DJ Kurtze

Mr. Kurtze serves as Five Star Bank’s Executive Vice President and San Francisco Bay Area President, where he leads the bank’s strategic growth, market expansion, and regional leadership initiatives. He brings nearly two decades of commercial banking and lending experience with a proven record of building and leading top performing business development and relationship management teams. Prior to joining Five Star Bank, Mr. Kurtze served as Senior Vice President and Group Director at Signature Bank, later acquired by Flagstar Bank. Earlier in his career, he held leadership roles at Wells Fargo Bank as Senior Vice President where he oversaw multiple teams and managed a substantial credit and deposit portfolio serving San Francisco Bay Area commercial clients. He also served as National Director of Sales at Liberty SBF where he led national commercial real estate and SBA 504 loan production.  

 

Mr. Kurtze maintains a deep and established network across the Bay Area’s business and entrepreneurial community. He currently serves as Chair of the Board of Directors for TMC Financing, one of the nation’s largest SBA Certified Development Companies, and sits on the board of Hamilton Families, a nonprofit committed to ending family homelessness in San Francisco. He previously served on the board of directors of the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts. He earned a BA in Business Management from Fresno Pacific University. In 2024, Mr. Kurtze was among the Independent Community Bankers of America’s 40 Under 40: Emerging Community Bank Leaders. In 2025, he was named to the San Francisco Business Times Newsmaker 100 List and included among its 40 Under 40 honorees.