Mr. Baltuskonis, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of
CWBC and CWB, 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
and the Board of Directors of Goleta Valley Chamber of Commerce; and, holds a BS
from Villanova University. |