Bank Presidents Seminar

Steve Brown has been providing insight and working with community banks for more than 30 years. Steve is also the author of the BID daily, read by over 85,000 bankers and regulators.

Peter Buck is a managing director in the financial services group at Piper Sandler.

Previously, he was a managing director in the investment banking group of Sandler O’Neill & Partners, L.P. where he provided merger and acquisition, capital raising and overall strategic planning advice for financial institutions nationwide.  While with Sandler O’Neill, Buck helped clients structure over 50 M&A transactions and was involved in numerous capital raising transactions.

Tim Myers, Bank of Marin’s president and chief executive officer, began his career at Bank of Marin in 2007 as regional manager of the Bank’s San Francisco Commercial Banking Office. In 2013, Myers was promoted to lead the Commercial Banking division and—in 2020—was named chief operating officer. Recognized for his thoughtful leadership style and calm demeanor, Tim took on the role of president and CEO in November 2021.

Jeffrey J. Wishner is a Managing Director in the San Francisco office at Keefe, Bruyette & Woods. Mr. Wishner has 30 years of experience advising West Coast banks, thrifts and financial institutions on mergers and acquisitions and capital raising transactions.

Michael Reed advises on public and private transactional, strategic, regulatory, compliance, corporate finance and disclosure matters. He represents publicly and privately held companies and private equity firms, with an emphasis on financial institutions, fintech companies and diversified companies.

Kevin Gould joined the California Bankers Association (CBA) in 2004, bringing with him more than seven years of experience as staff in the California Legislature. In his role as executive vice president and director of government relations, he oversees the management and operation of CBA’s government relations department and also serves as one of CBA’s three registered lobbyists.

Barry A. Smith is a Shareholder and a senior member of the Firm’s Litigation Practice Group and Chairman of the Financial Institutions Practice Group. Mr. Smith focuses his practice on representing financial institutions and other business entities, both domestically and internationally. Mr. Smith has extensive experience in business and commercial litigation, creditors’ rights, real estate, loan workouts and restructuring, provisional remedies, receiverships, collections, and post-judgment enforcement. He also handles complex defense litigation including tort, contract law, and real estate.

Frank consults nationwide with CEOs and CFOs of financial institutions to increase earnings through the proactive management of capital, liquidity/funding risk, and interest rate risk. He is a frequent speaker and author on topics such as industry issues and trends, funding solutions, regulatory issues, interest rate risk management, capital management, and derivatives hedging techniques.

Sean is a Senior Manager in Wolf’s IT Assurance and Security group. This role entails developing security reviews, managing projects including security reviews (e.g., Active Directory, firewall configurations, etc.), vulnerability assessments, and penetration tests. Sean is also Wolf’s Lead QSA responsible for carrying out PCI DSS audits and mentoring Associate QSAs.

Alec Hollis joined ALM First Financial Advisors in 2012. As a Managing Director for the ALM Strategy Group, Alec is responsible for product management, including planning and execution of ALM First products and services, particularly related to asset/liability management, hedging and asset management strategy. He also assists in client service, in implementing client balance strategy and hedging programs.