Meet Our Business Development Team

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Jon Blackstad, Regional President, South Valley Region
Jon
Blackstad
President,
South Valley Region,
FAITH BASED BANKING GROUP

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George Cook, SVP, Business Development Officer
George
Cook III
Senior Vice President,
Business Development Officer,
PRIVATE ENTERPRISE BANKING GROUP
916.306.1655
gcook@fivestarbank.com

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Jon Gregory, SVP, Venture Banking Manager
Jon
Gregory
Senior Vice President,
Venture Banking Manager,
VENTURE BANKING GROUP
530.924.5125
jgregory@fivestarbank.com

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Jason Hartmann, SVP, Director of Specialty Finance
Jason
Hartmann
Senior Vice President,
Director of Specialty Finance,
SPECIALTY FINANCE BANKING GROUP
916.626.5013
jhartmann@fivestarbank.com

DJ Kurtze, San Francisco Bay Area President
DJ
Kurtze
Senior Vice President,
San Francisco Bay Area President,
SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA
415.259.5478

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Lakhwinder Kaur
Lakhwinder
Kaur
Senior Vice President,
Sacramento Valley Market President,
PRACTICE BANKING GROUP
916.627.8297

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Casey Grafeld, SVP, Managing Director
Casey
Grafeld
Senior Vice President,
Managing Director,
SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA
415.635.6524
cgrafeld@fivestarbank.com

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Jen Matulich, SVP, Business Development Officer
Jen
Matulich
Senior Vice President,
Business Development Officer,
CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY
BANKING GROUP
916.591.7450
jmatulich@fivestarbank.com

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Jeff Winkel, SVP, Managing Director
Jeff
Winkel
Senior Vice President,
Managing Director,
SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA
415.404.7955 | 415.706.6645 (m)
jwinkel@fivestarbank.com

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Henrini Suyono, SVP, Managing Director
Henrini
Suyono
Senior Vice President,
Managing Director,
SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA
415.259.5786

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Jason Saslow, SVP, Director of Private Client Services and SBA
Jason
Saslow
Senior Vice President,
Managing Director of
Private Client Services,
PRIVATE ENTERPRISE BANKING GROUP
916.640.1506
jsaslow@fivestarbank.com

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Greg Kogan, SVP, Managing Director
Greg
Kogan
Senior Vice President,
Managing Director,
SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA
415.595.2273

Dan Sozzi, SVP, Business Development Officer
Dan
Sozzi
Senior Vice President,
Business Development Officer,
AGRIBUSINESS BANKING GROUP
916.801.1585
dsozzi@fivestarbank.com

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Bill Speer, Regional President, North Valley Region
Bill
Speer
President,
North Valley Region,
PRIVATE ENTERPRISE BANKING GROUP
530.722.1565
bspeer@fivestarbank.com

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Brian Toohey, SVP, Business Development Officer
Brian
Toohey
Senior Vice President,
Business Development Officer,
PRIVATE ENTERPRISE BANKING GROUP
707.292.0892
btoohey@fivestarbank.com

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Maxwell Comerford, VP, Business Development Officer
Maxwell
Comerford
Vice President,
Business Development Officer,
SPECIALTY FINANCE BANKING GROUP

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Reagan Ballo, AVP, Government Banking Officer
Reagan
Ballo
Vice President, 
Managing Director,
GOVERNMENT BANKING GROUP

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Morgan Elgebali, VP, Director
Morgan
Elgebali
Senior Vice President,
Managing Director,
SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA

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Sergey Shikhvarg, SVP, Managing Director
Sergey
Shikhvarg
Senior Vice President,
Managing Director,
SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA
415.259.5790

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Harman Gosal, SVP, Business Development Manager
Harman
Gosal
Senior Vice President, 
Business Development Manager,
AGRIBUSINESS BANKING GROUP
916.660.5685

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Kyle Woodstrom, AVP, Business Development Associate
Kyle
Woodstrom
Assistant Vice President,
Business Development Associate,
SPECIALTY FINANCE BANKING GROUP
916.273.6562

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Chris Rudberg, SVP, Managing Director
Chris
Rudberg
Senior Vice President,
Managing Director,
SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA
925.413.0148

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Alicia Valle, Vice President, Director
Alicia
Valle
Vice President,
Director,
SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA
415.404.7950

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Irene Montalvo, Senior Vice President, Managing Director
Irene
Montalvo
Senior Vice President,
Managing Director, 
SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA
415.404.7956

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Renzo Lujan, Senior Vice President, Managing Director
Renzo
Lujan
Senior Vice President,
Managing Director, 
SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA
415.404.7964

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Eiko Arashiro, VP, Business Development Officer
Eiko
Arashiro
Vice President,
Business Development Officer, 
CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY
BANKING GROUP
916.306.1622

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Kellie Stroud, SVP, SBA Business Development Officer
Kellie
Stroud
Senior Vice President,
SBA Business Development Officer, 
SBA BANKING GROUP
916.306.1123

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Kevin Claypool, SVP, Managing Director
Kevin
Claypool
Senior Vice President,
Managing Director, 
SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA
415.287.7810

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Erik Ortiz, SVP, Managing Director
Erik
Ortiz
Senior Vice President,
Managing Director, 
SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA
415.259.6230

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Reginald Calaguas, VP/Treasury Solutions Advisor
Reginald
Calaguas
Vice President,
Director,
SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA

Luke Ziegenmeyer, VP, Faith Based Lending
Luke
Ziegenmeyer
Vice President,
Faith Based Lending,
FAITH BASED BANKING GROUP

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