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Steven J. Didion, Executive Vice President, Director of Financial Institutions became a member of the Board of Directors when Howe Barnes Investments, Inc. merged with Hoefer & Arnett, Inc. Mr. Didion was President and Chief Executive Officer of Hoefer & Arnett, Inc. prior to its merger with Howe Barnes Investments, Inc. in 2006. His primary responsibilities include management of the Firm's San Francisco office and coordination and development of the Firm's bank and thrift relationships in the Western United States. Prior to Hoefer & Arnett he was an investment banker in the Corporate Finance Department of Salomon Brothers Inc. in New York City, where he was actively involved with financings, mergers, acquisitions and divestitures for financial institutions. Mr. Didion graduated from the University of California at Berkeley in 1988. | 