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Mr. Lukiewski was previously the President & Chief Executive Officer of American Commercial Bank (ACB) and its holding company, Americorp. He began his banking career in 1979 with United California Bank (which later became First Interstate Bank) in Ventura, California. During his 11 years with First Interstate, he held a variety of managerial positions including, branch manager of the Oxnard Branch and District Manager for the Ventura County, Santa Barbara, and San Luis Obispo Counties. He joined the dominant community bank in Ventura County, Bank of A. Levy, in 1990 as a senior officer responsible for all loan and deposit operations in the Eastern Ventura County Region. Bank of A. Levy was acquired in 1995, and Mr. Lukiewski joined Santa Barbara Bank & Trust to manage a loan centralization department. An opportunity to return to branch banking brought him to American Commercial Bank in 1996 as Regional Manager. He was later promoted to Chief Credit Officer and in March 1998, was appointed president and chief executive officer. Mr. Lukiewski left ACB when Mid State Bank & Trust acquired ACB in a merger that closed on September 28, 2001. Mr. Lukiewski received a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Business from California Lutheran University in Thousand Oaks, and he received the Certificate of Achievement from the National Association of Credit Manager's, Graduate School of Credit and Financial Management. Mr. Lukiewski is involved in numerous community groups including the Camarillo Breakfast Rotary Club, the Oxnard Ambassadors, the Ventura County Taxpayers Association and the Santa Barbara Channel Foundation. | 