Presidio Bank announced that it has hired veteran banker, Laureen Cortez, as Senior Vice President/Relationship Manager in the Palo Alto Office. Laureen Cortez has over 25 years’ experience in the banking industry, with particular expertise managing and growing client relationships with small and mid-size companies and financially sophisticated individuals. She most recently worked as SVP/Senior Relationship Manager for Bank of America’s Business Bank division. She was at Bank of America for 17 years, working in the Commercial Banking Group and Private Banking as well as Business Banking.