[Bank of Santa Clarita] – Frank Di Tomaso, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Bank of Santa Clarita, announced that Elizabeth Hopp, the Chief Banking Officer of the Bank, has been appointed an Executive Vice President. Elizabeth, a veteran banker with over 30 years of experience, has been instrumental in the growth and development of the Bank since its inception in October 2004, providing positive leadership and continued business development efforts in the Santa Clarita Valley and surrounding areas.

Along with Ms. Hopp, Mr. Di Tomaso announced the appointment of John Vescovo, the Bank’s Chief Risk Officer, as an Executive Vice President of the Bank. Ms. Hopp and Mr. Vescovo join Gregory Weinberg, the Bank’s Chief Credit Officer and Walter Purdy, the Bank’s Chief Financial Officer, as Executive Vice Presidents of the Bank.

Elizabeth Hopp currently sits on the Boards of Boys & Girls Club, Michael Hoefflin, Santa Clarita Valley Senior Center and the SCV Chamber of Commerce, and is actively involved in numerous other community-based non-profitable and civic organizations. She and her husband, Steve, longtime residents of Santa Clarita, are great assets of the Bank as well as our community.

Elizabeth, along with Brenda Nielson, First Vice President and the Bank’s Client Services Branch Manager, oversee the retail banking services offered by the Bank in our headquarters office at 23780 Magic Mountain Parkway in Valencia.

Ms. Hopp and Ms. Nielson are also pleased to announce that Linda Miller has joined the Bank as its Assistant Vice President in Branch Services. Linda Miller, who worked at the local Bank of America Branch in Valencia for many years, joined our staff in November 2014 and brings with her a wealth of branch banking experience. As a veteran banker, she will provide strong leadership and continuity to our tradition of providing unparalleled customer service to our business and consumer clients. Linda and her husband, Mark, have been Santa Clarita residents for 27 years.

“These Bank team members are committed to and passionate about providing the best possible level of service and retail banking products to our clients,” said Mr. Di Tomaso. “We are proud of their accomplishments, both in community banking and in serving our community, and wish them great success in their new roles here at the Bank.”

Bank of Santa Clarita is the only full service commercial bank headquartered in the Santa Clarita Valley and is focused on the needs of the community and its businesses. We promote face-to-face interaction with our clients, which in turn leads to deeper relationships overall. The Bank provides local, experienced decision-making and the personalized service that growing businesses need on a daily basis. Bank clients have direct access to executive management and professional staff members to address their credit requirements from commercial lines of credit to SBA loans to commercial real estate and other commercial loans, and also technology-based services that include online bill-paying, remote capture depositing, check imaging and initiating online wire transfers, among other cash management facilities.