Don Griffith

Chief Executive Officer at LIBERTY BANCORP (SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, CA)

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Don M.
Griffith is the founder of First Coastal Bank, NA, founded in 1993.
Mr. Griffith is also the founder of D M Griffith & Co., Inc...
Current positions include Chief Executive Officer & Director at Liberty Bank NA (California) starting in 2026, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer at Liberty Bancorp (California), Director at Pacific Premier Bank since 2018, Independent Director at Kamakura Corp.
since 2020, and Advisor at Wedbush Ventures Management LLC.
Former positions include Chairman & Chief Executive Officer at First Coastal Bancshares, Inc., Grandpoint Capital, Inc., Grandpoint Bank, and DMG Bancshares, Inc.; Chairman at Opus Bank; Director at Wedbush, Inc. and Wedbush Opportunity Capital LLC; Director at Pacific Premier Bancorp, Inc. from 2018 to 2019; Chief Financial Officer & Executive Vice President at First Interstate Bancorp (California) from 1979 to 1988; and Principal at Bank of America Corp.
Education includes undergraduate studies at Stanford University, graduate studies at the University of California, and an MBA from Harvard Business School.

Don Griffith active positions

Companies	Position	Start
LIBERTY BANCORP (SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, CA)	Chief Executive Officer	-
Wedbush Ventures Management LLC Wedbush Ventures Management LLC Investment ManagersFinance Wedbush Ventures invests in companies located in the United States. The firm focuses on fintech, commerce & media, future of work and healthcare sectors. It provides financing for pre-seed and seed stage capital requirements. The firm does not invest in biotech, medical devices and cannabis sectors.	Consultant / Advisor	-
Liberty Bank NA (California) Liberty Bank NA (California) Major BanksFinance Operates as a nationally chartered commercial bank	Chief Executive Officer	-
Kamakura Corp. Kamakura Corp. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Provides software, data and consulting services that helps financial organizations	Director/Board Member	2020-07-19
Pacific Premier Bank Pacific Premier Bank Regional BanksFinance Provides banking services	Director/Board Member	2018-06-30

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Former positions of Don Griffith

Companies	Position	End
PACIFIC PREMIER BANCORP	Director/Board Member	2019-03-25
First Coastal Bancshares, Inc. First Coastal Bancshares, Inc. Financial ConglomeratesFinance Bank holding company	Chairman	2013-06-23
First Coastal Bank, NA First Coastal Bank, NA Major BanksFinance National commercial bank	Founder	2006-12-31
First Interstate Bancorp (California) First Interstate Bancorp (California) Financial ConglomeratesFinance Operates as a bank holding company	Director of Finance/CFO	1987-12-31
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First Interstate Bancorp (California) First Interstate Bancorp (California) Financial ConglomeratesFinance Operates as a bank holding company	Finance
Bank of America Corp. Bank of America Corp. Major BanksFinance Operates as a bank holding company whose subsidiaries provides consumer and global banking, markets brokerage & wealth and investment management services	Finance
Liberty Bancorp (California) Liberty Bancorp (California) Major BanksFinance Operates as a bank holding company which provides national banking services	Finance
Pacific Premier Bancorp, Inc. Pacific Premier Bancorp, Inc. Regional BanksFinance Operates as a bank holding company through its subsidiary provides state-chartered commercial banking services	Finance
First Coastal Bancshares, Inc. First Coastal Bancshares, Inc. Financial ConglomeratesFinance Bank holding company	Finance
WEDBUSH, Inc. WEDBUSH, Inc. Financial ConglomeratesFinance Provides financial, securities brokerage, wealth management and investment banking services	Finance
Wedbush Opportunity Capital LLC Wedbush Opportunity Capital LLC Investment ManagersFinance Wedbush Opportunity Capital (WOC) focuses on investments in undervalued and capital constrained public and private companies that have significant potential for appreciation. The firm invests with high quality management teams with domain expertise and expects management to retain or make a significant equity investment. They look for fundamentally sound smaller public companies with attractive business prospects that require equity capital from non-traditional sources. WOC often invests in companies that are underappreciated by Wall Street analysts and institutional investors due to their size, industry or recent disappointing performance. The firm maintains a longer-term investment approach. They provide capital for organic growth, acquisitions or recapitalizations. Typically, WOC builds an equity position through public market purchases or privately negotiated transactions. Companies and their Boards of Directors often partner with the firm in privately-negotiated transactions including recapitalizations, structured equity investments or block trades. WOC tends to invest in the stocks of US small-cap companies in the electronic technology, industrial services and healthcare services sectors.	Finance
Stanford University Stanford University Other Consumer ServicesConsumer Services Functions as a College/University	Consumer Services
First Coastal Bank, NA First Coastal Bank, NA Major BanksFinance National commercial bank	Finance
Pacific Premier Bank Pacific Premier Bank Regional BanksFinance Provides banking services	Finance
Liberty Bank NA (California) Liberty Bank NA (California) Major BanksFinance Operates as a nationally chartered commercial bank	Finance
Grandpoint Capital, Inc. Grandpoint Capital, Inc. Regional BanksFinance Operates as a bank holding company whose subsidiary provides banking services	Finance
Kamakura Corp. Kamakura Corp. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Provides software, data and consulting services that helps financial organizations	Technology Services
Grandpoint Bank Grandpoint Bank Regional BanksFinance Operates as a commercial bank	Finance
Opus Bank Opus Bank Regional BanksFinance Operates as a state commercial bank	Finance
University of California University of California Other Consumer ServicesConsumer Services Functions as a College/University	Consumer Services
Harvard Business School Harvard Business School Other Consumer ServicesConsumer Services Functions as a College/University	Consumer Services
D M Griffith & Co., Inc.
Wedbush Ventures Management LLC Wedbush Ventures Management LLC Investment ManagersFinance Wedbush Ventures invests in companies located in the United States. The firm focuses on fintech, commerce & media, future of work and healthcare sectors. It provides financing for pre-seed and seed stage capital requirements. The firm does not invest in biotech, medical devices and cannabis sectors.	Finance
DMG Bancshares, Inc. DMG Bancshares, Inc. Major BanksFinance Operates as a bank holding company whose subsidiaries provides national banking services	Finance