Mr. Wolff has served as Chief Executive Officer and President of the Company and the Bank and as a director of the Company and Chairman of the Board of the Bank since 2019. Mr. Wolff was elected as Chairman of the Company’s Board in May 2025.
Mr. Wolff is a veteran California banking executive with deep expertise in finance, law and risk management. He joined Banc of California from City National Bank, a Los Angeles-based regional bank and wholly owned subsidiary of Royal Bank of Canada, where he was Executive Vice President and General Counsel, and served on the bank’s executive committee. Prior to City National, Mr. Wolff was President and a member of the Board of Directors of Pacific Western Bank, a leading California-based commercial bank and wholly owned subsidiary of PacWest Bancorp. Mr. Wolff joined PacWest from the law firm Sullivan & Cromwell LLP.
Mr. Wolff is a member of several professional and nonprofit organizations including the CEO Council of Los Angeles, the Economic Club of New York, the Board of Directors of the Mid-Size Bank Coalition of America, the Board of Governors of the Los Angeles Sports and Entertainment Commission and its leadership group ChampionLA, and the Young Presidents’ Organization. Mr. Wolff is also a member of Steadfast LA's coalition of civic and business leaders dedicated to accelerating the rebuilding of Los Angeles after the devastating January 2025 wildfires.
Mr. Wolff received his Bachelor's degree from Duke University, his Master's degree in French Language and Literature from Middlebury College, and his law degree from the University of Michigan.
Mr. Eggemeyer has more than 40 years of experience in banking and has been involved in more than 75 bank acquisitions. Mr. Eggemeyer was elected as Vice Chairman and Lead Independent Director of the Company's board on May 7, 2025, after having served as Chair of the Company's board since November 30, 2023.
Mr. Eggemeyer is the Founder of Castle Creek Capital® which has been an investor in the banking industry since 1990. The firm is currently one of the most active private equity investors in community banking. Mr. Eggemeyer has over 40 years of experience in banking and has been involved in more than 75 bank acquisitions. In 2006, the American Banker honored Mr. Eggemeyer as “Community Banker of the Year” for his success as a builder of community banking companies. Prior to founding Castle Creek, Mr. Eggemeyer spent nearly 20 years as a senior executive with some of the largest banking organizations in the U.S. with responsibilities across a broad spectrum of banking activities.
Mr. Eggemeyer is currently Chairman of American Savings Bank, Vice Chairman of Banc of California, Inc., a Board member of Northpointe Bancshares, Inc. (NYSE: NPB), Primis Financial Corporation, and was a founder and Chairman of both PacWest Bancorp and Guaranty Bancorp. Previously, he was Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of White River Capital and a Board member of TCF Financial Corporation, Western Bancorp, The Bancorp Inc. and American Financial Realty.
Mr. Eggemeyer is a Life Trustee of Northwestern University where he serves on the Investment Committee and is a past Trustee of the Bishop’s School of La Jolla, California and the Parent Advisory Board at Stanford University. Mr. Eggemeyer holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Northwestern University and an MBA from the University of Chicago.
Mr. Barker has over 30 years of experience in corporate strategy, private equity, and management of large corporate enterprises.
Mr. Barker is an owner and Director of Velocity Vehicle Group, where he served as founder and Co-President from 1998-2024. VVG is a privately owned group of companies that serve the truck, bus, and capital equipment finance markets in the US, Canada, Mexico, and Australia with revenues in excess of $3 billion. Mr. Barker is also a board member and 50% owner of Velocity SBA, a nonbank small business lending company in the United States licensed to originate loans under the Small Business Administration’s 7(a) program. From 1994 through 1997, Mr. Barker worked in Palo Alto, California for HAL Investments Inc., a private equity investment firm with holdings in real estate, maritime, and industrial interests. From 1991 to 1994, Mr. Barker worked in the corporate strategy department of Sea Containers, Inc. in London, England setting business strategies for the multinational transportation and hotel conglomerate. In addition, from 1988 to 1991, Mr. Barker worked for the Boston Consulting Group in the San Francisco and Chicago offices, assisting Fortune 500 firms on corporate strategy initiatives. Mr. Barker received his Bachelor's degree in Economics and Master’s in East Asian Studies from Stanford University and has lived in Southern California for 28 years.
Mr. Barker’s extensive experience in managing large corporate enterprises and his proficiency in corporate strategy and finance make him a valued member of the Board. Mr. Barker is one of the Company’s Board-designated “audit committee financial experts.”
Paul Burke is an officer and director of Northaven Management Inc., an investment management firm he co-founded in 1995 that focuses exclusively on equity investments in the financial services industry.
In addition to his duties at Northaven, Mr. Burke was a director of PacWest Bancorp and Pacific Western Bank from 2015 to 2023, where he served on the Audit, Risk, CNG, ALM, Finance, and Executive Committees at various times. Mr. Burke previously served as a managing director and board member of Kilowatt Labs Inc., which later merged with Enercap Holdings Pte. Ltd., a Singapore-based holding company. He also served as a director of the private insurance brokerage firm Kinloch Holdings Inc. (and its successor, Optisure Risk Holdings), where he served as its chairman, president, and acting chief executive officer. Mr. Burke has served on a number of public and private boards, including the boards of PacWest Bancorp, Square 1 Financial Inc. and Eastern Insurance Holdings Inc. Most recently, he has been acting as chief financial officer of Essence Global Group and its affiliated companies, supporting its formation and growth. Essence Global Group is developing a portfolio of related technologies focused primarily on the energy and renewable energy sectors.
Prior to co-founding Northaven Management, Mr. Burke spent 10 years in corporate finance and mergers and acquisitions for Bankers Trust Company. During that time, he was responsible for the origination and execution of mergers and acquisitions, restructurings, and principal transactions for a wide array of financial services firms.
Mr. Burke earned his MBA from Columbia Business School and his Bachelor's degree in Economics from Columbia University. His professional experience in the financial services industry and mergers and acquisitions makes Mr. Burke a valued member of the Board.
Ms. Curran spent 25 years at MUFG Union Bank, N.A., during which time she held several executive level positions, including Executive Vice President, Corporate Banking Chief Risk Officer from 2011 to 2014, and Executive Vice President, Head of The Private Bank at Union Bank from 2006 to 2011.
During her time with Union Bank, Ms. Curran worked closely with its board and management to build an infrastructure focused on a strong, proactive, integrated and effective risk management system. Ms. Curran was also tasked with improving the performance of Union Bank’s Wealth Management practice, a business unit with offices throughout California, Washington and Oregon. Prior to 2006, she spent 17 years in leadership roles in commercial banking.
Ms. Curran recently concluded service on the Board of Directors, Audit and Nominating and Corporate Governance Committees of Innovative Industrial Properties, Inc. (NYSE: IIPR). She also served on the Board of Directors, chairing the Audit Committee and serving on the Nominating Governance Committee for Hunter Industries Inc., a privately held global irrigation, landscape lighting and custom manufacturing company from 2016 until June 2025. Ms. Curran previously served as Chair of San Diego State University’s Campanile Foundation Board and Executive Committee, and as a member of the Board and Nominating and Governance Committee through December 2025. Previous board service also includes Chair of the California Bankers Association where she remains involved on the Banker Benefits Board. Ms. Curran is a NACD Governance Fellow, and holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Journalism from the University of Colorado, Boulder and a Master’s degree in business from San Diego State University.
Ms. Curran’s broad range of experience in the financial services industry and community involvement, especially in California, as well as her prior business and leadership positions, have enhanced the Board’s perspective. Her leadership and knowledge, specifically in credit and risk management as Chair of the Enterprise Risk Committee, have been vital to the Company’s risk framework and objectives.
Ms. Eusey is the Chief Executive Officer of Beacon Pointe Advisors, which she co-founded in 2002.
Beacon Pointe Advisors is one of the U.S.'s largest registered investment advisory firms specializing in full service financial planning serving foundations, retirement plans, and private wealth clients. From 1994 to 2002, Ms. Eusey served as Senior Managing Director and Portfolio Manager at Roxbury Capital Management, LLC, where she was responsible for socially responsible investments, asset allocation, as well as equity strategy for Roxbury’s Private Client Group. Ms. Eusey currently serves or has served on numerous boards and advisory boards, including Canaccord Genuity, Hoag Hospital, Kokosing, Viewpoint Ventures VC, the Charles Schwab Advisory Council. She has also served as Vice Chairman on the Board of Directors for the National Network to End Domestic Violence, as a Trustee for the Friends of the Girl Scouts Council of Orange County, and as a board member of the UCI Athletic Fund. Ms. Eusey is a graduate of University of California, Irvine where she played Division I volleyball. She received her MBA from the University of California, Los Angeles, Anderson School of Business.
Ms. Eusey's leadership experience in building Beacon Pointe Advisors into a $55+ billion registered investment advisory firm, and her keen insights into talent management, operations, marketing, risk and technology, make her a valued member of our Board.
Mr. Lashley is Managing Member of PL Capital Advisors, LLC, a SEC-registered investment advisory firm, and co-founder of PL Capital, LLC, a firm founded in 1996. PL Capital Advisors specializes in the banking industry and was named by the American Banker as one of the top community bank investors in the country. PL Capital is also one of the Company’s largest stockholders. Mr. Lashley’s primary responsibilities at PL Capital Advisors include portfolio management and research. Mr. Lashley has extensive experience serving on the boards of directors of numerous publicly-held and privately-held banks throughout the United States, including current service on the boards of directors of MutualFirst Financial, Inc. (NASDAQ: MFSF) and its subsidiary bank, MutualBank, and prior service on the boards of directors of Metro Bancorp, Inc. State Bancorp, Inc. and BCSB Bancorp, Inc. Mr. Lashley also has diverse experience as Chairman and/or member of numerous board committees. From 1994 to 1996, he was a Director in KPMG LLP’s corporate finance group, where he led a team providing merger and acquisition advisory services to banks throughout the country. From 1984 to 1993 he worked for KPMG LLP as a CPA, providing professional accounting services to banks and other financial services companies in New York and New Jersey. From 1992 to 1993 he served as the Assistant to the Chairman of the AICPA Savings Institution Committee in Washington D.C. Mr. Lashley received his Master’s degree from Rutgers University and a Bachelor of Science degree from Oswego State University. He is licensed as a CPA in New Jersey (status inactive).
Mr. Lashley’s extensive experience at KPMG LLP providing professional accounting and advisory services, as well as his service on numerous bank boards and his experience at PL Capital managing investments in the banking industry enables him to be a significant contributor to the Board as well as provides the perspective of a significant investor in the Company. Mr. Lashley is one of the Company’s Board-designated “audit committee financial expert”.
Ms. Lester has more than 30 years of banking and mortgage banking experience, including as Chief Financial Officer of U.S. Bancorp and HomeSide Lending Inc. She also held executive roles at Ernst & Young and Shawmut National Corporation.
Prior to joining the Company’s Board in 2023, Ms. Lester was a director of PacWest Bancorp and Pacific Western Bank from 2003 to 2023. She chaired their respective audit committees and was a member of their respective executive and finance committees.
In addition to her service on the Company’s Board, Ms. Lester serves on the board of The Options Clearing Corporation. Her prior board service has included Arctic Cat Inc. and Lender Processing Services Inc.
Ms. Lester earned her MBA in finance from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business and her Bachelor’s degree in Accounting and Finance from the University of Dayton.
Ms. Lester’s extensive experience in finance and risk management from her tenures at U.S. Bancorp and HomeSide Lending Inc. and service on numerous boards make her a valued member of the Board. Ms. Lester is one of the Company’s Board-designated “audit committee financial experts” and serves as Chair of the Audit Committee.
Mr. Rice, a 30-year veteran of the commercial banking industry, currently serves as the Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President of Operations for Nammi Therapeutics, Inc., a private biotechnology company headquartered in Los Angeles, California.
Prior to joining his current employer, Mr. Rice retired from Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. (NYSE: WFC) after serving in numerous senior leadership roles, including as Chief Credit Officer and as Chief Operational Risk Officer. During his three-decade tenure at Wells Fargo Mr. Rice also led various special initiatives across a range of disciplines, including commercial lending and workouts, customer remediations, and operational resiliency.
Mr. Rice also serves on the boards of nonprofit organizations, including The Music Center of Los Angeles County, and the Painted Turtle, a camp for children with serious medical conditions. A lifelong resident of California, Mr. Rice received his Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering from the University of California, Los Angeles, and his MBA from the University of California, Berkeley.
Mr. Rice’s extensive background in commercial banking risk management, combined with his leadership roles, make him a valuable member of the Board. Mr. Rice is one of the Company’s Board-designated “audit committee financial experts.”
Todd Schell is a principal at Warburg Pincus, where he focuses on financial services. He joined the firm in 2011 and is based in New York. Prior to joining Warburg Pincus, Mr. Schell covered financial institutions in the Investment Banking division at Barclays Capital.
In addition to serving on the Company’s Board, Mr. Schell serves on the boards of IntraFi, Facet Wealth, and PayJoy. He was involved in Warburg Pincus’ investments in Varo Bank, Edelman Financial Engines, Santander Asset Management, Santander Consumer USA, SCM Insurance Services, Webster Bank and Sterling Bank.
Mr. Schell earned his MBA from Harvard Business School and a bachelor’s degree from Amherst College. His professional experience as a growth equity investor and his perspective as a significant shareholder in the Company make Mr. Schell a valued member of the Board. Mr. Schell is one of the Company’s Board-designated “audit committee financial experts.”
Ms. Schlogel is Managing Partner and Founder of Atwater Capital, a media and entertainment sector-focused investment firm headquartered in Los Angeles, California.
Prior to founding Atwater in 2017, Ms. Schlogel served as a senior executive at several leading companies, including as Chief Investment Officer of Roc Nation, and was a member of KKR's Private Equity team, where she specialized in the media sector and launched the Growth Equity division. Ms. Schlogel began her career in the Leveraged Finance and Capital Markets groups at Goldman Sachs in London and Los Angeles. Ms. Schlogel serves on a number of boards, including the Boards of Mediawan, France's leading film studio and wiip Productions, a Los Angeles-based film and TV studio. She was formerly Chairperson of Mediawan US, the holding company of Brad Pitt's Plan B Entertainment, the Chairperson of Epidemic Sound, a provider of royalty-free music, as well as Chairperson of LEONINE Studios, Germany's leading film and TV studio. She formerly served on the boards of BMG, the world's largest independent music publisher; Pets at Home, the largest U.K. retailer of pet supplies; and Freepik, the digital content platform. Ms. Schlogel is a graduate of UCLA, summa cum laude, with a Bachelor's degree in Business Economics and Minor in Accounting.
Ms. Schlogel’s extensive expertise in finance, growth and private equity, along with her significant experience in media, entertainment and technology, make her a valued member of the Board. Ms. Schlogel is one of the Company’s Board-designated “audit committee financial experts.”
Mr. Thau spent 18 years at global talent and entertainment company United Talent Agency (UTA), during which time he held executive leadership positions, including as a Board member, Chief Operating Officer, and General Counsel.
Mr. Thau departed UTA in 2025, where he was central to UTA’s operations, M&A and business expansion strategies amid a sea change across the entertainment, media and technology landscape. Mr. Thau was the first non-agent to be named to the UTA partnership in 2016 and its board of directors in 2018. Mr. Thau also served on UTA’s Audit Committee and as one of four managing directors responsible for overseeing UTA’s day-to-day business. Mr. Thau began his career at the Zalkin, Rodin and Goodman law firm in New York City, specializing in bankruptcy and corporate restructuring. Mr. Thau then moved to 20th Century Fox where he served as an attorney in the licensing/merchandising and filmed entertainment groups before taking on executive roles overseeing domestic and international cable television networks and businesses. Mr. Thau later led the content and technology venture Be Here as its Chief Executive Officer and subsequently helped launch and served as Chief Operating Officer of Network LIVE, a joint venture of AOL, XM Satellite Radio and AEG that broadcasted live music and entertainment events across all platforms. Mr. Thau recently formed Lawridge Drive Advisory Group where he is Founder and Chief Executive Officer.
Mr. Thau is a graduate of George Washington University and the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, and has served on the boards of multiple charitable organizations. He has lived in Southern California for 28 years.
Mr. Thau’s extensive operational, legal and strategic experience from his senior leadership roles at UTA and various entertainment and technology ventures make him a valued member of the Board. Mr. Thau is Chair of the CNG Committee.