First Choice Bancorp announced today Lynn M. Hopkins, Chief Financial Officer, has resigned from the Company and First Choice Bank in order to accept a position with another financial institution based in California. The Company also announced that Diana Hanson, Chief Accounting Officer for the Company and First Choice Bank, has been promoted to Chief Financial Officer, and will lead the Company’s finance department on an interim basis while First Choice conducts an executive search for Ms. Hopkins’ replacement. Ms. Hanson has over 25 years of experience in corporate accounting for the financial services industry, including as the SVP/Director of Accounting Policy at Pacific Western Bank, and has served as First Choice’s Chief Accounting Officer since 2019.

“We appreciate Lynn’s service to First Choice and wish her well in her future endeavors,” said Robert M. Franko, President and Chief Executive Officer of First Choice. “Diana Hanson has been a key member of our finance department since joining First Choice in March 2019 and has done an outstanding job of managing our accounting functions. We are very pleased to recognize Diana’s value to First Choice and we know that she is well suited to lead our finance department while we conduct our search for a permanent CFO.”