Karyn Elkington

Vineyard National Bancorp operated as a bank holding company. Its principal activities are to provide commercial banking services to individuals, small and medium sized businesses. Its commercial banking services included acceptance of checking and saving deposits and making various types of installment, commercial and real estate loans. The company was headquartered in Irvine, CA.

Part of Citigroup, Inc., Geneva Group, Inc. is a company that provides financial advisory services specializing in the sale of privately-held, middle market companies. The company is based in Irvine, CA. The company was founded by James H. Watts. Geneva Group was acquired by Citigroup Global Markets, Inc. (Broker) on January 31, 2001 for $238.72 million.

Washington Mutual, Inc. provides financial services to consumers and mid sized businesses in the United States. The company primarily operates through three segments: retail banking & financial services, mortgage banking and commercial banking. The retail banking and financial services segment provides investment advisory and brokerage services, sales of annuities, mutual fund management and other financial services. This segment also purchases and re-underwrites loans to subprime borrowers. The mortgage banking segment offers various home loans including fixed rate home loans, adjustable rate home loans, hybrid home loans, option ARMs and government insured or guaranteed home loans. The commercial segment provides financing to developers and investors for the acquisition or construction of multifamily dwellings and other commercial properties, originates and services multifamily and other commercial real estate loans. The company was founded in August 1994 and is headquartered in Seattle, WA.