The following serve as Directors of Community West Bancshares (CWBC):
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 William R. Peeples
Mr. Peeples is Chairman of the Board of CWBC and a founder and Director of CWB since 1989. Mr. Peeples
is Chairman of CWBC’s Audit and Nominating and Corporate Governance Committees and serves on CWB’s
Executive, Loan, Personnel / Compensation and Management Succession Committees. Mr. Peeples served in various
financial capacities, including President and Chief Financial Officer of Inamed Corporation from 1985 to 1987. He also
was a founder 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 real estate
partnerships and serves as a member of the Goleta Valley Cottage Hospital Foundation Capital Campaign Steering
Committee. Mr. Peeples holds a BBA from the University of Wisconsin – Whitewater, 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 CWB since 1989. Mr. Bartlein serves on CWBC’s Nominating and Corporate Governance Committees and is
Chairman of the Board of CWB, Chairman of the Loan Committee and a member of the Personnel / Compensation,
Executive, Legal and Management Succession Committees. He is President and CEO of Bartlein & Company, Inc.,
founded in 1969, which is a property management company with four California offices. He is a graduate of the
University of Wisconsin – Madison, with a degree in Finance, Investments and Banking, and did post-graduate study at
the University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee. Mr. Bartlein is past President and Director of the American Lung
Association of Santa Barbara and Ventura Counties.
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 Jean W. Blois
Mrs. Blois has been a member of the Board of CWBC since its inception in 1997 and of CWB since 1989. She
is Chairman of CWB’s 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. Mrs. Blois graduated with a BS from the Haas School of Business at 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 a council member for the City of Goleta for 6 years, including terms in 2005 and
2007 as Goleta Mayor.
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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 CWB since 1989. He
is Secretary of the Board of CWBC and a member of CWBC’s Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee and
Chairman of CWB’s Asset / Liability Committee and a member of the Personnel / Compensation and Compliance
Committees. Mr. Illgen is Sector Director and Vice President for Modeling and Simulation with Northrop Grumman
Simulation Technologies (NGC). He was Founder (1988), President and Chairman of Illgen Simulation Technologies,
Inc. until its merger with NGC in December 2003. Mr. Illgen is Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors of the
National Defense Industry Association and appears on television with General Alexander Haig on “21st Century
Business and Health” as an industry expert in information systems, modeling and simulation. Mr. Illgen is an honorary
member of the Santa Barbara Scholarship Foundation Board and a Past President 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 CWB since 1989. Mr.
Sims serves on CWBC’s Audit Committee and Chairs CWB’s Compliance 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 CWB since May 2003. Mr. Stovesand serves
on CWBC's Audit Committee and CWB’s Asset / Liability Committees and is Secretary of CWB’s Board. He is a
partner of Walpole & Co., founded in 1974, which is a Certified Public Accounting and Consulting firm. Mr.
Stovesand has served on the boards of both for-profit and not-for-profit organizations. He is a graduate of the University
of California Santa Barbara with a degree in Business Economics. Mr. Stovesand received a Masters Degree in
Taxation from Golden Gate University and a Master Certificate in Global Business Management from George
Washington University. He is a Certified Financial Planner, certified in mergers and acquisitions, and 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 CWB since June 2004. He serves on CWBC’s
Audit Committee and on CWB’s Loan and Compliance Committees. Mr. Whiston was a partner in the Santa Barbara
law firm of Mullen, McCaughey & Henzell. He served from 1983 to 1985 as Principal Deputy General Counsel and as
Chief of Legal Services, U.S. Army, and later returned to private practice of law. Mr. Whiston was appointed as
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army for Manpower and Reserve Affairs in July 2001 and as Special
Assistant to the Secretary of the Army from October 2001 to August 2003. He received a BA and a JD from the
University of California, Berkeley and served in the U.S. Army as a commissioned officer. He currently serves as a
member of the Board of Directors of the Westmont Foundation.
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 Lynda Nahra
Ms. Nahra has been President and Chief Executive Officer of CWB since 2000 and of CWBC since February
2004, after serving in various positions of increasing responsibility for CWB since 1997. Ms. Nahra is a member of
CWB and CWBC’s Boards and serves on CWB’s Loan, Asset / Liability, Compliance, Management Succession and
Disclosure Committees. 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 serves on the Boards of Directors of Partners in Education and Habitat for Humanity; is a Finance
Committee member for the Goleta Montessori Center School; and, is a member of Montecito Rotary Club. Ms. Nahra’s
educational background is from California Western University in San Diego and Pacific Coast Banking School.
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