. (NYSE: BKU) added to its retail banking team with the appointment of Michael Mitchell as executive vice president, director of branch banking, responsible for leading the bank’s team of retail executives and market leaders in Florida and Texas, including managing BankUnited’s branch network and overseeing all branch activities related to deposit and loan growth.
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“BankUnited is pleased to welcome Mike to our retail banking team as we continue to grow and evolve to meet the needs of our clients,” said Ernie Diaz, BankUnited senior executive vice president, head of consumer, small business and commercial banking. “As a seasoned leader in retail and small business banking, known for delivering strong client experiences, building high-performing teams and growing market share, Mike will be an asset to our BankUnited team.”
An expert in market expansion, business banking integration, compliance leadership and large-scale performance transformation, Mitchell joins BankUnited from PNC Bank, where he served most recently as senior vice president, sales and client experience manager for Southeast Florida. He brings more than two decades of experience overseeing multi-region networks and driving deposit and revenue growth.
A Boca Raton resident, Mitchell is a past board member of Deliver the Dream, a Fort Lauderdale-based nonprofit serving families facing serious illness, crisis or disability, and is an active member of the Fort Lauderdale Chamber of Commerce. He holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of Central Florida in Orlando.
Mitchell is based at 337 E. Las Olas Blvd, Fort Lauderdale, Fla. For more information, call (305) 231-6400 or visit www.BankUnited.com.
About BankUnited, N.A.
BankUnited, Inc. (NYSE: BKU), with total assets of $35.5 billion at June 30, 2025, is the bank holding company of BankUnited, N.A., a national bank headquartered in Miami Lakes, Florida, with operations in Florida, New York, Dallas, Atlanta, Morristown, New Jersey, and Charlotte, North Carolina. BankUnited provides a full range of consumer and commercial banking products and services to individuals, small businesses, middle-market companies, large corporations and institutions, and offers certain commercial lending and deposit products through national platforms. For additional information, call (877) 779-2265 or visit www.BankUnited.com. BankUnited can be found on Facebook at facebook.com/BankUnited.official, LinkedIn @BankUnited and on X @BankUnited.
Michael Mitchell, BankUnited executive vice president, director of branch banking for Florida and Texas (photo courtesy of Michael Mitchell)
NEW YORK (AP) — Thousands of nurses in three hospital systems in New York City went on strike Monday after negotiations through the weekend failed to yield breakthroughs in their contract disputes.
The strike was taking place at The Mount Sinai Hospital and two of its satellite campuses, with picket lines forming. The other affected hospitals are NewYork-Presbyterian and Montefiore Medical Center in the Bronx.
About 15,000 nurses are involved in the strike, according to New York State Nurses Association.
The strike, which comes during a severe flu season, could potentially force the hospitals to transfer patients, cancel procedures or divert ambulances. It could also put a strain on city hospitals not involved in the contract dispute, as patients avoid the medical centers hit by the strike.
The hospitals involved have been hiring temporary nurses to try and fill the labor gap during the walkout, and said in a statement during negotiations that they would “do whatever is necessary to minimize disruptions.” Montefiore posted a message assuring patients that appointments would be kept.
The work stoppage is occurring at multiple hospitals simultaneously, but each medical center is negotiating with the union independently. Several other hospitals across the city and in its suburbs reached deals in recent days to avert a possible strike.
The nurses’ demands vary by hospital, but the major issues include staffing levels and workplace safety. The union says hospitals have given nurses unmanageable workloads.
Nurses also want better security measures in the workplace, citing incidents like a an incident last week, when a man with a sharp object barricaded himself in a Brooklyn hospital room and was then killed by police.
The union also wants limitations on hospitals’ use of artificial intelligence.
The nonprofit hospitals involved in the negotiations say they’ve been working to improve staffing levels, but say the union’s demands overall are too costly.
Nurses voted to authorize the strike last month.
Both New York Gov. Kathy Hochul and Mayor Zohran Mamdani had expressed concern about the possibility of the strike. As the strike deadline neared, Mamdani urged both sides to keep negotiating and reach a deal that “both honors our nurses and keeps our hospitals open.”
“Our nurses kept this city alive through its hardest moments. Their value is not negotiable,” Mamdani said.
The last major nursing strike in the city was only three years ago, in 2023. That work stoppage, at Mount Sinai and Montefiore, was short, lasting three days. It resulted in a deal raising pay 19% over three years at those hospitals.
It also led to promised staffing improvements, though the union and hospitals now disagree about how much progress has been made, or whether the hospitals are retreating from staffing guarantees.
Nurses strike outside Mount Sinai West Hospital, Monday, Jan. 12, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)
Nurses strike outside Mount Sinai West Hospital, Monday, Jan. 12, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)
Nurses strike outside Mount Sinai West Hospital, Monday, Jan. 12, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)
Nurses strike outside Mount Sinai West Hospital, Monday, Jan. 12, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)
FILE - A medical worker transports a patient at Mount Sinai Hospital, April 1, 2020, in New York. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)
