Sunwest Bank Appoints Shannon Eusey to Its Board of Directors

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Jul 31, 2018, 08:33 ET

IRVINE, Calif., July 31, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Sunwest Bank is pleased to announce Shannon Eusey as the newest member of its board of directors. Shannon is the CEO of Beacon Pointe Advisors and a member of its Investment Committee. She previously served as senior managing director and portfolio manager at Roxbury Capital Management where, as part of her duties, she oversaw socially responsible investments.

"Mrs. Eusey has an amazing breadth of accolades and experience, both as a leader, an educator and an author," said Carson Lappetito, president of Sunwest Bank. "She is a well-regarded financial expert, and we're happy to have her on our board of directors."

Shannon graduated from the University of California at Irvine and received her MBA from UCLA Anderson School of Management. She is an adjunct professor for the UCI Merage School of Business where she teaches a course on wealth management, co-founded Beacon Pointe's Women's Advisory Institute and is a co-author of the international bestseller, Your Dollars, Our Sense.

Shannon is also an active member of the Southern California chapter of the Young Presidents Organization (YPO), sits on the CNBC Financial Advisors Council, and is regularly featured in The Wall Street Journal, Investment News, and Barron's. Previously Shannon served as a board member of the UCI Athletic Fund, the National Network to End Domestic Violence and as past member of the Investment Committee of Sisters of St. Joseph in Orange. Shannon resides in Newport Beach with her husband and four children.

"I admire Sunwest Bank for its commitment to delivering progressive banking solutions to meet client needs," said Eusey. "I'm honored to be joining the board and I have tremendous respect for the leadership team at Sunwest as well as the board of directors."

Sunwest Bank, founded in 1969, is a privately held commercial bank with over $1.1 Billion in assets and headquartered in Irvine, CA, with operations in California, Arizona, Idaho and Utah. We are an entrepreneurial business bank with a long tradition of providing excellent service to entrepreneurs, privately held corporations, family offices, small-medium size business and real estate developers throughout the Western United States. Sunwest Bank is a Member FDIC and Equal Housing Lender. More information about Sunwest Bank and its full line of products and services is available at SunwestBank.com.

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