Nick Cucharale is a director and senior research analyst at Piper Sandler. Previously, Cucharale was a director in the equity research group of Sandler O’Neill + Partners, L.P. His research coverage focuses on community banks across the Northeast, Midwest, Southeast, and West Coast. Cucharale joined the firm in April 2014 from AllianceBernstein, where he worked in the firm’s portfolio management group. Cucharale holds a bachelor’s degree from the College of the Holy Cross and a Master of Business Administration from Columbia Business School, graduating Dean’s Honors with Distinction. He holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation and is a member of The CFA Institute and New York Society of Security Analysts.