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Mesa Bank and East Valley Bank Announce Officer's Promotion

MESA and CHANDLER, Ariz.– Mar. 27, 2007 -- Neil Barna, president and CEO of Mesa Bank and East Valley Bank, is pleased to announce that longtime operations officer Christine Bond has been promoted to Vice President.

Bond has been an operations officer at Mesa Bank and East Valley Bank for six years. She currently handles daily business for their Chandler office, Downtown Mesa office and Falcon Field office. She has a total of 14 years in banking.

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Mesa Bank and East Valley Bank, founded in 1998 and 1999, respectively, are consistently ranked among the top 10 community banks in Arizona by asset size in the annual Ranking Arizona business opinion poll. Mesa Bank also recently received the prestigious 2007 Business of the Year Award from the Mesa Chamber of Commerce. The full-service banks specialize in providing a complete menu of products and services for businesses. Mesa Bank is headquartered in the Mesa Bank Building, 63 E. Main St. in downtown Mesa and also has an office near Falcon Field at 1733 N. Greenfield Road. East Valley Bank is located in Chandler at 1940 North Alma School Road.