Ms. Clayton was appointed as a Class I director of the Company and a director of MetroBank in April 2004 and serves as a member of the Company's Audit Committee. She was appointed as a director of Metro United Bank in October 2005. She retired as the President and CEO of Abmaxis Inc., a subsidiary of Merck & Co.. From 2000 to 2003, she was the Chief Financial Officer of CBYON Inc., a surgical instrument company. Prior to joining CBYON, she was a co-founder, President and Chief Financial Officer of Raven Biotechnologies. She has been President, CEO or CFO of several technology companies, including Protein Design Labs and Genentech. From 1976 to 1981, she was with the Bank of America where she served in both lending and operations functions, including Head of Corporate Banking in Mountain View, California and Assistant Branch Manager. Ms. Clayton received a Masters of Business Administration degree from the Stanford Business School and a Bachelor of Arts from Smith College. |