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Elliot L. Shell, CPA, was born in Boston, Massachusetts. He was raised in southern California, received his BS from UCLA and his MBA from USC. He served as an officer in the Army including a tour of duty in Vietnam. He is a Certified Public Accountant and for more than twenty years has been a partner in Maginnis, Knechtel & McIntyre, a prominent Pasadena CPA firm. A thirty-year veteran of public accounting, he is a frequent speaker on tax and estate planning topics and is a leader in developing new clients for his firm. Mr. Shell has been Treasurer and a member of the Board of Trustees of Westland School and currently serves as Secretary and member of the Board of Directors of the Lactation Institute. As chairman of the audit committee, Mr. Shell's accounting experience is of great benefit to the bank. | 