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Phillip R. Boyce is a business consultant and investor. He is a graduate of San Jose State University, majoring in business economics. Upon graduation he entered the banking industry with United California Bank, which later became First Interstate Bank. After 9 years, at the age of 31, he organized a board of directors, obtained a state banking license, and founded Pacific Valley Bank in 1975. Eventually becoming Pacific Western Bank, this San Jose based financial institution successfully grew to a $1.4 billion bank serving Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, and Monterey Counties; it was acquired by Comerica Bank in 1994. Mr. Boyce served as Chairman of the Board and CEO of the bank and its holding company, Pacific Western Bancshares. He has also served as Chairman of the Board of Pacific Trust Company and Western Capital Management. Both companies were subsidiaries of Pacific Western Bancshares. Presently Boyce serves as Chairman of the Valley Foundation, the Silicon Valley Children’s Fund, the Hakone Foundation and the Saratoga Cemetery District. He is also a senior advisor to the Silicon Valley Community Foundation, a director of the San Jose State University Tower Foundation, advisor to the Saratoga Monte Sereno Community Foundation and member of the Santa Clara County Housing Trust. He is a post director of numerous boards including the California Community Reinvestment Corporation, the Community Foundation of Santa Clara County, the Technology Center of Silicon Valley, the UC Santa Cruz Foundation and Montalvo Center for the Arts. | 