About WIB

Board of Directors

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

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

Larry P. Ward
Chairman
President & CEO
Heritage Oaks Bank
Paso Robles, CA
Scott R. Andrews
Chairman-elect 
Chairman & CEO
Sunrise Bank, Ltd.
San Diego, CA
Dennis A. Long
Secretary/Treasurer
CEO
The Bank of the Pacific
Aberdeen, WA
David Taber
Immediate Past Chairman

President, CEO & Director
American River Bankshares
Rancho Cordova, CA
Nancy E. Sheppard
President & CEO

Western Independent Bankers
San Francisco, CA

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Richard T. Beard
President & CEO
Bank of American Fork
American Fork, UT

David Bobbitt
Chairman & CEO
Community 1st Bank
Post Falls, ID

Janet Garufis
President/CEO
Montecito Bank & Trust
Santa Barbara, CA

Dan Heine
President & CEO
The Bank of Oswego
Lake Oswego, OR

Robert E. Hemsath
CEO
Security First Bank
Fresno, CA

Daniel P. Myers
President & CEO
Bridge Bank, N.A.
San Jose, CA

Cathy Reines
President & CEO
First Heritage Bank
Snohomish, WA

Fred Rowden
President & CEO
1st Capital Bank
Monterey, CA

Ellen M. Sas
President & CEO
Seattle Bank
Seattle, WA

Curtis Taylor
President & CEO
Grand Valley Bank
Heber City, UT

Michael Vanderpool
President
Security Bank of California
Riverside, CA