BNET Industries
Last Fiscal Year Sales:$41.5M
- Public
- US
Dow Jones Description
Like its namesake, this company is truly a classic. Founded in 1988 and headquartered in San Rafael, CA, Epic Bancorp (NASDAQ: EPIK) is the holding company for Tamalpais Bank, a commercial bank serving customers in Marin County, CA. The bank offers a multitude of services to its customers, including tiered money market accounts, mortgages, home equity lines, individual retirement accounts, electronic funds transfers, and financial advice. The company has six branches throughout the country. It had 2005 revenue of about $30.4 million and employs about 75 people. In 2005, the company opened its seventh full-service branch, in Tiburon, CA.
CEO
Mark GarwoodNumber of Employees 80
Contact Information
630 Las Gallinas Ave
San Rafael, California 94903
1 415 526 6414
Peer Companies
NAICS Code Trust, Fiduciary, and Custody Activities: 523991
Decision Makers
| Name (plus bio) | Position |
|---|---|
| Mark Garwood | CEO |
| Michael Moulton | Chief Financial Officer |
| Carol Seebach | Vice President |
| Evelyn Dilsaver | Leader |
Board of Directors
| Name (plus bio) | Position |
|---|---|
| Paul David Schaeffer | Director of Epic Bancorp and Tamalpais Bank and Chairman of Tamalpais Wealth Advisor |
| Alan Bortel | Board of Directors |
| Carolyn B. Horan | Vice Chairman |
| David Schaeffer Paul | Board of Directors |
| Larry Rosenberger | Board of Directors |
| Richard E. Smith | Board of Directors |
| Robert Heller | Board of Directors |
| W. Jeffery Tappan | Board of Directors |
| William Jeffery Tappan | Board of Directors |
Mark Garwood is President and Chief Executive Officer of Tamalpais Bancorp and the Chairman and CEO of Tamalpais Bank. He serves as a Director and Chairman of the Board of Directors of Tamalpais Bank; he is also a member of Tamalpais Bancorp's Enterprise Risk committee. Mr. Garwood began employment with Tamalpais Bank as Vice President and Chief Lending Officer in 1991, was named President in 1996, and was promoted to CEO effective December 31, 2004. Mr. Garwood has over 25 years of banking experience. He has held a California Department of Real Estate broker's license and has been a residential developer for 20 years. Mr. Garwood is Chairman of the Marin Workforce Housing Trust Board of Directors, and was a founding organizer of the Major Employer Housing Group, which was created to establish a workforce housing trust in Marin County through a public private partnership. He is a past member of the Board of Directors and Executive Committee of the San Rafael Chamber of Commerce, and served as Chairman in 2002. Mr. Garwood serves as Treasurer for the City of San Rafael's Friends of San Rafael. He is a former Chairman of both the San Rafael Chamber's Affordable Housing Committee and Marin Consortium for Workforce Housing and is a past board member and treasurer of the Kentfield Schools Foundation. Mr. Garwood is also a past member of the Western Independent Bankers Membership Committee, Hospice of Marin Underwriting Committee, Board of Supervisors Housing Discrimination Task Force, North Bay Family Homes Loan Committee and San Rafael Rotary. He has also served on the Board of Directors of Habitat for Humanity of Marin, and the California Association of Mortgage Brokers. Under Mr. Garwood's leadership, the Marin Consortium for Workforce Housing received the Marin Economic Commission's 1999 Award of Excellence for Workforce Housing; the Marin Workforce Housing Trust received the 2003 Award of Excellence for Smart Growth and Workforce Housing from the Marin Economic Commission, and the 2005 Melvin H. Boyce award from the Ecumenical Association for Housing (EAH). Mr. Garwood received the Mary Lou Jacobsen award of excellence for leadership from the San Rafael Chamber of Commerce in 2000.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Tamalpais Bank | CEO | Current |
| Epic Bancorp | CEO | Current |
| Epic Bancorp | President | Current |
| Tamalpais Bank | Chairman of The Board of Directors | Current |
| Epic Bancorp | Board of Directors | Current |
| Kentfield Schools Foundation | Treasurer | Current |
| North Bay Council | Board Member | Current |
| Tamalpais Bank | Chief Lending Officer | Former |
| Tamalpais Bank | Vice President | Former |
| Hospice, Inc. | Board of Directors | Former |
Michael E. Moulton , age 46, a resident of Greenbrae, California, is Chief Financial Officer of Epic Bancorp and Tamalpais Wealth Advisors, and is Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Tamalpais Bank. Mr. Moulton came to Tamalpais Bank in 1994 as Vice President, Controller. He was named Chief Financial Officer of Tamalpais Bank in 1998, Chief Financial Officer of Epic Bancorp in 2003, and Chief Financial Officer of Tamalpais Wealth Advisors in 2005. Prior to joining Tamalpais Bank, Mr. Moulton served in various accounting and financial and managerial capacities at San Francisco Federal Savings and Loan and two other financial institutions. Mr. Moulton has 19 years of industry experience and for the last thirteen years has been responsible for Tamalpais Bank s accounting, investment management, financial planning and analysis, and secondary marketing activities. Since 2003 he has also been responsible for Epic Bancorp s SEC reporting and performs many investor relations functions.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Tamalpais Bank | Chief Financial Officer | Current |
| Epic Bancorp | Chief Financial Officer | Current |
| Tamalpais Bank | Executive Vice President | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Mafe | Vice President, Executive Secretary for Epic Bancorp | Current |
| Epic Bancorp | Vice President | Current |
| Epic Bancorp | Board of Directors | Current |
| Epic Bancorp | Executive Secretary | Former |
Paul David Schaeffer, age 58, serves as Director of Tamalpais Bancorp. He also serves as Chairman of the Nominating and Governance Committee. Mr. Schaeffer is well known in the investment industry as a business strategist, speaker, and author with a knack for anticipating emerging trends and innovations. He is President of ReFlow, a global provider of tools that help mutual funds and UCITS improve performance by managing the impacts of shareholder activities. He also serves as head of strategy for an affiliated firm, Forward Management, LLC, advisor to a mutual fund family with more than $3.7 billion in assets under management. Prior to joining ReFlow he was Managing Director of the Investment Manager Services (IMS) Group of SEI Investments, a publicly-held diversified financial services company. In that role he led the IMS group's business strategy, product development and thought leadership initiatives. Mr. Schaeffer was previously Managing Partner of Investment Counseling, Inc., where he advised investment management firms on competitiveness and performance issues. A frequent speaker at conferences held by the ICI, ABA, AIMR, IAA and U.S. Institute, Mr. Schaeffer is active in the ICI Research Committee and U.S. Institute. Earlier in his career, Mr. Schaeffer was Chief Operating Officer of Harris Bretall Sullivan and Smith, a San Francisco-based investment counseling firm; President and Chief Operating Officer of Act III Publishing; Chief Financial Officer of Act III Communications; and Vice President of Embassy Communications, a large diversified entertainment company. His background in government and public policy includes senior positions with President Jimmy Carter, Senator Edward M. Kennedy and Congressman Les Aspin.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Epic Bancorp | Director of Epic Bancorp and Tamalpais Bank and Chairman of Tamalpais Wealth Advisor | Current |
| Forward Management, LLC | Director of Strategic Planning | Current |
| Sierra Club Mutual Funds | Director of Strategic Planning | Current |
| Epic Bancorp | Board of Directors | Current |
| Tamalpais Bank | Board of Directors | Current |
Evelyn Dilsaver serves as Director of Tamalpais Bancorp and its subsidiary, Tamalpais Bank; she is also a member of Tamalpais Bancorp’s Audit and Enterprise Risk committees. Evelyn Dilsaver is a recognized leader in building highly motivated teams in both the public and non-profit sector. As President and CEO of Charles Schwab Investment Management, she was responsible for all facets of the business from portfolio management to product development, sales, operations and technology, growing the assets from $137 Billion to over $200 Billion in 4 short years while generating $1 Billion in revenue. At the same time, she was Chair of the Board for Women’s Initiative, a non-profit organization that helps lower income women become economically independent, by providing a one-stop organization for training, micro-finance and savings to help them start their own businesses. She took this organization through a founder transition, restructuring the board and its finances after the dot-com bust, to a healthy and growing organization serving over 3000 women annually. Starting her career as a Certified Public Accountant with Ernst & Ernst, Evelyn spent the first 17 years of her career in the finance function as Controller for First Nationwide Bank and for The Charles Schwab Corporation and 3 years as CFO and Chief Administrative Officer for U.S. Trust, a wealth management subsidiary of Schwab. Deciding to move into general management, Evelyn was given the opportunity to hone her skills in marketing, business development, strategy, mergers and acquisition and product development, culminating in the role of President and CEO of Charles Schwab Investment Management. Evelyn has been recognized in the community for her leadership, receiving the 2003 Filipinas Magazine Corporate Award, the San Francisco Business Times “100 Most Influential Woman award for 2004, 2005, 2006 and 2007, the California Women’s Leadership Alliance Award, 2006 and Legal Momentum’s Women of Achievement award, 2007, and Cal State East Bay Alumnae of the Year, 2008. A sought after speaker on leadership and strategy, Evelyn has been a guest lecturer at Stanford’s Senior Executive Program for the last 10 years and has appeared on CNBC and Bloomberg TV. Evelyn is also a frequent speaker at leadership conferences such as the professional Business Women’s Conference, The Governor’s Conference for Women, California Diversity Council and the Financial Women’s Network. Evelyn served on the public company board of Longs Drugs and is presently on the boards of Aeropostale, High Mark Funds and three non-profit boards, Women’s Initiative, The Commonwealth Club and Bishop O’Dowd High School.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Epic Bancorp | Leader | Current |
| Investors for Good | Current | |
| Highmark Funds | Board of Directors | Current |
| Longs Drug Stores Corporation | Board of Directors | Current |
| Epic Bancorp | Board of Directors | Current |
| Aeropostale, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Governance, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Charles Schwab Investment Management, Inc. | Chief Executive Officer | Former |
| U.S. Trust Corporation | Cao | Former |
| The Charles Schwab Corporation | Executive Vice President | Former |
| U.S. Trust Corporation | Executive Vice President | Former |
| The Charles Schwab Corporation | Senior Vice President of the Asset Management Products and Services Group | Former |
| The Charles Schwab Corporation | Controller | Former |
| Ernst & Whinney | CPA | Former |
| The Charles Schwab Corporation | Sales Management and Business Development Positions | Former |
| California State University, East Bay | Bachelors Degree | Former |
| California State University, East Bay | Degree In Accounting | Former |
Allan G. Bortel, CFA is a retired securities analyst who has lived in Tiburon, CA, for 46 years. He was appointed as Vice Chairman of Tamalpais Wealth Advisors in April 2007. He has served as a Director of Tamalpais Bancorp and Chairman of the Compensation Committee of the Tamalpais Bancorp Board since May 2004; he is also a member of Tamalpais Bancorp's Audit committee. Mr. Bortel became a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) in 1971 and his research specialty was financial companies. Mr. Bortel was recognized as a top analyst for many years by Institutional Investor magazine in its annual poll of stock brokerage research. During his career, Mr. Bortel was associated with Lehman Brothers, Loeb Rhoades & Co. and Sutro & Co., in their San Francisco-based research departments. From 1996-1998, Mr. Bortel managed an investment fund that specialized in financial stocks. Mr. Bortel is a former trustee of the Belvedere-Tiburon Library and is currently Vice Chairman of the Marin County Commission on Aging (MCCA), both appointments of the Tiburon Town Council. He is a director of the Library’s Foundation and serves on the library program committee. He has a strong interest in affordable housing and serves as the Vice Chairman of the MCCA. Mr. Bortel is an active volunteer at The Redwoods Retirement Residence, Mill Valley, where he teaches computers and assists residents with the wide range of technological challenges faced by seniors. He serves as the co-captain of his Community Emergency Response Training (CERT) unit in southern Marin County and is president of CERT's fundraising arm, Friends of Southern Marin CERT. He is a member of the Marin Conservation League’s Land Use Committee and represents paratransit on the Citizens Oversight Committee on Marin transportation expenditures. Mr. Bortel earned a B.S. (economics) from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, and his MBA (finance) at the University of California, Berkeley.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Epic Bancorp | Board of Directors | Current |
| Tamalpais Bank | Board of Directors | Current |
| Belvedere-Tiburon Library | Board of Directors | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Tamalpais Bank | Vice Chairman | Current |
| Epic Bancorp | Vice Chairman | Current |
| Educational Development | Assistant Superintendent | Former |
| Epic Bancorp | Director | Former |
| Nova Southeastern University | Doctorate of Education | Former |
| San Francisco State University | Master's Degree | Former |
| San Francisco State University | Bachelor's Degree | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Epic Bancorp | Board of Directors | Current |
Larry Rosenberger serves as Director of Tamalpais Bancorp and its subsidiary, Tamalpais Bank; he also is a member of Tamalpais Bancorp’s Audit, Compensation and Governance committees. Currently, Mr. Rosenberger serves as Fair Isaac's first Research Fellow, working on research projects in the field of analytic science. From 1999 to 2007, he was responsible for the Company’s Analytic Research & Development Unit, focused on early stage innovation in exploratory, predictive and decision analytics applied to helping Fair Isaac’s clients in numerous industries use data and domain expertise to make better decisions on their prospects and customers. From 1991 to 1999, he served as President and CEO. During that time, Fair Isaac experienced consecutive years of record growth, with annual revenues increasing from $31 million to over $276 million. Prior to that position, he managed the Engineering, Research, and Development Division. In that capacity, he was responsible for the development, production and marketing of some of the Company’s most advanced products. Rosenberger’s continuing residency in San Rafael and career at Fair Isaac span 34 years. Mr. Rosenberger holds a Bachelor of Science degree in physics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology; in addition, he holds a Masters of Science degree in physics as well as Masters of Science and Masters of Engineering degrees in Operations Research from the University of California, Berkeley. He previously served on the boards of the Marin Education Fund and the Marin Community Foundation, and he currently chairs the board of the Marin-based Buck Institute for Education that focuses on project based learning. He also serves on the boards of Global Analytics, Inc. and ECCOgen, as well as the veterans' services non-profit Swords to Ploughshares.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Epic Bancorp | Board of Directors | Current |
Richard E. Smith, CPA/CFE, age 70, has served as a director of Tamalpais Bancorp since its inception in 1988 and as a Director of Tamalpais Bank, a wholly owned subsidiary of Tamalpais Bancorp, since its inception in 1991. Currently, he serves as Treasurer of Tamalpais Bancorp, chairs its independent Audit Committee and is a member of the Enterprise Risk committee. Mr. Smith was Managing Partner of the San Francisco Bay Area Profit Center for a National CPA firm before founding his own firm in Marin County. Mr. Smith is a Certified Fraud Examiner. Mr. Smith served on the California State Board of Accountancy Technical Review Panel and the State Board of Accountancy Major Case Project. Mr. Smith is semi-retired and lives in Green Valley, Arizona. He was active in numerous Bay Area charitable and civic activities before relocating his home to Arizona. Mr. Smith is the recipient of an honorary lifetime membership award from the American Institute of CPA’s for his many professional activities. He was an organizer and a Director of the Green Valley Domestic Water Improvement District and is a member and past president of Desert Hills Golf Club. He holds current active professional licenses in California.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Epic Bancorp | Board of Directors | Current |
| Tamalpais Bank | Vice Chairman | Current |
| Epic Bancorp | Vice Chairman | Current |
| Desert Hills Golf Club | President | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Epic Bancorp | Board of Directors | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Epic Bancorp | Board of Directors | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Tamalpais Bank | Board of Directors | Current |
| Epic Bancorp | Board of Directors | Current |
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