Stellar Business Bank Announces Kathleen Hatcher as Vice President & Community Banking Manager

COVINA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Stellar Business Bank (OTC Bulletin Board: SLRB.OB) announces the appointment of Kathleen Hatcher as the Bank’s new Vice President and Community Banking Manager.

Ms. Hatcher joins Stellar Business Bank with more than 20 years of local banking experience, having served the San Gabriel Valley and Inland Empire markets with such organizations as Foothill Independent Bank, who was acquired by First Community Bancorp (Pacific Western Bank) in 2006, and was most recently a Vice President of Vineyard Bank’s Irwindale Office. Kathleen’s expertise includes relationship banking services, developing customer deposits, and providing targeted loan programs and cash management solutions. Ms. Hatcher is a member of the Glendora Rotary Club and active in several area Chambers of Commerce and local charities. A graduate of Covina’s Charter Oak High School, Ms. Hatcher is a lifelong Southern California resident who has an excellent working knowledge of the Bank’s market area, as well as the banking needs of our area’s businesses and residents.

As Stellar Business Bank’s Vice President and Community Banking Manager, Ms. Hatcher will be responsible for ensuring the Bank’s service culture, working with customers’ deposit and lending needs, and serving the community in a variety of capacities.

“I believe that attracting and retaining talented, established and local banking professionals is fundamental to our success as a community bank,” states Timothy P. Walbridge, President and CEO. “To our customers, present and future, our team members ’are the Bank.’ It is with great pleasure that we announce the addition of Kathleen Hatcher to the Stellar Business Bank Team.”

Kathleen Hatcher may be contacted at the Bank’s Covina Office located at 100 N. Azusa Avenue in Covina, California and by calling 626.214.1760. For more information about Stellar Business Bank, please visit www.stellarbusinessbank.com.

Certain statements in this press release, including statements regarding the anticipated development and expansion of Stellar Business Bank’s business, and the intent, belief or current expectations of the Bank, its directors or its officers, are “forward looking” statements (as such term is defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995). Because such statements are subject to risks and uncertainties, actual results may differ materially from those expressed or implied by such forward looking statements. These risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, risks related to the local and national economy, the Bank’s performance, including its ability to generate loan and deposit growth, changes in interest rates, regulatory matters, and those discussed in filings by the Bank with the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. Member FDIC and Equal Housing Lender.

Stellar Business Bank
Timothy P. Walbridge, President & CEO
626.214.3040