CHRISTA STEELE

Corporate Board Profile

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Filing Date	Source Excerpt
2020-03-11	Ms. Steele serves as a board member of public, private, ESOP and family-owned companies across varying industries. She has served on six public and private company boards, including service as chair of audit and compensation committees, in the financial services, transportation, waste collection, food and agricultural industries with business operations in the United States, Canada, Australia, China, Singapore, Malaysia, Europe, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. She currently serves on the Board of Directors for Recology, CA; Tanimura & Antle, CA; National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD) Northern California Chapter, CA; and Pacific Coast Banking School, WA. Ms. Steele is also an adjunct faculty member for the NACD Board Advisory Services Practice Group and speaks at industry events on digital disruption, artificial intelligence, big data, and predictive analytics, and has worked on banking legislation in Congress and with regulators. Until recently, she served as a partner and board member of FIG Partners of Atlanta, a boutique investment bank and research firm specializing in community banks, acquired by Janney Montgomery Scott in April 2019. From 2013-2015, she served as President, CEO and Director of Mechanics Bank (OTC:MCHB) of Walnut Creek, CA, a bank with $3.4 billion in total assets. Previously, she held commercial and retail positions with increasing responsibility and leadership at Farmers & Merchants Bank, Westamerica and Bank of America in California. She received a Bachelor’s degree from California State University, Sacramento; a Masters of Business Administration from University of Southern California; and a Board Leadership Fellow from the National Association of Corporate Directors. Our Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee recommended Ms. Steele as a nominee, and our Board of Directors concluded that she should continue to serve as a director of the Company based on her more than 20 years of commercial and consumer banking experience executing strategic initiatives, streamlining operations, implementing technology, and growing new markets, in addition to M&A, which makes her highly qualified to serve on our Board. Board and Committees: Board (Chair), Audit. Director Compensation: $16,250.

Filing Date

Source Excerpt

2020-03-11

Ms. Steele serves as a board member of public, private, ESOP and family-owned companies across varying industries. She has served on six public and private company boards, including service as chair of audit and compensation committees, in the financial services, transportation, waste collection, food and agricultural industries with business operations in the United States, Canada, Australia, China, Singapore, Malaysia, Europe, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. She currently serves on the Board of Directors for Recology, CA; Tanimura & Antle, CA; National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD) Northern California Chapter, CA; and Pacific Coast Banking School, WA. Ms. Steele is also an adjunct faculty member for the NACD Board Advisory Services Practice Group and speaks at industry events on digital disruption, artificial intelligence, big data, and predictive analytics, and has worked on banking legislation in Congress and with regulators. Until recently, she served as a partner and board member of FIG Partners of Atlanta, a boutique investment bank and research firm specializing in community banks, acquired by Janney Montgomery Scott in April 2019. From 2013-2015, she served as President, CEO and Director of Mechanics Bank (OTC:MCHB) of Walnut Creek, CA, a bank with $3.4 billion in total assets. Previously, she held commercial and retail positions with increasing responsibility and leadership at Farmers & Merchants Bank, Westamerica and Bank of America in California. She received a Bachelor’s degree from California State University, Sacramento; a Masters of Business Administration from University of Southern California; and a Board Leadership Fellow from the National Association of Corporate Directors. Our Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee recommended Ms. Steele as a nominee, and our Board of Directors concluded that she should continue to serve as a director of the Company based on her more than 20 years of commercial and consumer banking experience executing strategic initiatives, streamlining operations, implementing technology, and growing new markets, in addition to M&A, which makes her highly qualified to serve on our Board. Board and Committees: Board (Chair), Audit. Director Compensation: $16,250.

Data sourced from SEC filings. Last updated: 2026-03-05