Announcement • 18h
West Coast Community Bank Appoint Executives to Private Banking Division West Coast Community Bank announced the launch of its Private Banking division, expanding the Bank's presence in Silicon Valley and the San Francisco Peninsula with a team dedicated to providing a high-touch banking experience designed around each client's financial goals. Leading the new division are Janice Miyatake and Wyman Wong, both joining as senior vice presidents, directors of private banking. The Private Banking division will offer customized deposit solutions, business and commercial real estate lending and treasury management services. Through dedicated relationship managers, private banking clients will have access to tailored banking solutions backed by local decision-making and relationship-based service. Supporting the expansion is a seasoned private banking team:
Silicon Valley: Vivian Wong, senior vice president, senior private banking relationship manager and Wendy Talamantes, vice president, private banking relationship manager. Peninsula: Claudia Ferguson, senior vice president, senior private banking relationship manager; Kim Mueller, vice president, private banking relationship manager; Teri Watkins, vice president, private banking relationship manager. Announcement • Feb 13
West Coast Community Bancorp Announces Election of New Directors and Planned Retirement of Longstanding Board Director West Coast Community Bancorp elected Gunlek L. Ruder and Alexander B. Potts to the Bank and Bancorp Boards of Directors. Gunlek L. "Gun" Ruder is president and chief executive officer of S. Martinelli & Company, a longstanding, family-owned beverage manufacturer known for its Martinelli's brand of sparkling ciders and juices. Ruder joined Martinelli's in 2013 as vice president and chief financial officer and was promoted to president and CEO in 2019. Prior to joining Martinelli's, he served as president of Agassi Graf Holdings, where he managed direct investments and real estate development, and as regional director of the Canyon Agassi Charter School Facilities Fund, leading underwriting and investment strategy. He previously worked with McKinsey & Company and MBNA. Ruder holds both a Master of Business Administration degree from Stanford University and a Bachelor of Arts degree in history and international relations from Georgetown University. Alexander B. "Alex" Potts is a financial services executive with 30 years' leadership experience in investment management, advisory platforms and fiduciary wealth services. Potts previously served as president and chief executive officer of Loring Ward, a Silicon Valley-based turnkey asset management program that supported 1,700 registered investment advisors and 100 broker dealers in overseeing $37 billion in assets nationwide. Potts played a key role in Loring Ward's strategic combination with Focus Financial Partners, completed in August 2018 in a transaction valued at $235 million. Post combination, Potts served as the president of Focus Partners Advisor Solutions (formerly Buckingham Strategic Partners), a subsidiary of Focus Financial Partners, which was NASDAQ-listed until taken private in August 2023. Potts obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree in economics from Santa Clara University. Bancorp announced longstanding director John C. Burroughs will retire from the Board effective upon the conclusion of Bancorp's next annual meeting of shareholders. Burroughs joined the Board as vice chairman through the 2019 merger with Lighthouse Bank, where he was a founding shareholder and chairman of the board since it was founded in 2007. He is a retired certified financial planner and registered investment advisor who founded and led Burroughs Financial Services and Burroughs-Braley Wealth Management. He has served organizations including the Santa Cruz Symphony, Rotary Club of Santa Cruz, Cabrillo College, Dominican Hospital and Santa Cruz Elks Lodge. He was chairman of the board of directors of Foothill Securities Inc. and a founder and longtime board member of Coast Commercial Bank. Announcement • Oct 22
West Coast Community Bancorp Declares Quarterly Cash Dividend, Payable on November 10, 2025 On October 16, 2025, the Board of Directors of West Coast Community Bancorp declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.22 per common share, payable on November 10, 2025, to shareholders of record at the close of business on November 4, 2025. 
