About WIB

Board of Directors

WIB’s Board of Directors is composed of elected and appointed independent bankers from throughout the West.

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

Janet Garufis
Chair
President/CEO
Montecito Bank & Trust
Santa Barbara, CA
Richard T. Beard
Chair-elect

President & CEO
Bank of American Fork
American Fork, UT

Russell A. Colombo
Secretary/Treasurer

President & CEO
Bank of Marin
Novato, CA

Dennis A. Long
Immediate Past Chair
CEO
The Bank of the Pacific
Aberdeen, WA
Ellen Sas

President & CEO
Western Independent Bankers
San Francisco

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Wayne D. Gale
President & CEO
The Foothills Bank
Yuma, AZ

Robert E. Hemsath
CEO
Security First Bank
Fresno, CA

Thomas LeMasters
President & CEO
Bank of Napa, N.A.
Napa, CA

Bryan Luke
Executive Vice President
Hawaii National Bank
Honolulu, HI

 

James R. Mitchell
President & CEO
Puget Sound Bank
Bellevue, WA

John Nerland
President & CCO
Bank of Manhattan, N.A.
Pasadena, CA

Eric J. Schmutz
President & CEO
State Bank of Southern Utah
Cedar City, UT

Jeffrey Sumpter
Co-President/CEO/Director
Lewis & Clark Bank
Oregon City, OR

Wes R. Veach, CPA
President & CEO
Bankcda
Coeur D’Alene, ID

James Woolwine
Chairman
Presidio Bank
San Francisco