Senior Management

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  Tom Beene

  President & Chief Executive Officer

  Mr. Beene began his banking career in 1972. He has served as Visalia Community Bank's CEO since 1996. While at VCB, the bank was awarded the 2004 Central California Excellence in Business award, the 2009 Best Companies to Work For in the Central Valley award, and the Visalia Chamber of Commerce 2011 Large Business of the Year award.

  Tom is from Visalia where he attended College of the Sequoias before transferring to California State Polytechnic University at San Luis Obispo, California, graduating in 1971 with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Agriculture. He obtained his advanced banking degree in Commercial Banking from the Southwestern Graduate School of Banking at Southern Methodist University in 1986. Tom has been involved with the California Bankers Association (CBA) since 1991 and currently serves as Vice-Chairman for the CBA's Board of Directors.

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  Renee Savage

  Senior Vice President & Chief Credit Officer

  Ms. Savage has been in banking for over 30 years, the last 21 with VCB. Working for a local, community bank has given her the opportunity to grow within the company. She started as a teller and worked in various departments within the Bank. Renee was the Vice President of Loan Operations for 16 years and most recently was named Chief Credit Officer. She is board member of the Tulare County Cattle Drive Beef Boosters and a supporter of the Future Farmers of America

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  Roger K. White

  Senior Vice President & Chief Financial Officer

  Mr. White is new to Visalia and to VCB, having recently moved here from Poulsbo, Washington, where he was a founding executive and Chief Financial Officer for a new community bank. He attended the University of Utah, where he earned his BS degree in Accounting and an MBA. He began his career in 1974 as a CPA with Ernst & Young (then Ernst & Whinney), serving clients in the financial industry as well as a variety of other companies in New Orleans, Stockholm, Brussels, and Tacoma. He became a banker in 1987 when he went to work as Vice President & Controller for a large regional bank in Tacoma, Washington, and has worked for the past 16 years as Chief Financial Officer for community banks in Juneau, Alaska and Poulsbo, Washington. Roger's community involvement over the years has included Kiwanis Club, Big Brothers Big Sisters, Lions Club, Junior Achievement, and numerous community groups.

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  Vernon L. Barr

  Senior Vice President & Commercial Lending Manager

  Mr. Barr came to Visalia ten years ago from Tucson, AZ. He graduated from the University of Arizona with a B.A. and M.B.A. in Business Administration and completed Commercial Lending Graduate School at the University of Oklahoma in Norman, OK. Vernon values the connection a local bank can have with the community it serves. Vernon is a past-president of the Downtown Visalians and remains active with that organization. He is a member of the County Center Rotary Club and previously served on its Board of Directors. He is also an active member and past president of the Executives Association of Tulare County.