Simone Lagomarsino joined First Foundation Bank as President and Director on July 8, 2024. Prior to joining First Foundation, Ms. Lagomarsino served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Luther Burbank Corporation and its subsidiary Luther Burbank Savings in Santa Rosa, California, from January 2019 until its merger with WaFd Bank, which was completed on February 29, 2024. Ms. Lagomarsino has also been the President and Chief Executive Officer of California Bankers Association from April 2017 through December 2018.
Before that, she was the Chief Executive Officer and Director of Heritage Oaks Bank and President of Heritage Oaks Bancorp in Paso Robles, California, from September 2011 until its merger with Pacific Premier Bank and Pacific Premier Bancorp in April 2017. Prior to that, Ms. Lagomarsino was President and Chief Executive Officer of Kinecta Federal Credit Union from June 2006 through January 2010. She is a financial services professional with more than 30 years of experience in executive positions.
Ms. Lagomarsino has also served on numerous boards, including serving as a director of the Federal Home Loan Bank of San Francisco since November 2013, Pacific Premier Bank and its holding company, Pacific Premier Bancorp, from April 2017 through November 2018. Beginning in January of 2022, she joined the head office board of directors of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, where she served until July 2024. From July 2019 to June 2022, Ms. Lagomarsino was on the board of Hannon Armstrong, a real estate investment trust that provides capital to leading companies in the energy efficiency, renewable energy, and other sustainable infrastructure markets.