Board of Directors

  • Lawrence Koppelman
    Chairman of the Board

    With over 40 years of mortgage lending and banking experience, Mr. Koppelman is the President of Koppelman & Co. From 1981 to 1993, he was the Managing Director of Western Bank Mortgage Company, originating over $1 billion annually in mortgage loans. Currently, Mr. Koppelman is a board member on four real estate funds. In the past, he served on the Board of Directors of Direct Relief International and was a member of the Fannie Mae Western Advisory Board.

  • Jeff DeVine
    President and Chief Executive Officer

    Mr. DeVine has over 20 years experience in banking with the last 14 years spent here in Santa Barbara. Over his career, he has held positions in commercial, retail, private and investment banking. Prior to joining American Riviera Bank in 2008, Mr. DeVine led the Commercial Real Estate Division for Rabobank, N.A. in California. Prior to that, he was the Regional President for the Greater Santa Barbara and Santa Ynez Valley Region of Mid-State Bank & Trust.

    Mr. DeVine graduated from the University of California San Diego with a BS in Quantitative Economics. He later attended Pacific Coast Banking School at the University of Washington where he graduated with honors. Mr. DeVine has held various Board positions with local non-profits including Treasurer of the Court Appointed Special Advocates of Santa Barbara County and Treasurer of the Los Padres Council of Boy Scouts of America. He is also a member of the steering committee for the South Coast Business and Technology Awards Dinner and Premier Professionals of Santa Barbara.

  • Frank Burgess

    Mr. Burgess is currently the President and Chief Executive Officer of Madison Investment Advisors, a portfolio management firm with $10 billion of assets under management, comprised of approximately 55% intermediate duration fixed income and other fixed income disciplines, and 45% growth-at-reasonable-price (GARP) style equity accounts. In 1994, Mr. Burgess helped organize, and is still currently a director of Capitol Bankshares Inc., serving on the Investment Committee, Compensation Committee and the Loan Committee. From 1967 to 1973, Mr. Burgess worked for Marshall & Isley Bank (formerly the Affiliated Bank of Madison) as a Trust and Investment Officer.

  • Darren D. Caesar

    Mr. Caesar is a licensed insurance broker and agent specializing in all forms of insurance coverage for the community bank market. He is currently President of Tecis Limited Liability Company, and Senior Vice President with Talbot Caesar & Seider Insurance Services. Currently he is an Executive and Governance Committee Member, and Chair of the Planning and Risk Management Committee for the Channel Islands YMCA, where he is responsible for the review of capital expansion plans.

  • Joe Campanelli

    Mr. Campanelli has been head of a successful general contracting firm headquartered in Santa Barbara for over 30 years, specializing in custom residential, commercial and green building. More information can be found at campanelliconstruction.com. He served two terms as President of the Santa Barbara Contractors Association established in 1948, and is currently a director of the non-profit environmental education foundation. He received multiple "Builder of the Year" awards for residential, commercial, and environmental building work. He continues to serve on the board of the Santa Barbara Chamber Orchestra, UCSB Economic Forecast and is a founder of the Green Building Alliance.

  • Michael Giles

    Mr. Giles worked as a senior executive with Merrill Lynch where he served as the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the International Banking Group, which included six wholly-owned subsidiary banks and securities brokerage subsidiaries in numerous countries. Earlier in his career, Mr. Giles was employed with Citibank working internationally in the Philippines, Indonesia, Thailand, Greece, and Saudi Arabia (Middle East headquarters) in charge of commercial and government banking. Mr. Giles has substantial experience in commercial and investment banking, having had interaction with various regulatory agencies, including the New York State Banking Department, London Financial Services Authority, Federal Reserve and Securities and Exchange Commission. Currently, Mr. Giles serves as Treasurer on the Board of the Foundation for Santa Barbara City College, and Director of Direct Relief International and PlanMember Financial Corporation.

  • Jody Dolan Holehouse CPA, CMA

    Ms. Holehouse is a partner in the firm of Nasif, Hicks, Harris & Co., LLP. She serves individual and business clients in tax planning and preparation, accounting and business analysis. Ms. Holehouse began her accounting career with Sloan Technology Corporation. Her early public accounting experience was with Bartlett, Pringle & Wolf. Ms. Holehouse is a past president and current member of the California Society of Certified Public Accountants Channel Counties Chapter and the Institute of Management Accountants Santa Barbara Chapter. She is also a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the Western Pension Benefits Conference. Ms. Holehouse earned her Bachelor of Arts degree with high honors from University of California at Santa Barbara. In our community, Ms. Holehouse is a past president of the Rotary Club of Santa Barbara Sunrise and Girls Incorporated of Greater Santa Barbara. She is current president of the Rotary Club of Santa Barbara Sunrise Charitable Foundation and a founding board member and Chief Financial Officer of the San Marcos High School AAPLE Foundation.

  • Douglas Margerum

    Mr. Margerum is the owner and wine maker at Margerum Wine Company. Mr. Margerum owned and operated the Wine Cask in Santa Barbara from 1981 to 2007 and is now a partner in the re-opened Wine Cask. Margerum Wine Company currently produces three primary wines: SYBARITE, ÜBER Syrah, and M5. Mr. Margerum also produces the wine for Happy Canyon Vineyards, is the consulting wine maker for Cent'Anni, and is a wine importer.

    www.margerumwinecompany.com

    www.winecask.com

  • Guy Taylor

    Recently launched Equi-Trax Asset Solutions, LP in July of 2008. Equi-Trax Asset Solutions, LP provides property valuations, inspections and customized solutions to financial institutions, Banks, Savings and Loans, Wall Street Firms, Credit Unions and Hedge Funds. The company is headquartered in Santa Barbara, California. Previously, Mr. Taylor served as Senior Vice President and Regional Sales Manager for Aurora Loan Services, a Lehman Brothers Company. Prior to his current employment, Mr. Taylor served as Senior Vice President, Western Division Manager of Bank of America, subsequently NationsBank. He has worked actively in the mortgage banking industry for 27 years and has served as a senior executive with various organizations. He previously served two terms on the Board of Directors for the California Mortgage Bankers Association.

  • Board Member Emeritus

    Jeffrey M. Giller (Founding Director)

    Alixe Mattingly (Founding Director)

    Palmer Jackson, Jr (Founding Director)

    Gordon McKay, CPA (Founding Director)

  • Founding Organizers

    Dennis Baker, M.D

    Barbara Donnelly, M.D.

    Julie Friedman

    Morrie Jurkowitz

    Harvey Bottelson