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Robert Heller  

Former CEO of Visa U.S.A and also served on The Federal Reserve's Board of Governors

Dr. Heller has been a Director since 2005 and has served as a member of the Compensation Committee and the Bank’s Wealth Management and Trust Services (“WMTS”) Committee since 2006, serving as Chair of the WMTS Committee since 2008. Dr. Heller received his Ph.D. in Economics from the University of California at Berkeley. In 1974 he was named as Chief of the Financial Studies Division of the International Monetary Fund in Washington, DC. In 1978, he joined Bank of America in San Francisco as Director of International Economic Research. In 1986 he was appointed as a member of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System. In 1989, Dr. Heller joined VISA International and starting in 1991 served as President and CEO of VISA USA until 1993. From 1995 to 2002, he was Executive Vice President and a member of the Board of Directors of the Fair Isaac Corporation (NYSE:FIC). He currently serves on the Board of Sonic Automotive, Inc (NYSE:SAH) as well as several private companies. He is now a Staff Commodore of The San Francisco Yacht Club. He has served as the Chairman of the Board of Marin General Hospital and on the boards of many educational and cultural institutions, including the World Affairs Council of Northern California, the Romberg Center for Environmental Studies of San Francisco State University and the Institute for International Education in San Francisco.

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