POWER OF ATTORNEY

   Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and
appoints each of Douglas L. Kennedy, Jeffrey J. Carfora, Michael T. Rave and
Ellen S. Knarr, the undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:

   (1) execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's
capacity as an officer of Peapack-Gladstone Financial Corporation (the
"Company"), a Form ID, Forms 3, 4 and 5 and any other documents necessary to
facilitate the filing of reports in accordance with Section 16(a) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), and the rules
thereunder;

   (2) do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned
which may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Form ID or
Forms 3, 4 or 5, complete and execute any amendment or amendments thereto, and
file such forms with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and any stock
exchange or similar authority;

   (3) seek or obtain, as the undersigned's representative and on the
undersigned's behalf, information on transactions in the Company's securities
from any third party, including brokers, employee benefit plan administrators
and trustees, and the undersigned hereby authorizes any such person to release
any such information to each of the undersigned's attorneys-in-fact appointed by
this Power of Attorney and approves and ratifies any such release of
information; and

   (4) take any other action 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's
discretion.

   The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and
authority to do and perform any and every act and thing 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'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 Company assuming, any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply
with Section 16 of the Exchange Act.

   This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the
undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 4 and 5 with respect to the
undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the Company,
unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the
foregoing attorneys-in-fact.

   IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be
executed as of this 3rd day of March, 2017.

/s/ Lisa Chalkan
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Lisa Chalkan

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