Elaine Batlis

Elaine Batlis has been Manager of Silvergate Bank's Warehouse Lending Division since March 2009. Ms. Batlis has over 23 years of banking, mortgage warehousing, consulting, and regulatory experience.

From 2006 to 2008 Ms. Batlis was the President of the Warehouse Lending Division of Impac Mortgage Holdings, a publicly traded real estate investment trust, where she was responsible for re-defining the division's overall direction and supervising all aspects of its operations, including managing total credit facilities relationships in excess of $5 billion.

Prior to Impac, Ms. Batlis was the President and Chief Executive Officer of INSOUTH Funding in Naples, Florida. Ms. Batlis organized this subsidiary of INSOUTH Bank, established its accounting systems and procedures, implemented an advanced loan tracking program, established a comprehensive quality control program, hired and trained staff for the company's two locations, and managed growth of the company to fundings of over $2 billion.

In addition, Ms. Batlis has served in various capacities in community banks including Chief Financial Officer, Chief Operating Officer and Director. Ms. Batlis holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Mid-America Nazarene University in Olathe, Kansas, and completed Graduate School of Banking at University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado.