In 1987, she joined the Bank of A. Levy, a 100 year old local bank in Ventura County, as its Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, overseeing Trust, Marketing, Retail Banking, Customer Service, Trade Finance, Community Reinvestment and Corporate Facilities. Bank of A. Levy enjoyed a strong reputation of meeting the needs of the communities it served, both through its retail distribution network and the Achille Levy Foundation, of which Mary served as a trustee. She joined the California Community Reinvestment Corporation in 1995, having successfully closed the sale of the Bank of A. Levy to First Interstate Bank. Mary serves as a board member of the National Association of Affordable Housing Lenders, President of the Board of Trustees of the United Way of Ventura County, Advisor to the Ventura County Community Foundation, and board member and past Chair of the Board of the Ventura County Leadership Academy. She received a bachelor's degree in Psychology from San Diego and an MBA from California Lutheran University.
Previous experience includes loan workouts, appraisal, and commercial real estate brokerage.
Mark obtained a Masters of Science in Real Estate Appraisal and Investment Analysis from the University of Wisconsin-Madison along with a Bachelor's degree in real estate and marketing. He is also a licensed real estate broker in California. Most recently, Mark was with Washington Mutual Bank for 8 years as an REO asset manager and real estate analyst. Additional experience involved the oversight of fee based property managers, managing the staff responsible for the closing of REO sale and loan transactions, appraisal review, loan underwriting and real property financial analysis. He served as a board member and treasurer of the Community Association Rescue Effort, a non-profit organization formed to provide financial relief to condominium homeowners associations.