Gurjeet (Gary) S. Thiara is a director of the Bank and resides in Yuba City, California. He is the President & CEO of Empire Farming Company and General Partner of Thiara Agribusiness. Mr. Thiara earned his B.S. in Agricultural Economics from California State University, Fresno and an M.B.A. from Santa Clara University and completed the Executive Education Program of Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts.