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Board of Directors
Board Officers

Marni Brook, Chair
Matthew Berger, Vice Chair/Treasurer
Kathy Odell, Secretary

 
Directors

Brenda Allison
John Chamberlain
Claudine Contreras
Denny Cooper
Simon Dixon
Geoff Eich
Hannah-Beth Jackson
Zdena Jiroutova
Kelly Marsh
Zhena Muzyka
Karen Smith Bogart
Brooke Tuason-Angel

 

Matthew
 
Marni Brook, Board President

marni brook_048_web_croppedMarni grew up in San Diego, CA and graduated from UCSB with a Bachelor’s of Arts in English Literature. She has seventeen years of banking experience, fourteen of which have been spent with Montecito Bank & Trust, where she is currently the Community President of Ventura, managing the bank’s 8th branch located at 4730 Telephone Road.

Much of her banking career focused on commercial lending, and she managed portfolios primarily of Commercial and Industrial loans and Commercial Real Estate loans. Her current responsibilities include managing the branch, business development and community outreach.

Organizations that she currently serves, either as a board member or volunteer, are:

  • Women’s Economic Ventures- Chair of the Board of Directors 
  • Ventura Chamber of Commerce- Immediate Past Chair of the Board of Directors
  • Casa Pacifica- Board of Directors
  • Interface Children and Family Services- Advisory Board
  • Economic Development Collaborative of Ventura County (EDC-VC)- Loan Board Member

Marni has one daughter who is in 6th grade at Balboa Middle School. They have lived in Ventura since 2000.