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News Release - October,
2007
Thomas Elected
Chairman of the Board At United Way of Santa Barbara County
William S. “Tom” Thomas, Jr. has been elected chairman of
the board of directors at United Way of Santa Barbara County.
Thomas is the Community Relations Executive for Pacific Capital Bancorp,
a $7.5 billion financial services company, the 49 branch community bank
holding company headquartered in Santa Barbara. The company serves
Central Coast customers under the community bank brands of Santa Barbara
Bank & Trust, First National Bank of Central California, South Valley
National Bank, and San Benito Bank.
A 1965 graduate of the University of California, Berkeley, with an MBA
from the University of Southern California, Thomas started his career
with Chase Manhattan Bank in New York City. He held senior management
positions with Security Pacific National Bank for 16 years and then with
Bank of America following the merger of those two banks. He joined Santa
Barbara Bank & Trust in 1994, was named President & Chief Operating
Officer two years later, and served as President & Chief Executive
Officer of the bank and the holding company from 2000 to 2007.
A Montecito resident, Thomas is also a
trustee of the UCSB Foundation and the Courthouse Legacy Foundation and
serves a director on the boards of Family Service Agency and Partners In
Education. "The goal during my chairmanship is to
assist the staff and volunteers at United Way to move forward robustly
with the Power of Partnership™
Initiative,” stated Thomas. |
Media Contact Info:
United Way of Santa Barbara County, 805-965-8591
Email:marketing@unitedwaysb.org
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