 
          BOARD OF DIRECTORS
        
        
          Dan Cummings, Chairman of the Board
        
        
          | Chico
        
        
          Dale Van Groningen, Vice Chairman
        
        
          | Ripon
        
        
          John Monroe
        
        
          | Arbuckle
        
        
          Kevin Fondse
        
        
          | Ripon
        
        
          Stephen Van Duyn
        
        
          | Modesto
        
        
          Charles Crivelli III
        
        
          | Turlock
        
        
          Robert Weimer
        
        
          | Atwater
        
        
          George Goshgarian
        
        
          | Fresno
        
        
          Kent Stenderup
        
        
          | Arvin
        
        
          Joe Huston
        
        
          | Monterey
        
        
          Don Yee
        
        
          | El Dorado Hills
        
        
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          Dean LaVallee, Chief Financial Officer
        
        
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