George Tabata Joins Ojai Community Bank

Ojai, California, April 1, 2010—Ojai Community Bank is pleased to announce that George Tabata has joined the Bank as a Commercial Loan Officer. "We are excited to have George as part of our successful loan team. George continues our tradition of making local decisions on loans for our clients; he is a community banker who defines the role of a relationship banker." said Don Scanlin, Chairman of the Board of Ojai Community Bank.

George has been a community banker in Ventura County for over 25 years. His expertise includes business loans, loans for professionals, commercial and residential real estate loans and consumer loans. George is a graduate of the California Banking School and a member of the CPA/Law Society of Ventura County; he also serves on the Board for the non-profit CAPS-TV. George resides in Ventura with his wife Linda. He can be reached at gtabata@ojaicommunitybank.com.

A locally owned community bank, Ojai Community Bank was founded in 2005. The bank continues the tradition of donating $25 to a local charity of the account holder’s choice for each new account opened. “This really gives the local community power to direct donations to the non-profit service providers they feel need their support” said Scanlin. Ojai Community Bank offers a variety of competitive deposit and lending solutions for businesses and consumers including: consumer loans, business loans and lines of credit, credit cards, merchant services, online banking and cash management.

In 2007 Ojai Community Bank was designated as one of the top ten “denovo” banks in the United States, and also Ojai Chamber of Commerce Small Business of the Year for 2007. Ojai Community Bank has $110 million in assets and three locations to serve Ojai and Santa Paula.

Ojai Community Bank is a publicly traded company, traded under the symbol OJCB on the Over the Counter Bulletin Board (www.otcbb.com). Located at 402 W. Ojai Avenue, the Bank was created from a locally generated capital offering, and is primarily owned by Ojai Valley investors. Member FDIC.

Company Contact:
Donald Scanlin, Chairman of the Board,
or David Brubaker, President/CEO, Ojai Community Bank, 805-646-9909
Public Relations Contact:
Barbara Brown, BBM&D Strategic Branding, 805-667-6671

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