Meet Our Business Development Team

listing of awards and rankings given in 2024

Jon Blackstad, Regional President, South Valley Region
Jon
Blackstad
President,
South Valley Region,
FAITH BASED BANKING GROUP
George Cook, SVP, Business Development Officer
George
Cook III
Senior Vice President,
Business Development Officer,
PRIVATE ENTERPRISE BANKING GROUP
916.306.1655
gcook@fivestarbank.com
Jon Gregory, SVP, Venture Banking Manager
Jon
Gregory
Senior Vice President,
Venture Banking Manager,
VENTURE BANKING GROUP
530.924.5125
jgregory@fivestarbank.com
Jason Hartmann, SVP, Director of Specialty Finance
Jason
Hartmann
Senior Vice President,
Director of Specialty Finance,
SPECIALTY FINANCE BANKING GROUP
916.626.5013
jhartmann@fivestarbank.com
DJ Kurtze, San Francisco Bay Area President
DJ
Kurtze
Senior Vice President,
San Francisco Bay Area President,
SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA
415.259.5478
Lakhwinder Kaur
Lakhwinder
Kaur
Senior Vice President,
Sacramento Valley Market President,
PRACTICE BANKING GROUP
916.627.8297
Casey Grafeld, SVP, Managing Director
Casey
Grafeld
Senior Vice President,
Managing Director,
SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA
415.635.6524
cgrafeld@fivestarbank.com
Jen Matulich, SVP, Business Development Officer
Jen
Matulich
Senior Vice President,
Business Development Officer,
CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY
BANKING GROUP
916.591.7450
jmatulich@fivestarbank.com
Jeff Winkel, SVP, Managing Director
Jeff
Winkel
Senior Vice President,
Managing Director,
SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA
415.404.7955 | 415.706.6645 (m)
jwinkel@fivestarbank.com
Henrini Suyono, SVP, Managing Director
Henrini
Suyono
Senior Vice President,
Managing Director,
SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA
415.259.5786
Jason Saslow, SVP, Director of Private Client Services and SBA
Jason
Saslow
Senior Vice President,
Managing Director of
Private Client Services,
PRIVATE ENTERPRISE BANKING GROUP
916.640.1506
jsaslow@fivestarbank.com
Greg Kogan, SVP, Managing Director
Greg
Kogan
Senior Vice President,
Managing Director,
SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA
415.595.2273
Dan Sozzi, SVP, Business Development Officer
Dan
Sozzi
Senior Vice President,
Business Development Officer,
AGRIBUSINESS BANKING GROUP
916.801.1585
dsozzi@fivestarbank.com
Bill Speer, Regional President, North Valley Region
Bill
Speer
President,
North Valley Region,
PRIVATE ENTERPRISE BANKING GROUP
530.722.1565
bspeer@fivestarbank.com
Brian Toohey, SVP, Business Development Officer
Brian
Toohey
Senior Vice President,
Business Development Officer,
PRIVATE ENTERPRISE BANKING GROUP
707.292.0892
btoohey@fivestarbank.com
Maxwell Comerford, VP, Business Development Officer
Maxwell
Comerford
Vice President,
Business Development Officer,
SPECIALTY FINANCE BANKING GROUP
Reagan Ballo, AVP, Government Banking Officer
Reagan
Ballo
Vice President, 
Managing Director,
GOVERNMENT BANKING GROUP
Morgan Elgebali, VP, Director
Morgan
Elgebali
Senior Vice President,
Managing Director,
SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA
Sergey Shikhvarg, SVP, Managing Director
Sergey
Shikhvarg
Senior Vice President,
Managing Director,
SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA
415.259.5790
Harman Gosal, SVP, Business Development Manager
Harman
Gosal
Senior Vice President, 
Business Development Manager,
AGRIBUSINESS BANKING GROUP
916.660.5685






Kyle Woodstrom, AVP, Business Development Associate
Kyle
Woodstrom
Assistant Vice President,
Business Development Associate,
SPECIALTY FINANCE BANKING GROUP
916.273.6562
Chris Rudberg, SVP, Managing Director
Chris
Rudberg
Senior Vice President,
Managing Director,
SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA
925.413.0148
Alicia Valle, Vice President, Director
Alicia
Valle
Vice President,
Director,
SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA
415.404.7950
Irene Montalvo,  Senior Vice President, Managing Director
Irene
Montalvo
Senior Vice President,
Managing Director, 
SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA
415.404.7956
Renzo Lujan, Senior Vice President, Managing Director
Renzo
Lujan
Senior Vice President,
Managing Director, 
SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA
415.404.7964
Eiko Arashiro, VP, Business Development Officer
Eiko
Arashiro
Vice President,
Business Development Officer, 
CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY
BANKING GROUP
916.306.1622
Kellie Stroud, SVP, SBA Business Development Officer
Kellie
Stroud
Senior Vice President,
SBA Business Development Officer, 
SBA BANKING GROUP
916.306.1123
Kevin Claypool, SVP, Managing Director
Kevin
Claypool
Senior Vice President,
Managing Director, 
SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA
415.287.7810
Erik Ortiz, SVP, Managing Director
Erik
Ortiz
Senior Vice President,
Managing Director, 
SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA
415.259.6230
Reginald Calaguas, VP/Treasury Solutions Advisor
Reginald
Calaguas
Vice President,
Director,
SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA
Luke Ziegenmeyer, VP, Faith Based Lending
Luke
Ziegenmeyer
Vice President,
Faith Based Lending,
FAITH BASED BANKING GROUP