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Gary Votapka is a veteran banker and co-founder of Mission Oaks National Bank. In many ways the bank’s philosophy and strategy reflect the lessons he learned from 25 years in the financial services industry, including seven years as a bank examiner for the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. Gary has gone through several mergers and knows first hand the strengths and value of community banking. Most recently he was Vice President and Credit Administrator for California Bank & Trust, a regional institution formed from the merger of First Pacific National Bank of Escondido and Grossmont Bank. He also held executive and credit and loan positions with Fallbrook National Bank (now Community National Bank) and Torrey Pines Bank, a regional bank whose former Temecula branch now serves as Mission Oaks headquarters. Gary oversees an active loan portfolio and is an expert on credit administration and banking laws and regulations.
A graduate of Montana State University in Billings, Votapka holds a Bachelor of Science degree in general business.
Gary is active in the community. He is a member of the Murrieta Temecula Group and the Citizens’ Alliance for Reliable Enterprise. He serves on the Board of Directors of the Boys and Girls Clubs of Southwest County and is on the Dean’s Banking and Financial Services Advisory Board of the A. Gary Anderson Graduate School of Management, University of California, Riverside. He also assists Calvary Chapel in Fallbrook as a financial overseer.
He lives in Fallbrook with his wife, Susan, and their two children. | 