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Chad T. Brownstein | Committee Name | Compensation Committee
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| | View Bio Chad T. Brownstein 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. |
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| Timothy R. Chrisman | Committee Name | Audit Committee
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| Nominating Committee
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| | View Bio Timothy R. Chrisman 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.
At Chrisman, he has been instrumental in providing professionals and board members to commercial banks, savings & loans companies, equity sponsor/venture capital firms, investment banks, investment management firms, leasing companies, mortgage companies, real estate investment trusts, trust companies, insurance, among others within the financial sector.
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.
As a recognized leader in the community, Mr. Chrisman serves as a National Director and Vice Chairman of Operation HOPE, Inc., a nonprofit social investment bank and a national provider of financial literacy and economic empowerment programs. 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. He resides with his wife, Karen, in Los Angeles and has two grown daughters and four grandchildren. |
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| Robb Evans | Committee Name | Audit Committee
| | View Bio Robb Evans 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.
He and his colleagues are best 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 largest financial fraud and asset forfeiture in history. Mr. Evans served as Trustee for the United States in that matter.
Mr. Evans 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”. |
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| Jeffrey Karish | Committee Name | Audit Committee
| Strategic Planning Committee
| | View Bio Jeffrey 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 highly 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. |
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| Alvin L. Majors | Committee Name | Audit Committee
| | View Bio Alvin L. 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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| Steven A. Sugarman | Committee Name | Strategic Planning Committee
| | View Bio Steven A. Sugarman is the Chief Executive Officer and Director of First PacTrust Bancorp, Inc. (NASDAQ: BANC). First PacTrust is a multi-bank holding company providing commercial, residential and consumer banking and related financial services. 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). He resides in Pacific Palisades, California with his wife and three children. |
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