Board of Directors

Stephen D. Pahl serves the Bank as Chairman of the Board. He is Senior Partner and Chairman of Pahl & McCay, a professional law corporation, based in San Jose, California. The practice focuses on real estate transactions and litigation, employment matters, and commercial litigation. Mr. Pahl has been an active member of the United State District Courts and served a three-year term on the Executive Committee of the Ninth Circuit Conference and the Judicial Council. He has also previously served several terms as Vice President of the Federal Bar Association (Northern District of California). Outside of the law, he is also active in business and local government, previously serving on the Los Altos Hills Planning Commission and currently serving on several boards of directors. Mr. Pahl and his wife Louise have also established the Pahl Center on the Study of Critical Social Issues at University of California, Santa Barbara, to fund interdisciplinary research and teaching on major social issues. For thirteen years, Mr. Pahl has been selected to Super Lawyers, an exclusive list of outstanding lawyers who have attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. During his tenure on the Santa Cruz County Bank Board of Directors, Mr. Pahl has previously chaired the Directors' Loan Committee and also served the Bank as its Corporate Secretary.

Board of Directors Chair
Audit Committee Member
Compensation Committee Member
Directors' Loan Committee Member
Governance and Nominating Committee Member
Asset Liability Management (ALCO) Committee Member

Mr. Burroughs is the Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Bank and is a retired certified financial planner and wealth manager, having served as a registered investment advisor from 2003 through 2017. He was the owner and founder of Burroughs Financial Services and Burroughs-Braley Wealth Management, based in Santa Cruz, California. Mr. Burroughs has an extensive history serving his community through numerous charitable organizations including the Santa Cruz Symphony, Rotary Club of Santa Cruz, Cabrillo College, Dominican Hospital, and the Santa Cruz Elks Lodge. He was Chairman of the Board of Directors of Foothill Securities, Inc. in Santa Clara, California, and a founder of and longtime board member for Coast Commercial Bank.

Asset Liability Management (ALCO) Committee Chair
Directors' Loan Committee Member
Governance and Nominating Committee Member

Ms. Chapin is Executive Vice President of the Don Chapin Company, Inc., a General Engineering Contractor based in Salinas, California. Ms. Chapin serves as Chief Contract Administrator for public works and private contracts and ensures regulatory compliance with public agencies. Ms. Chapin is a registered Professional Engineer and also serves as General Manager of Landset Engineers, Inc., a Civil Engineering Firm based in Salinas. Ms. Chapin serves on the board of the Salinas Valley Basin Groundwater Sustainability Agency, and as Treasurer of the Don and Barbara Chapin Foundation. She is a graduate of Leadership Salinas Valley and of Santa Cruz County's Focus Agriculture program.

Audit Committee Member
Governance and Nominating Committee Member

Mr. Chappell is a Certified Public Accountant and is a Partner Emeritus of the Watsonville, California office of the accounting firm of Hutchinson and Bloodgood LLP. Mr. Chappell is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the California Society of Certified Public Accountants. Mr. Chappell is a founder of Santa Cruz County Bank.

Audit Committee Chair
Directors' Loan Committee Member
Asset Liability Management (ALCO) Committee Member

Mr. French is a private investor. He previously served as President of French Resources Group, Inc., a real estate consulting company based in Santa Cruz, California, specializing in entitlement, development, and asset management. Mr. French also served for 15 years as Managing Director of Redtree Partners LP, a Santa Cruz based real estate company. Mr. French has over 30 years of experience in real estate entitlement, development, and investment. Mr. French is active in the community and has served as a director on the boards of many local nonprofit organizations.

Directors' Loan Committee Chair
Compensation Committee Member

Mr. Griffin is the Senior Partner and former Managing Partner of the Grunsky Law Firm, PC, in Watsonville, California. Mr. Griffin is a trial attorney and has represented a full range of businesses in administrative actions before various regulatory agencies. Mr. Griffin is actively involved in local businesses and is a member of the board of directors of the Pajaro Valley Chamber of Commerce and Agriculture, and the Santa Cruz County Business Council. Mr. Griffin is a founder of Santa Cruz County Bank.

Compensation Committee Chair
Audit Committee Member
Governance and Nominating Committee Member

Krista Snelling serves as President and CEO of Santa Cruz County Bank. Ms. Snelling joined the Bank in March 2021 and has 25+ years of banking experience. Ms. Snelling currently serves on the boards of the California Bankers Association, as Chairman-Elect, the Monterey Bay Economic Partnership (MBEP), and Santa Cruz County Bank, and as Finance Committee Member for the Community Foundation of Santa Cruz County. She has served on the Executive Advisory Council of University of the Pacific's Eberhardt School of Business since 2011. She is also a member of Rotary Club of Santa Cruz and the 2023 Focus Agriculture Class, a program of the educational nonprofit organization Agri-Culture. Ms. Snelling previously served as Chief Financial Officer, Executive Vice President, Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer of Five Star Bank. Ms. Snelling graduated from the University of the Pacific with a Bachelor of Science degree with a double major in Mathematics and Economics. She also holds a Master of Arts degree in Economics from University of California, Davis. In 2019, Ms. Snelling was recognized by the Sacramento Business Journal as a CFO of the Year. She was named as a Sacramento Business Journal Woman Who Means Business in 2020. Also that year, Ms. Snelling was awarded the Nancy Hotchkiss Woman of Impact Award by Commercial Real Estate Women (CREW), recognizing her impact on the commercial real estate industry. Ms. Snelling was selected as a 2022 Woman of Influence by the Silicon Valley Business Journal, and most recently was named in their inaugural Power 100, Silicon Valley's Most Influential Leaders list.

Directors' Loan Committee Member
Asset Liability Management Committee

Mr. Weisenstein is a retired Intel executive and private investor. He previously served as Chief Executive Officer at Day One Solar, Inc. and President at Graystone Consulting LLC. He was an active business consultant, executive coach, angel investor, business school instructor, board member, and founder in a variety of new business ventures. Mr. Weisenstein serves as Treasurer on the board of the Community Foundation of Santa Cruz County, and as a Senior Director of Rotary Club of Santa Cruz. He previously served as Vice President and board member of the Santa Cruz Symphony Association, and as a business counselor at Cabrillo College's Small Business Development Corp.

Governance and Nominating Committee Chair
Audit Committee Member
Compensation CommitteeMember
Asset Liability Management (ALCO) Committee Member