Chairman of the Board of the Company since May 2000, and Chairman of the Board of Rancho Santa Fe National Bank from February 1995 until the formation of the Company; Founder and Chief Executive of Castle Creek Capital LLC, Castle Creek Financial LLC and Belle Plaine Partners, Inc., which together form a merchant banking organization serving the banking industry; Director of TCF Financial Corporation since 1994 and Union Acceptance Corporation Bank Illinois FSB since October 2000 (non-executive Chairman since September 2002). On October 31, 2002 Union Acceptance Corporation filed a petition for reorganization under Chapter 11 of the Federal Bankruptcy Code. |