People: First Pactrust Bancorp Inc (BANC.W)

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Summary

Name Age Since Current Position

Timothy Chrisman

2011 Independent Chairman of the Board

Robert Franko

64 2012 President; President and Chief Executive Officer of Pacific Trust Bank

Steven Sugarman

37 2012 Chief Executive Officer, Director

Ronald Nicolas

2012 Chief Financial Officer, Executive Vice President

Richard Herrin

43 2011 Executive Vice President, Chief Administrative Officer, Corporate Secretary of the Bank and Bancorp

Craig Naselow

2012 Executive Vice President, Chief Investment Officer, Treasurer of the Company and the Bank

John Grosvenor

2012 Executive Vice President, General Counsel

Gaylin Anderson

45 2011 Executive Vice President, Chief Retail Banking Officer of the Bank

Chang Ming Liu

45 2011 Executive Vice President, Chief Lending Officer of the Bank

Lonny Robinson

54 2013 Chief Accounting Officer of the Bank

Ray Vadalma

2013 Chief Credit Officer of PacTrust Bank

Robb Evans

2012 Director

Jonah Schnel

2013 Director

Chad Brownstein

39 2011 Independent Director

Jeffrey Karish

39 2011 Independent Director

Alvin Majors

71 2011 Independent Director

Biographies

Name Description

Timothy Chrisman

Mr. Timothy R. Chrisman serves as an Independent Chairman of the Board of First PacTrust Bancorp Inc., since October 24, 2011. He is the founding principal of Chrisman & Company, Inc., a Los Angeles-based retained executive search firm, focusing on financial and related industries. His executive search experience ranges from senior to executive management positions to corporate board appointments for a portfolio of prominent nationwide clients. Mr. Chrisman is Chairman of First PacTrust Bancorp the holding company for Pacific Trust Bank; an $862 million federally chartered stock savings bank, with nine office locations in the greater metropolitan areas of San Diego and Riverside counties, California. He previously served as Director of Commercial Capital Bank and Commercial Capital Bancorp of Irvine, California until March 2005, the $5 billion, publicly traded institution that acquired Hawthorne Savings where he was Chairman of the Board from 1995 to 2004. Additionally, he is the Chairman of the Federal Home Loan Bank (FHLB) of San Francisco (from 2005 to present) and was the former Chairman of the Council of Federal Home Loan Banks, the system’s 12-bank trade organization. He also serves as a Senior Advisor to the investment banking firm, FIG Partners LLC. Mr. Chrisman serves as a National Director and Vice Chairman of Operation HOPE, Inc. Prior to forming his own company, Mr. Chrisman was a senior executive with a $2 billion financial institution in California’s Central Valley, for a period of ten years, where he focused on retail delivery, marketing, human resources and general management. Mr. Chrisman served as a US Marine Corps Sergeant in Vietnam from 1966 to 1968, where he was wounded in action and decorated with the Purple Heart and Bronze Star. Immediately following his duty in Vietnam, he completed his Bachelor of Science and Master of Business Administration degrees from California State University, Fresno.

Robert Franko

Mr. Robert M. Franko serves as President of First Pactrust Bancorp Inc., President and Chief Executive Officer of Pacific Trust Bank, the subsidiary of the Company. Mr. Franko previously held several positions in senior management and on boards of directors of commercial banks including City National Bank, Beverly Hills, California (2002-2003, Senior Vice President, Personal Trust and Investments Division), Generations Trust Bank, N.A., Long Beach, California (1999-2002, President and Chief Executive Officer), First National Bank of San Diego, San Diego, California (2001-2002, Executive Vice President, Chairman of the Executive Committee), Imperial Bancorp and Imperial Bank (NYSE: IMP), serving as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer and the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Imperial Trust Company and the President of Imperial Financial Group, Inc., both subsidiaries of Imperial Bancorp, and President and Chief Executive Officer of Springfield Bank & Trust Ltd., Gibraltar (1988-1995). Mr. Franko is a member of the Board of Directors of The Independent BankersBank (“TIB”) in Irving, Texas. TIB provides certain correspondent banking services to the Bank. The Bank is also a shareholder of TIB. Mr. Franko graduated with a D.M.D. degree from the Dental School at the University of Pittsburgh and an M.B.A. in International Management from the American Graduate School of International Management (now known as The Thunderbird School of Global Management) in Arizona. He holds an M.A. degree in business management from Central Michigan University and a B.S. degree from the University of Notre Dame. He has also passed the securities license exams as a Principal for General Securities, Options, Municipal Securities and as a Financial/Operations Principal.

Steven Sugarman

Mr. Steven A. Sugarman serves as Chief Executive Officer, Director of First PacTrust Bancorp, Inc. He has been appointed as Chief Executive Officer of the Company, effective September 21, 2012. He also serves as a Director of the Company's banking subsidiaries, PacTrust Bank and Beach Business Bank. Mr. Sugarman continues to be a Managing Member of COR Capital LLC and Chief Executive Officer and Director of COR Securities Holdings Inc., the parent company of COR Clearing LLC, a national securities clearing firm. Previously, he was a founding Partner and Portfolio Manager for GPS Partners LLC, a $2 billion private investment fund specializing in high yield equity securities. From 2004-2005 he worked at Lehman Brothers overseeing portfolios of debt, equity and alternative investments; and Mr. Sugarman founded and served as Chief Executive Officer of Sugarman Enterprises Inc., a financial advisory firm specializing in real estate and asset-based loans and of Law Offices of Steven Sugarman Inc. He began his career as a management consultant at McKinsey & Company. Mr. Sugarman is licensed as a California Real Estate Broker and Member of the California State Bar. He is the co-author of The Forewarned Investor: Don’t Get Fooled Again by Corporate Fraud (Career Press). Mr. Sugarman is a graduate of the Yale Law School (J.D.) and Dartmouth College (A.B. with High Honors, Cum Laude).

Ronald Nicolas

Mr. Ronald J. Nicolas, Jr., is Chief Financial Officer, Executive Vice President of First PacTrust Bancorp. He has been appointed as Executive Vice President of the company effective November 5 2012 and Chief Financial Officer of the company effective November 06, 2012. Before joining First PacTrust, Mr. Nicolas served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at each of: Carrington Holding Company, LLC (2009-2012); Residential Credit Holdings, LLC (2008-2009); Fremont Investment and Loan, a $14-billion financial institution (2005-2008); and Aames Investment/Financial Corp. (2001-2005). He earlier served in various capacities with KeyCorp, a $20-billion financial institution, including Executive Vice President Group Finance of KeyCorp (1998-2001), Executive Vice President, Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer of KeyBank USA (1994-1998), and Vice President Corporate Treasury (1993-1994). Before joining KeyCorp, Mr. Nicolas spent 8 years at HSBC-Marine Midland Banks in a variety of financial and accounting roles. Mr. Nicolas is a graduate of Canisius College, Buffalo, NY (BS, 1981; MBA, 1989).

Richard Herrin

Mr. Richard Herrin serves as an Executive Vice President, Chief Administrative Officer and Corporate Secretary of First PacTrust Bancorp Inc. and the Bank. He joined Pacific Trust Bank as its Chief Administrative Officer, effective December 6, 2010. On October 6, 2011, Mr. Herrin was also appointed as EVP of Strategic Initiatives for the company and Corporate Secretary of the Bank and Bancorp. Mr. Herrin has over eighteen years of commercial banking, investment banking and regulatory experience. Most recently, Mr. Herrin served at the FDIC as a member of the strategic operations group, which has overall responsibility for managing problem banks on behalf of the FDIC. As part of this group, Mr. Herrin acted as the Receiver-in-Charge of a number of the failed banks in the western region of the United States. Previously, he was the Manager of Asset Management Division within the FDIC where he served as a voting member of the Credit Review Committee for all receiverships in the western region of the United States. Prior to joining the FDIC in 2009, Mr. Herrin held executive positions at Vineyard Bank, Excel National Bank, Imperial Capital Bank and Bank of America. Mr. Herrin holds an undergraduate degree in Business Administration from the University of La Verne and an MBA from California State Polytechnic University with an emphasis in Contract Management and Contract Administration, having graduated Summa Cum Laude.

Craig Naselow

Mr. Craig S. Naselow has been appointed as Executive Vice President, Treasurer and Chief Investment Officer of First PacTrust Bancorp. and Pacific Trust Bank, a subsidiary of the company, effective November 5, 2012. Prior to joining First PacTrust and PacTrust Bank, Mr. Naselow served as Senior Vice President, Treasurer and Investment Executive at Aris Development Company, a private bank development company, since 2009. Before that, he served as Treasury/Liquidity Consultant to Union Bank N.A., a $70-billion commercial bank (2008-2009); Managing Director and Treasurer at Countrywide Bank, a $120-billion commercial bank, (2001-2008); Senior Vice President of California Commerce Bank, a $2.1-billion commercial bank subsidiary of Citigroup (1998-2001) and President of California Commerce Banc Securities, Inc., an affiliate of California Commerce Bank (2000-2001); and Vice President, Corporate Finance and Portfolio Management at Great Western Bank, a $45-billion savings bank (1994-1997). Mr. Naselow is a graduate of California State University, Northridge (BA, 1987) and of Boston College (MBA, 1989).

John Grosvenor

Mr. John C. Grosvenor is appointed as Executive Vice President, General Counsel of First Pactrust Bancorp Inc. Before joining First PacTrust, Mr. Grosvenor was a corporate securities and financial services partner at Manatt, Phelps and Phillips for 12 years, specializing in capital markets transactions, including public and private offerings of equity and debt securities, representing underwriters and issuers, including commercial banks, specialty finance companies, thrift institutions and equity and mortgage REITS. His background includes experience in ‘34 Act matters, including periodic reporting, annual meeting and proxy solicitation, national exchange listing matters, Section 16 matters, SOX and corporate control contests. In addition, Mr. Grosvenor has substantial experience in M&A transactions, particularly in the financial services industry, and advised frequently on regulatory aspects of transactions involving depository institutions. Mr. Grosvenor also represented numerous Boards of Directors as corporate governance counsel and advised frequently on corporate crises. Mr. Grosvenor has authored numerous articles concerning matters of interest to financial services companies and spoken frequently before industry groups, including the California Bankers Association and the Western Independent Bankers. Mr. Grosvenor earned his B.A. from UCLA, his J.D. from Loyola Of Los Angeles Law School, and a LL.M in Taxation from the George Washington University National Law Center. He is a member of the bars of both California and Washington D.C.

Gaylin Anderson

Mr. Gaylin Anderson serves as an Executive Vice President, Chief Retail Banking Officer of Pacific Trust Bank, a subsidiary of the First PacTrust Bancorp Inc. Prior to joining Pacific Trust Bank, Mr. Anderson served as SVP, Consumer Branch Performance for U.S. Bank in Los Angeles, and as Director of Retail Banking for California National Bank, a $7.7 billion asset 68-branch community banking franchise serving Los Angeles, Orange, Ventura and San Bernardino counties. While at Cal National, Mr. Anderson was instrumental in transforming that bank’s retail banking franchise while achieving growth in core deposits and exceptional customer satisfaction ratings. Mr. Anderson has held senior management positions for CitiBank, N.A., and California Federal Bank where he helped transform Cal Fed into one of the most well-regarded sales and service providers in the industry. Mr. Anderson attended the University of Utah, has served in leadership roles with the March of Dimes, JA – Junior Achievement and the United Way of Los Angeles.

Chang Ming Liu

Mr. Chang Ming Liu serves as an Executive Vice President, Chief Lending Officer of Pacific Trust Bank, a subsidiary of First PacTrust Bancorp Inc., since January 3, 2011. Mr. Liu has more than 20 years of commercial banking experience. Most recently, Mr. Liu served at U.S. Bank as Senior Vice President where he managed the Los Angeles, Newport Beach and San Diego offices of its Special Assets Group. Previously, he was a Senior Vice President, Senior Loan Officer and Manager of California National Bank’s Los Angeles commercial real estate lending activity. While at California National Bank, Mr. Liu personally closed an average of 30 loan transactions per annum with average production of more than $150 million per year during the eight year period in which the Bank was originating commercial real estate transactions. Prior to joining Cal National in 1999, Mr. Liu held commercial real estate commercial lending and corporate finance positions at The Fuji Bank, Ltd., and Sumitomo Bank of California. Mr. Liu holds an undergraduate degree in Economics from UCLA.

Lonny Robinson

Mr. Lonny D. Robinson is Chief Accounting Officer of Pacific Trust Bank, a subsidiary of First PacTrust Bancorp. He joined PacTrust Bank as Executive Vice President in November 2012. Immediately before joining PacTrust Bank, Mr. Robinson was Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Hamni Financial Corp., a $2.8-billion publicly-traded bank holding company, and its subsidiary Hamni Bank. Prior to joining Hamni in October 2011, Mr. Robinson served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at each of: Opportunity Bancshares and Opportunity Bank (2010-2011); Western Community Bancshares and Frontier Bank (2010); and Center Financial Corp., a $2.5-billion publicly-traded bank holding company (2007-2010). Mr. Robinson is a graduate of Westminster College, New Wilmington, PA (BA, 1980).

Ray Vadalma

Mr. Ray Vadalma is appointed as the Chief Credit Officer of PacTrust Bank of Pacific Trust Bank, a subsidiary of the First PacTrust Bancorp Inc. Mr. Ray Vadalma's experience has been in community banking and commercial lending for over 4 decades. The majority of Mr. Vadalma's career encompasses three primary employers: TIB - The Independent Bankers Bank (2003 -2009); Imperial Bank (1982 -2001); and Farmers and Merchants Bank of Long Beach (1969 - 1978). Mr. Vadalma joined Beach Business Bank May 2012 as Executive Vice President and Chief Credit Officer. During his tenure at TIB, Mr. Vadalma commenced and had credit oversight of the Bank's lending activities on the West Coast. At Imperial Bank, Mr. Vadalma held progressive roles in Credit Administration; oversaw both Workout Department and Credit Training Departments; and Senior Managing Director of the Syndicated Finance Department. Imperial had approximately $7 billion in assets when it was sold to Comerica in 2001. He graduated from California State University, Fullerton in 1975 with a Bachelor's degree in Finance.

Robb Evans

Mr. Robb Evans is a Director of First Pactrust Bancorp Inc. He has been Chief Executive Officer of three California banks, three Federal Reserve chartered international banks and a Hong Kong Merchant Bank. He has held banking positions ranging from teller trainee to Chairman of the Board. Today, Evans and his organization, Robb Evans & Associates LLC, serve as fiduciaries or advisors in a number of complex corporate and financial matters. In most engagements, he serves as an officer of a State or Federal Court, usually on the nomination of the Securities and Exchange Commission, The Federal Trade Commission, the Department of Justice or the Commodities Futures Trading Commission. He has served as a California Special Deputy Superintendent of Banks and, on two occasions, as a Special Deputy Commissioner of Financial Institutions. He has testified before committees of both Houses of Congress on international fraud and money laundering issues. Evans and his colleagues are known for managing the wind up of the infamous Bank of Credit and Commerce International (BCCI) in various jurisdictions in the United States. BCCI was, at the time, the financial fraud and asset forfeiture in history. Evans served as Trustee for the United States in that matter. He is Past President of California Bankers Association. He is a founding director of Beach Business Bank in Manhattan Beach, California and is a director of First PacTrust Bancorp, Inc., a multibank holding company. He was named California’s 2012 “Distinguished Banker of the Year”.

Jonah Schnel

Mr. Jonah Schnel has been appointed as Director of First Pactrust Bancorp Inc., effective April 1, 2013. Mr. Schnel founded and has managed several privately-held specialty finance businesses and currently is the Chairman of a private company focused on lending to small businesses throughout the United States. Earlier in his career, Mr. Schnel worked at SunAmerica Investments, Inc. as a manager in the real estate investment division with a primary focus of first lien lending on a diverse range of commercial real estate assets. Mr. Schnel received his Bachelor's Degree, summa cum laude, from Tulane University and completed the Director training and certification program at the UCLA Anderson School of Management. Mr. Schnel currently serves as the President and Chair of the Southern California Chapter of the Tourette Syndrome Association.

Chad Brownstein

Mr. Chad Brownstein serves as an Independent Director of First PacTrust Bancorp, Inc., since May 3, 2011. He joined the First PacTrust Bancorp, Inc. board of directors in May 2011. Mr. Brownstein is a Senior Advisor to Crescent Capital Group (formerly Trust Company of the West Leveraged Finance Group). Previously, he was a Senior Advisor at Knowledge Universe Ltd., where he focused on turnaround operations and private equity investing. Prior to that, he was a Partner at ITU Ventures making venture and growth investments with a specialization in corporate strategy. Earlier in his career, Mr. Brownstein worked at Donaldson Lufkin & Jenrette in the Merchant and Investment Banking divisions. Mr. Brownstein is a director and vice-chairman of Prospect Global Resources Inc. (NASDAQ: PGRX). Mr. Brownstein also is a member of the Cedars Sinai Board of Governors and serves on the board of Los Angeles Conservation Corps. Mr. Brownstein’s experience in overseeing large-scale corporate restructuring efforts and executing transformational business plans are of great benefit to the Board as First PacTrust executes its dual strategies of organic growth and M&A. Mr. Brownstein was recommended to serve on First PacTrust’s Board by Company shareholder TCW Shared Opportunity Fund V, L.P., with which Mr. Brownstein advises. Mr. Brownstein attended the Columbia Business School and received his B.A. from Tulane University.

Jeffrey Karish

Mr. Jeffrey Karish serves as an Independent Director of First PacTrust Bancorp Inc. Mr. Karish is President of Windsor Media LLC, a private company engaged in three principal lines of business: 1) A Private Equity Fund, making investments focused on media platforms, scalable service offerings, and luxury retail brands -- investments range from $1,000,000 - $20,000,000 -- examples include Square Inc., Jagex, SnagFilms, Meredian Technologies, Vice, OpenSky, Virgin Pure Water Systems, Connectivity Systems; 2) A Venture Capital Fund, making investments in innovative technology platforms, early stage media companies, and scalable new business concepts -- investments range from $150,000 to $500,000 in seed capital, angel rounds, and early stage; examples include Scopely (mobile gaming), OpenBucks, Bomoda, TasteMade, Zuckerberg Media, and Bon Faire; 3) Fixed income management: -- managing a complex portfolio of fixed income assets in Corporate Bonds, Municipal Bonds, High Grade Equities, and Special Situations. Previously Mr. Karish was Head of Media Strategy and Corporate Development at Yahoo. Before Yahoo, he was a management consultant at McKinsey & Company, and a key member of McKinsey’s West Coast Media and Technology practice. Mr. Karish also worked as an attorney in project finance, and M&A at Linklater’s in Hong Kong and Milbank in New York. Mr. Karish holds a JD from Harvard University, Masters of Philosophy in International Economics from Cambridge University, and A.B. in History from U.C. Berkeley.

Alvin Majors

Mr. Alvin L. Majors serves as an Independent Director of First Pactrust Bancorp Inc. Mr. Majors is the Chairman of the Board for First PacTrust Bancorp, Inc. He is also Chairman of the Audit Committee and serves on the Compensation and Executive Committees. Mr. Majors has served on the Board of Directors of Pacific Trust Bank and its predecessor since 1985. He is currently retired. Prior to his retirement, he was employed by Rohr, Inc. for 26 years, with his last title being Vice President and Controller. Prior to joining Rohr, Inc., Mr. Majors worked for Deloitte for five years.
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