Company: FFWM
Filing Date: 2025-04-17
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001104659-25-036041
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Company: First Foundation Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-04-17
Form: DEF 14A
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 an international law firm. Over his 27 years as a partner at Cravath, he specialized in finance and corporate governance, was a member of the firm’s Corporate Governance and Board Advisory Practice, and served in a variety of firm leadership roles. From January 2013 through December 2016, Mr. Parker served as Cravath’s fifteenth presiding partner. Mr. Parker’s experience as an executive at Wells Fargo & Company, along with his legal background, allows him to provide valuable insight to the Board regarding corporate governance matters and the Company’s business and legal operations. Mitchell M. Rosenberg, Ph.D . Dr. Rosenberg has served as a director of the Company since 2007. Dr. Rosenberg is, and since 2005 has served as, President and founder of the consulting firm of M. M. Rosenberg & Associates, which provides executive and organizational development services to public and private companies in the fields of financial services, health care and technology. From 2002 to 2005, Dr. Rosenberg was Chief Executive Officer for The Picerne Group, an international investment firm investing primarily in real estate, and portfolios of loans. Prior to 2002, Dr. Rosenberg served as Executive Vice President and Director of Business Services for Ameriquest Capital Corporation and directed the Human Resource and Organizational Development functions for Washington Mutual Bank, American Savings Bank and Great Western Bank. Dr. Rosenberg earned a Bachelor’s of Science in Psychology from Ohio University, a Master’s of Science in Industrial Psychology from California State University, Long Beach, and a Ph.D. degree in Psychology with an emphasis on Organizational Behavior from Claremont Graduate University, which is the graduate university of the Claremont Colleges. We believe that Dr. Rosenberg’s educational and operational experience in managing the human resource and organizational development functions of a number of banking organizations and a real estate investment firm provides insight regarding the Company’s human resources and organizational development functions. Thomas C. Shafer. Mr. Shafer has served as the Chief Executive Officer and a director of the Company and FFB since November 21, 2024. Mr. Shafer is a career bank executive with over 40 years of experience. He previously served as Co-President of Commercial Banking and Senior Executive Vice President of Huntington Bancshares Incorporated following its merger with TCF Financial Corporation in June 2021, until his retirement in December 2022. Prior to the merger, he served as Chief Executive Officer of TCF National Bank and vice chairman of the board of TCF Financial Corporation from