Mark Stevenson, Chief Executive Officer, has 22 years of experience in commercial banking, credit management and corporate finance at U.S. Bancorp and Security Pacific Bank. Most recently, he was Managing Director of Debt Capital Markets for U.S. Bancorp Piper Jaffray, where he specialized in providing high quality capital structure advisory services to corporate clients. Working in collaboration with Robert Krueger (see below) while at Piper Jaffray, Mark established a strong track record of building a highly successful business by identifying and leveraging strengths into niche markets. From 1991 to 1997, Mark was Senior Vice President and Credit Approval Manager for U.S. Bank’s national corporate and international banking groups, where he was responsible for credit approval and management of a $1.7 billion credit portfolio. A graduate of Stanford University, he has resided in Portland for 15 years, providing financial services to private and public companies in the Northwest and throughout the country. Immediately prior to joining Capital Pacific Bank, Mark spent a month on a Mercy Corps project where he trained management and staff of Mongolia’s XacBank on effective small business lending practices, underwriting and new business development.

Robert Krueger, President, oversees business development and community involvement for Capital Pacific Bank. His 24 year career in commercial and investment banking has consistently focused on delivering solutions to meet bank client needs. Bob has over a decade of commercial banking experience including branch banking, middle market and leveraged lending, cash management and dealer services for U.S. Bank of Oregon. In the early 1990s, Bob helped start U.S. Bank’s middle market business development team in Oregon. In 1995 he transitioned to the capital markets where he applied his commercial banking and entrepreneurial skills to other financial service initiatives for bank clients. During his ten years with U.S. Bancorp / Piper Jaffray, he teamed with Mark Stevenson and created a corporate bond origination group. Bob holds a Bachelor’s degree in business management from Whitworth College and series 7 and 63 NASD licenses. He has been a resident of Portland for 20 years participating in community organizations including the SMART youth reading program and the Oregon Food Bank.

Felice Belfiore, Chief Financial Officer, oversees all financial management, reporting, and accounting functions. A Certified Public Accountant, Felice brings a background of both public accounting and community bank experience to the Capital Pacific Bank management team. She served as Controller/Vice President of Finance for Bank of the Northwest until late 2002. Prior to that, she was Senior Vice President & Chief Financial Officer for VRB Bancorp in Rogue River, Oregon. Felice has extensive experience in financial reporting to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation and the Securities and Exchange Commission as well as experience in financial data and risk management and shareholder relations. In 2002, she was recognized by the Portland Business Journal as one of Portland’s "Top Forty Under 40." Felice participates in various community and philanthropic organizations, most recently serving as a member of the Oregon State University Foundation Finance Committee and a business counselor for the Portland Rotary’s Camp Enterprise Program.

Harlan Barcus, Chief Credit Officer, is responsible for all credit administration including review, portfolio and individual credit analysis, approval and policy administration. Harlan has 25 years of credit administration and banking experience including several years in the 1980s as Senior Bank Examiner for the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. He joined U.S. Bank in 1990 and served in a variety of loan administration capacities culminating in his appointment as Vice President and Senior Credit Administration Officer. In 1999, Harlan joined a local community bank, American Pacific Bank, as Senior Vice President and Chief Credit Officer. Active in the community, he is a board member and past President of the Portland/SW Washington chapter of the Risk Management Association, a member of the Oregon Bankers Association Lending Committee, the Providence Milwaukie Hospital Foundation board, and is active in Rotary Club of Portland.

Tyson Smith, Chief Information Officer is responsible for the strategic management of the Banks information technology  systems and product development.  Tyson has 19 years of banking and technology experience.  In 2004, he was named IT Executive of the Year by the Portland Society for Information Management (SIM) and recognized by the Portland Business Journal as one of Portland’s "Top Forty Under 40." In addition to providing strategic leadership on technology initiatives, Tyson has extensive experience managing treasury management products and services, and currently holds the Certified Treasury Professional (CTP) designation. A technology leader, he is the Past Board President of the Association of Financial Professionals of Oregon and Southwest Washington. Tyson also volunteers technology assistance to various non-profit and philanthropic organizations. Before his tenure with Capital Pacific Bank, he was Vice President and Manager of Product Development and Systems Administration for Bank of the Northwest. Prior to that, Tyson held various technical positions with Bank of America, West One Bank and US Bancorp, culminating with his appointment as E-Commerce Product Manager for the six state region of US Bancorp.

Robert Countryman, Executive Vice President for Business Development and Client Service, has over 16 years of commercial banking experience. Prior to joining Capital Pacific, he was Senior Vice President and Team Leader of KeyBank’s Corporate Banking Group in Portland. Robert joined KeyBank in 1998 and was part of the Oregon District Management Team. In 11 years with Bank of America/NationsBank, he held various positions in Commercial Banking and Commercial Finance in Dallas Texas, Seattle and Portland. Robert is active in our community and has held various volunteer leadership positions including Past President and current Board Member, Portland Children’s Museum; Past Board President, current Nominating Chair and Executive Committee Member of the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF); member of the Columbia-Willamette’ YMCA Board of Trustees and 2005 YMCA Strong Communities Campaign Fund Raising Chair. In 2003, Robert was received a Portland Business Journal “Top Forty Under 40” award and was honored as “Parent of the Year” by JDRF. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration/Finance & Law from Portland State University, and graduated with High Honors.