Former Wine Industry CEO and Napa Valley Resident Joins CommunityBank Board
NOVATO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
The Board of Directors of Bank of Marin Bancorp (NASDAQ:BMRC), parent
company of Bank of Marin (collectively, the “Company”), has appointed
Michaela Rodeno to its Boards of Directors, effective July 2, 2012.
Rodeno brings 40 years of business and wine industry experience to the
Company Boards, which now have 12 active members. During her
distinguished career in the wine industry, Rodeno was employee #2 and
the Vice President of Marketing for Domaine Chandon, and was the first
CEO of St. Supery Winery – one of the industry’s very few female CEOs.
During her 21-year tenure, she also served as a board director of
Silicon Valley Bank for ten years and served in leadership roles on the
audit, compensation and lending committees during a time of significant
growth for that Bank.
“We are delighted to have Michaela join the Company as a Board Member,”
said Joel Sklar MD, Chairman of the Board. “Michaela’s leadership skills
and significant management and board experience will be of great value,
particularly as we continue to expand in Napa and Sonoma Counties and
build our wine and wine-related portfolio, which is one of our highest
priorities. Michaela has a strong track record of success in business
and driving positive change in the community, and she will be a
wonderful ambassador for the Company.”
Rodeno is retired and remains active in business, serving on the
Advisory Board for Round Pond Estate, a winery in Rutherford, Napa
Valley, and on the boards of two industry trade associations, including
Visit Napa Valley [formerly known as the Napa Valley Destination
Council] of which she is Chairman, and the Wine Market Council. She has
been serving as an advisor to Astia since 2010, a global organization
that works with and mentors scalable women-owned businesses. She also
lectures in the International and Executive programs for the University
of San Francisco School of Business and manages the Rodeno family
winery, Villa Ragazzi.
Rodeno is a graduate of the University of California, Davis and earned
an MBA at the Haas School of Business at the University of California,
Berkeley. In addition, she attended the Stanford – Wharton – Chicago
Directors College at Stanford. Rodeno has won numerous awards including
being named to the Haas Hall of Fame and the Women for Wine Sense Hall
of Fame.
Rodeno and her family currently reside in Napa Valley, California.
About Bank of Marin
Bank of Marin, as the sole subsidiary of Bank of Marin Bancorp
(NASDAQ:BMRC), is the premier community and business bank in Marin
County with 17 offices in Marin, San Francisco, Napa and Sonoma
counties. Bank of Marin offers business and personal banking, private
banking and wealth management services, with a strong focus on
supporting local businesses in the community. Incorporated in 1989, Bank
of Marin has received the highest five star rating from Bauer Financial
for more than twelve years (www.bauerfinancial.com)
and has been recognized for several years as one of the "Best Places to
Work in the Bay Area" and one of the "Top Corporate Philanthropists" by
the San Francisco Business Times. With assets exceeding $1.4 billion,
Bank of Marin Bancorp is included in the Russell 2000 Small-Cap Index
and has been recognized as a Top 200 Community Bank for the past five
years by US Banker Magazine. For more information, visit www.bankofmarin.com.
Bank of Marin Bancorp
Sandy Pfaff, 415-819-7447
Pfaff PR for
Bank of Marin
sandy@pfaffpr.com
Source: Bank of Marin Bancorp