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
Chunk 27
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, Inc., which invests in and owns real estate. She, since September 2014, had been the Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, and since 2019 the Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer, and Chief Operating Officer at Summit. Her background includes experience in finance, accounting, operations, compliance, securities litigation and executive management. Prior to Summit, Ms. Pagliarini was chief compliance officer and FINOP (financial and operations principal) at a Los Angeles-based investment bank from 2005 to 2008, and a principal at a securities litigation and financial consulting firm from 2001 to 2005. Ms. Pagliarini received her Bachelor’s of Science in Business Administration with a concentration in Finance from Valparaiso University. She is also a Certified Fraud Examiner. Ms. Pagliarini is active in her community, serving on the Emeritus Board of Directors for Forever Footprints, a non-profit organization that provides support to families that have suffered the loss of a baby during pregnancy or infancy, and was the former Chair of the Mission Viejo, California City Council Investment Advisory Commission. We 16 TABLE OF CONTENTS believe that Ms. Pagliarini’s educational and executive experience in managing the financial, accounting, securities filing and operations functions of several finance-oriented firms qualifies her to serve as a member of our Board. C. Allen Parker. Mr. Parker has served as a director of the Company and FFB since November 2024. Mr. Parker has extensive experience in corporate governance and legal matters, including at financial institutions. He was appointed and is being nominated as a director pursuant to Fortress’s Investment Agreement. He is currently a board member of Archer Systems, LLC, a role he has occupied since December 2022. From July 2023 to November 2024, Mr. Parker was an independent director for SVB Financial Group. From July 2020 through July 2022, Mr. Parker was a Senior Advisor to the global consulting firm McKinsey & Co. in its Financial Institutions practice, and he was an executive at Wells Fargo & Company from March 2017 until March 2020. He joined Wells Fargo initially as the General Counsel and was later appointed by the Wells Fargo Board of Directors to be the Interim Chief Executive Officer, a role he held for seven months. He was also a member of the Wells Fargo Board of Directors during that period. Prior to joining Wells Fargo, Mr. Parker was a partner at Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP,