People: Community West Bancshares (CWBC.O)

Mr. Charles G. Baltuskonis is Chief Financial Officer, Executive Vice President of Community West Bancshares and Community West Bank. He has been with the Company since November 2002. He served as Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer of Mego Financial Corporation from 1997 to 2002, and Senior Vice President and Controller of TAC Bancshares from 1995 to 1997. Prior to that, he was Chief Financial Officer of F&C Bancshares and of First Coastal Corporation and a Senior Manager with the public accounting firm of Ernst & Young, specializing in services to financial institutions. Mr. Baltuskonis is a certified public accountant; a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, Financial Managers Society, including a member of the Financial Institutions Accounting Committee, and recently completed a 5-year term on the Board of Directors of Goleta Valley Chamber of Commerce; and, holds a BS from Villanova University.