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Carlos Guangorena, President and Chief Executive Officer of Plaza Bank. A highly qualified, well respected and experienced banking executive, Carlos is a former Wells Fargo Senior Vice President. Prior to that, he was Senior Vice President at Pacific Northwest Bank in charge of Corporate Banking and a Senior Corporate Lender for US Bank in Seattle. Carlos’ banking career spans 29 years covering markets in both Southern California and in Seattle. Born in Mexico in the town of Delicias, Chihuahua, Carlos immigrated to the United States with his family in 1957. Carlos completed his MBA in Accounting and Finance from the Graduate School of Management at UCLA. He is fluent in Spanish and active in the Latino community. For the past 15 years, he has worked frequently as a tutor in P.I.P.E. (Partners in Public Education), a program for elementary children at Maple School in Seattle. Since 1982, Carlos and his family have resided in Seattle. | 