Investor Presentaiton
Executive/
Title
Joine
d
EXECUTIVE MANAGEMENT TEAM
Jeff DeVine
2008
President and
CEO
Joanne
Funari
2016
Chief
Operating
Officer
Michelle
Martinich,
CPA
2006
Chief
Financial
Officer
Biography
Mr. DeVine was appointed President and Chief Executive Officer of the Bank on
August 21, 2008. Mr. DeVine previously was employed as Statewide Division
Manager of commercial real estate by Rabobank, N.A. Prior to that, he was
Regional President for the Greater Santa Barbara and Santa Ynez Valley Region of
Mid-State Bank & Trust. He has held senior officer positions in a range of banking
firms, serving roles in commercial, real estate, private and investment banking
during his 20+ year career. He graduated with honors from the Pacific Coast
Banking School at the University of Washington and received his Bachelors of
Science from the University of California, San Diego in Quantitative Economics.
Ms. Funari was appointed Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer
of the Bank on January 1, 2016. Ms. Funari was previously employed as Executive
Vice President and Chief Operating Officer and served as a Director for The Bank
of Santa Barbara. Prior to joining The Bank of Santa Barbara, she served as
Executive Vice President and Santa Barbara and Ventura Counties Market
President for Business First National Bank. She was also a founder and president
of Business First Bank and held senior officer positions at Santa Barbara Bank &
Trust, City Commerce Bank and Bank of New York. Her education includes a
graduate degree with honors from the Pacific Coast Banking School at the
University of Washington and University of California, Los Angeles.
Executive/
Title
Joined
Eusebio
Cordova, Jr.
2009
Chief Credit
Officer
Laurel Sykes
Chief Risk
Officer
2019
Ms. Martinich was appointed Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of
the Bank on April 20, 2006 and currently serves as the Executive Vice President
and Chief Financial Officer. Ms. Martinich previously was employed by Pacific
Capital Bancorp (PCB), dba Santa Barbara Bank & Trust. Ms. Martinich's financial
and banking experience spans 20+ years, first as an external auditor with Arthur
Andersen and then with responsibility for various functions in the Finance
Department of PCB, reporting directly to the CFO. She graduated from UC Santa
Barbara with a Bachelors of Arts in Business Economics.
Paul
Abramson
2019
Chief
Technology
Officer
Source: American Riviera Bank website and Proxy
Biography
Mr. Cordova was appointed Senior Vice President and Chief Credit Officer of the Bank
on July 20, 2016 and currently serves as the Executive Vice President and Chief Credit
Officer. Mr. Cordova joined the Bank in 2009 and was serving as the Commercial Team
Leader prior to his appointment as CCO. Prior to working at American Riviera Bank, Mr.
Cordova was a Vice President, Commercial Banking Officer for Mid-State Bank and
Trust. Mr. Cordova graduated with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Business and minor
in Economics from CSU Channel Islands. He is a graduate of Pacific Coast Banking
School at the University of Washington.
Ms. Sykes was appointed Executive Vice President and Chief Compliance and Risk
Officer of the Bank on June 13, 2019. She holds the designation of Certified Regulatory
Compliance Manager, and has specialized in regulatory compliance and risk management
for the last 22 of her 28 years in the banking industry. Laurel launched her banking career
in 1991 working for Wells Fargo. She joined Santa Barbara Bank & Trust in 1995 and
moved into the bank's consumer compliance function in 1997. Sykes worked for 14 years
at Santa Barbara Bank & Trust where she rose to the position of Director of Regulatory
Affairs before accepting a positon in 2009 with Montecito Bank & Trust as SVP, Chief
Risk Officer. Ms. Sykes graduated with a degree in Business Economics at the University
of California at Santa Barbara.
Paul Abramson is the Executive Vice President, Chief Technology Officer for American
Riviera Bank. He is leading our bank in technology and cyber security strategy. Mr.
Abramson comes to us with over 20 years of experience in the Technology and
Cybersecurity industries, of which 13 years has been in banking. He previously served as
the lead technologist and cybersecurity architect for Montecito Bank & Trust, and before
that worked for a network security solutions provider designing and implementing threat
management deployments for large enterprises. He graduated from UC Santa Barbara
with a BA in Business Economics, and recently completed the Western Bankers
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