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Community West Bank
PRESS RELEASE
Wednesday, January 20, 2010

Mike Bieza Joins Community West Bank’s Goleta Branch Office as Vice President, Commercial Lender



Goleta, California – January 20, 2010: Community West Bank is pleased to announce the addition of Mike Bieza as Vice President, Commercial Lender in the Bank’s Goleta Branch Office. He joins recently hired, Commercial Lender Alex Yamashiro and Yvonne Duarte, the Bank’s branch manager.

Mr. Bieza brings 25 years of local consumer and commercial lending experience to Community West Bank.

“Mike, Alex, and Yvonne are a solid leadership team supported by a strong operational staff,” stated Richard Favor, Community West Bank Executive Vice President, Chief Credit Officer. “They will bring the bank quality asset and deposit growth while providing exceptional customer service for its diverse clients.”

Prior to joining Community West Bank, Mr. Bieza worked as a Regional Manager of Commercial Banking for a local community bank that was recently purchased by an international bank. For the last 13 years Mr. Bieza has worked in local community banks helping small business owners to grow right here in Santa Barbara and Goleta.

In addition to his banking experience, Mr. Bieza attended California State University Long Beach graduating with honors with a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Finance. Mr. Bieza is an active member of Santa Barbara Chamber of Commerce Business leaders Council and Premier Professional along with volunteering his time towards several non-profit and youth sports organizations.



Company Profile
Community West Bancshares is a financial services company with headquarters in Goleta, California. The Company is the holding company for Community West Bank, which has five full-service California branch banking offices, in Goleta, Ventura, Santa Maria, Santa Barbara and Westlake Village. The principal business activities of the Company are Relationship banking, Mortgage lending and SBA lending.

Contact Information
Lynda Nahra
(805) 692-5821

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