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Directors & Officers


Citizens Bank Board of Directors 

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Ruth Christopher

Chair of the Board
Chair of
Amador Bancshares, Inc. Board of Directors
Retired Executive Vice President and CFO, Citizens Bank of Las Cruces 

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David Ikard

Vice Chair of the Board
Member Amador Bancshares, Inc. 
Real Estate Professional
President, Oryx, Inc.

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Kari Mitchell

Secretary of the Board
Secretary of
Amador Bancshares, Inc. Board Of Directors
President and CEO,
Las Cruces Machine Manufacturing and
Engineering Co. 

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Sheila Walton

Member of the Board
CFO, Director of Equity Research, and Compliance Officer for Westwind Capital

Peter DeWetter

Peter de Wetter

Member of the Board
Partner, RJL Real Estate Consultants, El Paso, TX

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Brad Beasley

Member of the Board
CPA and Partner,
Beasley Mitchell & Co. 

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Claiborne Gallagher

Member of the Board
Partner, RJL Real Estate Consultants, El Paso, TX

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Gricel Chavez

Member of the Board
Owner and President of Southwestern Abstract and Title Co. (SWAT)

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Jake Redfearn

Member of the Board
Principal and Broker at NAI 1st Valley

Brandon Stuart

Member of the Board
SVP, South Georgia Pecan Company, and Managing Partner of Valley Shredding 

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Jed Fanning

Member of the Board
President and CEO of
Citizens Bank of Las Cruces 
President of Amador Bancshares, Inc.

We remember, with gratitude, those that have gone before us, who helped us to become the Community Bank we are today

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James (Jim) Ikard

1970-2005
Founding Board Member & Shareholder 1970
Board Chairman 1979-2005

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Justin W. Harper

1988-2014
Executive VP 1988-1995
Board member 1994-1995
Vice Chairman of the Board President and CEO
VP, Amador Bancshares, Inc.
1996-2014

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H.A. (Hotch) Manning

1987-2007
Director 1987-2007
Board Chairman 2006-2007
Executive VP 2000-2005









Executive Management

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Jed Fanning

President and CEO
Main Branch

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Tim Hargrove

Executive Vice President
Chief Lending Officer
Main Branch
MLO# 803191

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Celeste McGuire, CPA

Executive Vice President
Chief Financial Officer
Main Branch

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Travis Tarry

Senior Vice President
Chief Banking & Operations Officer
Main Branch
MLO#1212545 








Business Banking

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Tim Hargrove

Executive Vice President
Chief Lending Officer
Main Branch
MLO# 803191

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Nate Olsen

Senior Vice President
Chief Credit Officer
Main Branch
MLO# 803798

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Stuart Young 

Senior Vice President
Main Branch
MLO#1102843

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Tres Libby

Senior Vice President
Main Branch
MLO# 803728

Mikko Noopila Portrait

Mikko Noopila

Senior Vice President
Main Branch
MLO#1161457

Taryn Armitage

Assistant Vice President
Main Branch
MLO#1722919

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Hernan Conde

Senior Vice President
Market President
El Paso Branch
MLO#2017110

Elizabeth S Pulido

Elizabeth Sermeño Pulido, CCIM

Vice President
El Paso Branch
MLO#2511580

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Jeremy Oswald

Albuquerque Market President
Albuquerque Branch
MLO# 2353103
 

Howie Herbert III

Senior Vice President
Albuquerque Branch

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Philip Le

Senior Vice President
Treasury Management
Albuquerque Branch

Real Estate Lending

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Eddie DeArmond

Vice President
Mortgage Loan Officer
Main Branch
MLO# 803168

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Latson F. Munn, Jr.

Assistant Vice President
Mortgage Loan Officer
Sonoma Branch
MLO# 867055

Meghan Quinones

Mortgage Loan Officer
University Branch
MLO#1002030

 

Jennifer Rochon

Mortgage Loan Originator
Roadrunner Branch
MLO# 480414

Rebecca Grant

Vice President
Mortgage Operations Officer
University Branch

Angelic Hernandez

Assistant Vice President
Business Development
Roadrunner Branch






Officers

Lori Martin

Lori Martin

Senior Vice President
Controller
Main Branch

Bernadette Tirre

Vice President
Support Services Manager
Main Branch
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Rhena Leitermann

Vice President
Treasury Management  Marketing Officer
Main Branch

Eric Martinez portrait

Eric Martinez

Vice President
Information Technology Officer
Main Branch

Carolina Munoz

Vice President
Associate Controller
Main Branch

Dina Cruz

Vice President
Risk Management Officer

Jody Lopez portrait

Jody Lopez

Bank Officer
Credit Administration Manager
Main Branch

Anna Marie McClellan

Credit Analyst Officer
Credit Analysis Manager
Main Branch




Branches

Branch Administration

Travis Tarry portrait

Travis Tarry

Senior Vice President
Chief Banking & Operations Officer
Main Branch
MLO#1212545 

Main Branch

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Jessie J. Sanchez

Vice President
Personal Banking Manager
MLO# 803824

Country Club Branch

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Bryanna Molina

Country Club
Branch Manager
MLO#2632904

Picacho Branch

Donna Stoller

Assistant Vice President
Picacho Branch Manager
MLO#1122253

Roadrunner Branch

Maria Mauricio 

Maria Mauricio

Vice President
Roadrunner Branch Manager
MLO# 803748

University Branch

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Claudia Clements

Assistant Vice President
University Branch Manager
MLO#636891

Sonoma Branch

Amber Lilley portrait

Amber Lilley

Sonoma Branch Manager
MLO#2440936

El Paso Branch

Dalisha Miller portrait

Dalisha Miller
Branch Operations Manager

Truth or Consequences Branch

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Lee Ann Tooley

Vice President
T or C Branch Manager
MLO# 803849

Albuquerque 

Branch

Shirley Segotta

Vice President
Albuquerque Branch Manager
MLO# 442387