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By Jorge Mercado / Monday, June 16th, 2025 / Banking & Finance, Banking Industry, Latest news, left, Santa Barbara County, Ventura County / Comments Off on BofA appoints new market executive for Ventura/Santa Barbara region
Jacky Holler, a woman with more than 30 years of financial industry experience, has been named as the new market executive for Ventura and Santa Barbara counties by Bank of America. Announced June 13, Holler will work closely with the bank’s local market leaders across its eight lines of business and market president Midge Campbell-Thomas Read More →
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By Henry Dubroff / Friday, June 13th, 2025 / Agribusiness, Latest news, Top Stories, Top Story, Tri-County Public Companies / Comments Off on Former Dole owner David Murdock dead at 102
David Murdock, the last of the old-school Los Angeles developers who helped transform greater Thousand Oaks into a major corporate center, has died at age 102. Murdock, a high school dropout from Missouri, built homes in Phoenix and Los Angeles in the boom years of the 1980s. After observing the growing use of leverage in Read More →
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By Jorge Mercado / Sunday, June 8th, 2025 / Banking & Finance, Latest news, Santa Barbara County, Tri-County Economy / Comments Off on Montecito Bank & Trust expands executive leadership team
Santa Barbara-based Montecito Bank & Trust is growing its C-suite after the bank announced that it has promoted Heather Ames to executive vice president and chief people officer. In this new role, Ames will join the MB&T Executive team and work alongside CEO and Chairman Janet Garufis, EVP Chief Financial Officer Bruce Stevens, EVP Chief Read More →
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By Jorge Mercado / Tuesday, June 3rd, 2025 / Banking & Finance, Central Coast, Latest news, middle, Tri-County Economy / Comments Off on F&M Trust hires new director to head fresh Santa Barbara office
A couple of months after Farmers & Merchants Bank of Long Beach announced its intention to grow its tri-county presence, Farmers & Merchants Trust company is doing the same thing with a new hire to head its fresh Santa Barbara office set to reopen next month. Salvatore “Tory” Milazzo was appointed to be F&M Trust’s newest senior vice president, trust and investment manager, the organization announced Read More →
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By Jorge Mercado / Monday, June 2nd, 2025 / Banking & Finance, Latest news, San Luis Obispo County / Comments Off on Glenn Burdette partners up with growth platform for CPA firms
Glenn Burdette has sold to regional accounting and advisory firm Ascend for an undisclosed amount, the San Luis Obispo-based CPA firm announced on June 1. Ascend, backed by private equity firm Alpine Investor, and its platform enables regional accounting firms with between $15 and $50 million of revenue. The company was founded two years ago. Read More →