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Senior Management
Paul W. Taylor President and Chief Executive Officer
Mr. Taylor is the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company. Mr. Taylor was appointed President and CEO in May 2011 and as a director of the Company as of July 2011. He is also the Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of the Company's subsidiary, Guaranty Bank and Trust Company. Prior to becoming the Company's President and CEO, Mr. Taylor was Executive Vice President, Chief Financial and Operating Officer and Secretary of the Company (serving in one or more of those capacities since 2004). From 2000 to 2004, he served as Chief Financial Officer of the Company's predecessor. During his 27-year banking and investment banking career, he worked for Alex Sheshunoff Investment Banking as a Director of Mergers and Acquisitions. He was also an investment banker with Century Capital Group, where he advised small businesses on M&A and financing. Mr. Taylor worked for KeyCorp for 12 years in both New York and the Rocky Mountain Region in numerous management positions and left the company as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Rocky Mountain Region. Mr. Taylor brings extensive experience in banking and executive management to our Board. Mr. Taylor's experience as a leader in our market provides insight to our Board on the factors that impact both the Company and our communities. Moreover, Mr. Taylor's day to day leadership and intimate knowledge of our business and operations provide the Board with company-specific experience and expertise.
Christopher G. Treece Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Secretary
Mr. Treece is Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Secretary of the Company and holds the same positions at Guaranty Bank and Trust Company. He also has served as a director of Guaranty Bank and Trust Company since 2009. Prior to being appointed Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Secretary in July 2011, Mr. Treece served as the Company's and the bank's Senior Vice President and Corporate Controller. Prior to joining the Company in 2007, Mr. Treece worked at UMB Financial Corporation in Kansas City, Missouri, a multi-bank holding company with $13 billion in assets, for approximately four years as Senior Vice President, Controller, Tax Director and Chief Accounting Officer. In this position, he managed the Corporate Finance, Tax, Purchasing, Accounts Payable and Payroll departments and was responsible for internal controls over financial reporting. As Chairman of UMB's Disclosure Committee, he worked closely with the Board's audit committee. As the controller and chief accounting officer, he had significant interaction with the management reporting, investor relations, operations, facilities, human resources and the treasury departments. Prior to joining UMB, Mr. Treece worked for seven years at RSM McGladrey within the financial services group, working with over one-hundred community banks throughout Colorado, Oklahoma, Kansas and Missouri. Mr. Treece began his career at KPMG in Kansas City, where he worked over five years primarily with community banks as well as other financial institutions and several insurance companies.
Cathy P. Goss Executive Vice President, Chief Credit Officer
Ms. Goss is Executive Vice President and Chief Credit Officer of the Company and holds the same position at Guaranty Bank and Trust Company. Ms. Goss also has served as a director of Guaranty Bank and Trust Company since March 2011. Prior to being appointed as Executive Vice President and Chief Credit Officer in November 2011, Ms. Goss served as Executive Vice President, Commercial Banking of Guaranty Bank and Trust Company. Prior to joining the Company in 2006, Ms. Goss worked at U.S. Bank for 21 years, ending in the capacity of Senior Vice President and Manager for the Commercial Banking team. Ms. Goss served in a management capacity at U.S. Bank since 1996, including five years where (in addition to running a commercial team), she managed business banking lending groups in North Denver, Colorado Springs and Pueblo. Prior to 1996, Ms. Goss was a senior relationship manager, progressing into this role after two years of formal credit training at the beginning of her banking career. Ms. Goss serves as a member of the board of directors of the Denver Rescue Mission and Encon United.
Michael B. Hobbs President - Guaranty Bank & Trust Company
Mr. Hobbs is the President and a director of Guaranty Bank and Trust Company, joining the Company in July 2011. From 2009 to July 2011, Mr. Hobbs served as Managing Director, Financial Institutions Group Investment Banking with St. Charles Capital, LLC, an investment banking firm. Prior to St. Charles Capital, Mr. Hobbs served in several positions with KeyCorp, including as (1) President of the Rocky Mountain Region (Colorado, Utah and Idaho) from 2007 - 2009, representing and managing approximately $5 billion in assets and 110 branches, (2) President of the Colorado District for KeyCorp from 2005 - 2007, representing and managing approximately $2 billion in assets and 45 branches, (3) Regional Executive & EVP—Rocky Mountain Region Commercial Banking from 2003 - 2005, (4) Senior Vice President—McDonald Investments/Investment Banking from 1999 to 2003 and (5) Senior Vice President—Colorado Commercial Banking from 1996 - 1999.
Board of Directors
Edward B. Cordes Chairman
Mr. Cordes has served as Chairman of the Board since May 2011. Mr. Cordes is an owner and President of Cordes & Company, a consulting firm specializing in insolvencies and economic valuations. Mr. Cordes is also the owner and President of Cordes & Company Financial Services, Inc., which acquires troubled assets. He has been appointed the duty of Receiver or Trustee in over 200 court actions. During his 33 years as a certified public accountant, Mr. Cordes had served in senior management positions with Ernst & Young and Cooperative Service Company. He holds a B.B.A. degree from Colorado State University and an M.A. Accountancy degree from the University of Nebraska. Mr. Cordes is a member of the Association of Insolvency Accountants, National Association of Forensic Economics and National Association of Certified Valuation Analysts. He is also active in the Denver community by continued support of various charitable organizations and serves on the Colorado State Fair Board. He is past National Chairman of the National Association of Certified Valuation Analysts. Mr. Cordes brings extensive experience in accounting and work-out situations to our Board, as well as leadership and risk assessment skills. In addition, his integral involvement in some of the communities which we serve provides the Board an important perspective.
John M. Eggemeyer
Mr. Eggemeyer served as Chairman of the Board of the Company from 2004 to 2010. From 2004 to 2006, Mr. Eggemeyer also served as Chief Executive Officer of the Company. He is a co-founder and chief executive of Castle Creek Capital LLC, a merchant banking firm specializing in the financial services industry, and Castle Creek Financial LLC, a licensed broker/dealer. Mr. Eggemeyer serves as Chairman of the Board of PacWest Bancorp, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of White River Capital, Inc. and a director of Heritage Commerce Corp. Mr. Eggemeyer also currently serves as a trustee of Northwestern University and the Parent Advisory Board of Stanford University. Mr. Eggemeyer brings extensive leadership and banking experience to our Board, including specific community banking expertise and management experience, as well as public company expertise and consensus-building skills. In addition, his knowledge of and experience in capital markets is an invaluable resource as the Company regularly assesses its capital and liquidity needs. Finally, he provides perspective to the Board as a key investor in the Company.
Keith R. Finger
Since 2007, Mr. Finger has been the founder and principal of Monarch Natural Gas Holdings, LLC (and its predecessor Monarch Investments Holdings, LLC), a natural gas gathering and processing company, which is a portfolio company of Metalmark Capital. From 1992 to 2007, Mr. Finger served as founder, principal and chief financial officer to several natural gas gathering, processing and marketing companies, including Cantera Natural Gas, LLC, Canyon Natural Gas, LLC, Highlands Natural Gas, Inc. and Mountain Gas Resources, Inc., each of which was a portfolio company of Morgan Stanley Capital Partners and eventually sold. In the 1980s, Mr. Finger served as chief financial officer for two publicly traded oil and gas exploration companies, Ensource Inc. (NYSE listed) and Presidio Oil Company (AMEX listed). Previously, Mr. Finger was a CPA with Deloitte & Touche for six years. Mr. Finger is currently a member of The Economic Club of Colorado. He holds a Masters of Taxation from the University of Denver and an MBA and a BS (Business & Economics) degree from the University of Kansas. Mr. Finger also served in the United States Army from 1969 to 1972, with two tours in South Vietnam. Mr. Finger brings extensive knowledge and experience in finance and accounting and the oil and gas industry, as well as public company experience and leadership and risk assessment skills to our Board. In addition, his integral involvement in some of the communities which we serve provides the Board an important perspective.
Stephen D. Joyce
For the past 35 years, Mr. Joyce has been the owner and President of Supermarket Liquors, Inc., located in Fort Collins, Colorado, where he is active in the community. Mr. Joyce is also a 50% owner of Boomer Music LLC located in Ft. Collins. From 1987 to September 2005, Mr. Joyce served as a director of First MainStreet Financial, Ltd., most recently as Chairman of the Board. Mr. Joyce brings to our Board an understanding of one of our previously acquired bank's history and customer base, as well as management expertise and leadership skills to our Board. In addition, his integral involvement in some of the communities which we serve provides the Board an important perspective.
Gail H. Klapper
Since 1989, Ms. Klapper has served as the Member/Director of the Colorado Forum, a statewide, bipartisan organization of chief executive officers and leading professionals who work on public policy issues related to Colorado. She is also the Managing Attorney of The Klapper Firm, the President of Ward Lake Sales Company and Manager of 6K Ranch LLC. In 1976, she was appointed by President Ford as a White House Fellow and Special Assistant to the Secretary of the Interior. After her term in Washington, Ms. Klapper served as a member of Colorado Governor Richard D. Lamm's Cabinet. Ms. Klapper currently serves on the Board of Maxim Series Fund, Inc. a subsidiary of Great-West Life & Annuity Insurance Company, and as a Director of the National Western Stock Show Association. Ms. Klapper received her B.A. in Political Science from Wellesley College and earned a Juris Doctor degree at the University of Colorado Law School. Ms. Klapper brings leadership skills in consensus-building to our Board, as well as her extensive expertise and knowledge of the Colorado economic, political and business environment. In addition, her integral involvement in some of the communities which we serve provides the Board an important perspective.
Stephen G. McConahey
Mr. McConahey is currently chairman of SGM Capital, LLC and co-founder and partner of Iron Gate Capital, a private equity investment firm. Previously, Mr. McConahey was president and chief operating officer of EVEREN Capital Corporation and its principal subsidiary, EVEREN Securities, Inc. Mr. McConahey began his career in the securities brokerage industry in 1977 when he joined Boettcher and Company in Denver, Colorado. At Boettcher, he was named chairman and chief executive officer in 1984. He joined Kemper Financial Services in 1985 shortly after Boettcher was acquired by Kemper Corporation. Earlier in his career, Mr. McConahey received a White House Fellowship and served as a program manager in the U.S. Department of Transportation. He also served as a member of President Ford's senior White House staff as Special Assistant for Intergovernmental Affairs. Mr. McConahey received a bachelor's degree from the University of Wisconsin and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School. Mr. McConahey is active in numerous national and community boards and advisory groups, and currently serves on the board of the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Foundation, the Denver School of Science and Technology, the Boys and Girls Clubs of Metro Denver and the Metro Denver Sports Commission. He also currently serves on corporate boards of CalDak International, Maxim Series Fund, Inc., a subsidiary of Great-West Life & Annuity Insurance Company, and IMA Financial Group, Inc. Mr. McConahey brings extensive financial services experience and perspective to our Board, as well as leadership skills. In addition, his integral involvement in some of the communities which we serve provides the Board an important perspective.
Paul W. Taylor
Mr. Taylor is the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company. Mr. Taylor was appointed President and CEO in May 2011 and as a director of the Company as of July 2011. He is also the Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of the Company's subsidiary, Guaranty Bank and Trust Company. Prior to becoming the Company's President and CEO, Mr. Taylor was Executive Vice President, Chief Financial and Operating Officer and Secretary of the Company (serving in one or more of those capacities since 2004). From 2000 to 2004, he served as Chief Financial Officer of the Company's predecessor. During his 27-year banking and investment banking career, he worked for Alex Sheshunoff Investment Banking as a Director of Mergers and Acquisitions. He was also an investment banker with Century Capital Group, where he advised small businesses on M&A and financing. Mr. Taylor worked for KeyCorp for 12 years in both New York and the Rocky Mountain Region in numerous management positions and left the company as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Rocky Mountain Region. Mr. Taylor brings extensive experience in banking and executive management to our Board. Mr. Taylor's experience as a leader in our market provides insight to our Board on the factors that impact both the Company and our communities. Moreover, Mr. Taylor's day to day leadership and intimate knowledge of our business and operations provide the Board with company-specific experience and expertise.
W. Kirk Wycoff
Since 2007, Mr. Wycoff has been a managing partner of Patriot Financial Partners, a private equity fund focused on investing in community banks and thrifts throughout the United States. He has more than 25 years of entrepreneurial banking experience. Mr. Wycoff also serves as a director of the Company's subsidiary, Guaranty Bank and Trust Company. He also serves as Chairman of Continental Bank Holdings, Inc., a director of Franklin Security Bancorp, Inc., a director of Heritage Commerce Corp and a director of Porter Bancorp, Inc. From 2005 to 2007, Mr. Wycoff served as President and CEO of Continental. From 1991 to 2004, Mr. Wycoff was Chairman and CEO of Progress Financial Corp., which was acquired by FleetBoston Financial Corp. in 2004. Mr. Wycoff earned his B.A. degree in Business Administration from Franklin & Marshall College. Mr. Wycoff serves on the Board of Directors of non-profit corporations including the Continental Foundation, which raises money for less privileged children, and the Lincoln Center, which helps to provide alternative education programs for troubled youth and also helps families with life transitions. Mr. Wycoff brings extensive leadership and community banking experience to our Board, including executive management experience, as well as public company expertise and risk assessment skills. In addition, he provides perspective to the Board as a key investor in the Company.
Albert C. Yates
Dr. Yates retired in June 2003 after 13 years as President of Colorado State University. He was also Chancellor of the Colorado State University System until October 2003, and is a former member of the board of the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City-Denver Branch and the board of directors of First Interstate Bank. He currently serves as a director of Level 3 Communications. Dr. Yates also served as a director of Adolph Coors Company from 1998 to 2005, a director of StarTek, Inc. from 2004 to 2011, a member of the board of trustees of the Berger Funds from 2001 to 2005, a director and Chairman of the Board of Centennial Bank of the West, a former subsidiary of the Company, from 2002 through 2004, and a director of Dominion Industrial Capital Bank from 1999 to 2000. Dr. Yates graduated magna cum laude from Memphis State University, with degrees in chemistry and mathematics. He earned his doctorate in theoretical chemical physics from Indiana University at Bloomington. Dr. Yates' extensive background in education and administration provides our Board with leadership and consensus-building skills on a variety of matters, including corporate governance. In addition, he brings to the Board extensive experience and related expertise serving on a variety of public company boards, including the compensation and audit committees of some of those companies.
