ABOUT US
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Allan W. Arendsee, Chairman
Mr. Arendsee is the President of A.W. Arendsee Real Estate and a private investor. Arendsee was one of the founding directors of Southwest Community Bank and served on the board of directors of Placer Sierra Bancshares, a $2.5 billion bank holding company based in Sacramento, until the sale of that company to Wells Fargo in 2007. In addition he serves on the board of directors of the Burn Institute, a local non-profit that specializes in fire and burn prevention, education and survivor support.
Richard M. Sanborn, President and CEO
Mr. Sanborn joined the bank in October of 2007 and has served as a director and as the President and Chief Executive Office of the Bank since that time. He is a 23-year veteran of the financial services industry where he has held executive level positions in several institutions ranging from $75 million to $5.1 billion in size. He has extensive experience in all facets of banking from lending, to operations, to strategic planning, to mergers and acquisitions. Prior to joining Seacoast Commerce Bank, Mr. Sanborn was the Executive Vice President and Chief Banking Officer for Pacific Western Bank, a $5.1 billion San Diego headquartered bank. Mr. Sanborn is an active member of the community where he coaches youth soccer, is on the Board of the Boys and Girls Club and the California Bankers Association. He holds an Associate of Science Degree in Computer Science and Bachelor of Science Degree in Accountancy from Bentley College in Waltham, Massachusetts, and a Masters Degree in Business Administration from California Pacific University in San Diego, California.
David H. Bartram, Executive Vice President and SBA Division Manager
Mr. Bartram has 27-years of banking experience specific to Small Business Administration (SBA) lending and management. Currently, he serves as the Executive Vice President, SBA Division Manager for Seacoast Commerce Bank. In 1984 he joined Bank of Commerce where he became the Senior Executive Vice President, Chief Operating Officer and a Director. Over the next 15 years Bank of Commerce became one of the leading SBA Bank lenders nationally. In 1999 Bank of Commerce was acquired by U.S. Bank and Mr. Bartram became President of the SBA Division, managing all aspects of SBA lending across the U.S. Bank’s national footprint. U.S. Bank became a perennial SBA loan provider, ranking in the top 3 nationally of all SBA lenders. Lastly, he joined Temecula Valley Bank in 2008 and moved Temecula Valley Bank into the top 7 SBA Lenders nationally.
Mr. Bartram has been involved in NAGGL since 1988 and was chairman of the board of directors from 2006-2008. He also served as Vice Chairman of Government Relations and Technical Issues. In 2004, he was awarded NAGGL’s most prestigious honor of the Distinguished Service Award. He is a graduate of San Diego State University and Pacific Coast School of Banking at the University of Washington.
Lisa M. Betyar / Lindsay & Brownell, LLP
Ms. Betyar is a partner with the firm Lindsay & Brownell, LLP, Certified Public Accountants, which is a tax consulting and compliance practice founded in 1992. Prior to Lindsay & Brownell, Ms. Betyar was a Tax Consultant with Deloitte & Touché. Ms. Betyar received both her B.A. in Accounting and M.S in Taxation from the University of San Diego, and serves on several non-profit Boards of Directors including the Coastal Community Foundation, St. Germaine’s Auxiliary, and Children’s Hospital Trusts and Estate Committee.
Robert DePhilippis / Bobby D. Enterprises, Filippis Pizza Grotto
Mr. DePhilippis was an organizer of the Bank and has served as a director since the Bank was approved. He is the sole owner and President of Bobby D. Enterprises, Inc., which has been doing business as Filippis Pizza Grotto in Escondido, California since 1972. The DePhilippis family started the business in 1950 and now has ten locations in San Diego County and one in Temecula. Mr. DePhilippis is also the owner and President of D&D Restaurants Inc., which owns and operates two Filippis Pizza Grottos located in Poway and Jamul.
Bud Feldkamp, Hospitality Dental
Dr. Irving “Bud” Feldkamp is the owner of Hospitality Dental, a family-oriented full service dental practice that specializes in a broad range of dental services, including dentistry for children, cosmetic, orthodontia, and general dentistry. Hospital Dental has eight locations throughout the Inland Empire and Las Vegas, Nevada. Dr. Feldkamp also owns Glen Helen Raceway in San Bernardino, the preeminent off-road motocross raceway in Southern California.
Richard S. Levenson, Western Financial Corporation
Mr. Levenson is the President of Western Financial Corporation, an investment banking and brokerage firm headquartered in San Diego, California that specializes in assisting community-based financials with stock trading, capital offerings, mergers and acquisitions, strategic planning and brokerage services. In addition, he is currently a director with Pacific Commerce Bank in Los Angeles, and a director with the Grossmont Hospital Foundation.
Bruce A. Nunes
Mr. Nunes was an organizer of the Bank and served as the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Bank through March of 2008. He has over 37 years of banking experience. He was associated with Bank of Commerce in San Diego for 11 years, having served as Executive Vice President. Prior to joining Bank of Commerce, he served in management of Grossmont Bank in La Mesa. From 1981 and 1986, he served as a Regional Vice President for Wells Fargo Bank. Mr. Nunes has served on the Board of the California Bankers Association Southern Region. Mr. Nunes earned his Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration from Pacific Lutheran University in Tacoma, Washington.