The following serve as Directors of Community West Bancshares (CWBC):
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 William R. Peeples
Mr. Peeples was the Vice Chairman of the Board of CWBC since its inception in
1997 and a founder and Director of Community West Bank (CWB) since 1989. In February 2004 he was
named Chairman of CWBC. Mr. Peeples is also Chairman of CWBC’s Audit Committee
and serves on CWB’s Loan, Personnel/Compensation, Executive and Management
Succession Committees. Mr. Peeples served in various financial capacities
including President and Chief Financial Officer of Nusil Corporation and Imulok
Corporation from 1980 to 1985. Mr. Peeples has been active as a private
investor and currently serves as Managing General Partner of two industrial
buildings. Mr. Peeples holds a BBA from Wisconsin State University and an MBA
from Golden Gate University, Air Force on-base program.
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 Robert H. Bartlein
Mr. Bartlein has been a member of the Board of CWBC since its inception in 1997
and a founder and Director of Community West Bank (CWB) since 1989. In February 2004 Mr. Bartlein was
named Chairman of the Board of CWB. Mr. Bartlein also serves as Chairman of the
Loan Committee, and a member of the Executive Committee. He is President and
CEO of Bartlein & Company Inc., founded in 1969, which is a property
management company with five California offices as well as offices in other
states. He is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin-Madison with a degree
in Finance, Investments and Banking. He did post-graduate study at the
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Mr. Bartlein is past President and a
Director of the American Lung Association of Santa Barbara and Ventura
Counties.
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 Jean W. Blois
Ms. Blois has been a member of the Board of CWBC since its inception in 1997
and of CWB since 1989. She is Chairman of Community West Banks’s (CWB) Personnel / Compensation
Committee and a member of the Asset / Liability Committee. She co-founded Blois
Construction Inc. and served in a financial capacity before retirement. She
formed her own consulting firm, Jean to the Rescue. Ms. Blois graduated from
the University of California, Berkeley. She served as a Trustee of the Goleta
Union School District for 13 years, a Director of the Goleta Water District for
10 years and in December 2004 was named Mayor for the City of Goleta.
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 John D. Illgen
Mr. Illgen has been a member of the Board of CWBC since its inception in 1997
and of Community West Bank (CWB) since 1989. He is Chairman of the Asset / Liability Committee and a
member of CWB’s Personnel / Compensation and Compliance Committees. Mr. Illgen
is Vice President of Northrop Grumman Simulation Technologies. Mr. Illgen is on
special assignment to the U.S. Army focused on training our Armed Forces using
software simulation, virtual systems and live systems in a contemporary
operational environment. Mr. Illgen is an honorary member of the Santa Barbara
Scholarship Foundation Board of Directors and a member and past President
(1979-80) of Goleta Rotary Club.
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 James R. Sims, Jr.
Mr. Sims has been a member of the Board of CWBC since its inception in 1997 and
of Community West Bank (CWB) since 1989. Mr. Sims serves as Chairman of CWB’s Compliance Committee
and is a member of CWBC's Audit Committee. Mr. Sims is a real estate broker
whose career began in 1970 in Santa Barbara. He is a past President of the
Santa Barbara Board of Realtors, Chairman of the Multiple Listing Service and
served as Regional Vice President of the California Association of Realtors.
Mr. Sims served on the Santa Barbara Coastal Housing Association seeking
affordable housing and he developed three Residential Care Facilities for the
elderly in Camarillo that he operated until his retirement in 2000.
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 Kirk B. Stovesand
Mr. Stovesand has been a member of the Board of CWBC and Community West Bank (CWB) since May 2003.
Mr. Stovesand serves on CWBC's Audit Committee and CWB's Asset / Liability
Committee. He is a partner of Walpole & Co., founded in 1974, which is a
Certified Public Accounting and Consulting firm. He is a graduate of University
of California Santa Barbara with a degree in Business Economics. Mr. Stovesand
received his Masters Degree in Taxation from Golden Gate University, and he
earned a Master Certificate in Global Business Management from George
Washington University. He is also a Certified Financial Planner. He has been on
the boards of profit and nonprofit organizations. Mr. Stovesand is a member of
the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants.
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 C. Richard Whiston
Mr. Whiston has been a member of the Board of CWBC and Community West Bank (CWB) since June 2004. Mr.
Whiston serves on CWBC's Audit Committee and CWB's Loan and Compliance
Committees. Mr. Whiston served in the Reagan Administration as Principal Deputy
General Counsel and as Chief of Legal Services, United States Army. In 1985, he
returned to the private practice of law in Santa Barbara. In 2001, he was
appointed as Special Assistant to the Secretary of the Army, where he served
until August 2003. Mr. Whiston is a graduate of the University of California,
Berkeley, with a Bachelor of Arts Degree. He received his JD degree from the
School of Law (Boalt Hall) at UC Berkeley after service as a commissioned
officer in the United States Army. Mr. Whiston is a business consultant.
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 Lynda Nahra
Ms. Nahra has been President and Chief Executive Officer of Community West Bank (CWB) since 2000
after serving in various positions of increasing responsibility for the Bank
since 1997. Her banking career began in 1970 with Bank of America and her
banking experience has included management positions in operations, consumer
and commercial lending, sales, private banking and corporate banking. Ms. Nahra
is a member of CWB and CWBC’s Boards and serves on CWB’s Loan, Asset /
Liability, Compliance and Management Succession Committees. Ms. Nahra serves as
a Director of Women’s Economic Ventures, member of the Montecito Rotary Club,
and is a Finance Committee member for the Goleta Montessori Center School and
the Santa Barbara United Way. Ms. Nahra’s educational background is from
California Western University in San Diego and Pacific Coast Banking School.
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