Montecito Bank & Trust is pleased to announce that Craig A. Zimmerman has joined its Board of Directors. "Craig’s extensive real estate experience makes him highly qualified to join the bank’s board, and we look forward to his active participation," said Michael Towbes, Chairman. "The challenges of this economic cycle require astute board planning, and we determined that Craig’s skill set would be of great value and an excellent complement to our existing board talent."
Craig is the President of The Towbes Group, Inc., a full service, diversified real estate development and management company with more than 2,000 apartment units and 2.0 million commercial square feet under management. He joined The Towbes Group in January, 1999 after extensive commercial real estate experience in Los Angeles. He earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration, Entrepreneurial Services from the University of Southern California. Craig and his family live in Santa Barbara, and are actively involved in the community. Craig is a Board of Director at Barrister Executive Suites, Inc. and serves in many capacities for a variety of nonprofits. He serves as Board Chair of the UCSB Economic Forecast Project, Trustee of the Scholarship Foundation of Santa Barbara, Trustee of The Towbes Foundation, Trustee of Santa Barbara Middle School, Capital Campaign member for Goleta Valley Cottage Hospital and Habitat for Humanity, and served as a Katherine Harvey Fellow at The Santa Barbara Foundation. Craig is an avid bicyclist and participates regularly in racing competitions.
Montecito Bank & Trust, an S Corporation, is a locally owned community bank founded in 1975 and known for its ongoing support of the community through unique giving programs
such as Community Dividends® and Anniversary Grants®. The bank has branch offices in Santa Barbara, Goleta, Solvang, Montecito, Carpinteria, Ventura and Westlake Village. We offer a variety of competitive deposit and lending solutions for businesses and consumers including consumer loans, business loans and lines of credit, SBA loans, credit cards, merchant services, online and mobile banking, and cash management. Our Wealth Management Division, located in Montecito, Solvang and Ventura, provides full investment management as well as trust and estate services for all of the bank’s branch office markets.
For more information, please contact Carolyn C. Tulloh, Director of Marketing at (805) 564-0252 or ctulloh@montecito.com