Howard N. Gould

• Vice Chairman, Carpenter and Company since 2005.

• Director, Bridge Capital Holdings, from 2009 until it merged into Western Alliance Bank in June of 2015.

• California Commissioner of Financial Institutions under Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger from 2004 to 2005.

• Vice Chairman, Bank of the West, from 2002 to 2003.

• Vice Chairman and Chief Operating Officer, United California Bank, from 1992 until its acquisition by Bank of the West.

• Managing Partner, The Secura Group, a nationwide financial services consultancy, prior to 1992.

• Superintendent of Banks for the State of California under Governor George Deukmejian from 1983 to 1989.

• Retail Banking, Bank of America, prior to 1983.

• Statewide Corporate Public Affairs, Wells Fargo Bank, prior to 1983.