First Bank Team Provides Blueprint for OC Habitat Event

With First Bank serving as a Blueprint sponsor, executives and business leaders from across Orange County left their suits and smartphones behind to raise a $123,000 during the Eighth Annual Leaders Build Day 2016.

Eighty-one participants took part in the event at Fluidmasters, Inc. in San Juan Capistrano, California, where five Santa Ana homes were framed.

Helping lead Leaders Build Day was Susan Montoya, First Bank’s Senior Vice President and Corporate CRA Officer. She served as event co-chair for the third consecutive year along with Charles Antis of Antis Roofing.

Joining Montoya from First Bank were Rod Pierce, Business Development Officer; Jim Babbage, Commercial Loan Officer, Religious Lending; Kevin McCobb, Branch Manager; and Abby Walls, Senior Relationship Manager.

Working together to build affordable homes for low-income families, corporate executives and business leaders also had the chance to network and forge new bonds that may lead to new business opportunities.

During Leaders Build, participants also heard first-hand from a Habitat Orange County homeowner and took part in competitive contests such as hammering and sawing.

In addition to First Bank, Pacific Western Bank, Banc of California and Fluidmasters, Inc. were the other Blueprint sponsors.

Celebrating 28 years of changing lives and changing communities in Orange County,

Habitat for Humanity is dedicated to ending substandard housing and building strong communities in Orange County. For more information, visit habitatoc.org.

First Bank firstbanks.com is one of the largest privately owned banks in the country with $5.93 billion in assets and 111 locations in California, Missouri, and Illinois.

Photo – The Leaders Build team.