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Thomas Nicholson has served as a founding director of Silver State Bank since its inception in July 1996 and as a founding director of Silver State Bancorp since its inception in January 1999. Mr. Nicholson comes from a third generation ranching family and has lived in the Boise, Idaho are for over 50 years. His family started raising sheep and is now raising cattle and crops in Ada and Canyon counties and operating a large Holstein calf operation in Indiana. In addition to managing the significant family farming and cattle operations, Mr. Nicholson owns and manages several businesses including an agricultural equipment dealership with locations in Idaho, and a Honda/Toyota automobile dealership located in Seattle, Washington. In the past, Mr. Nicholson served as a director of Micron Technology, a Boise based computer chip manufacturer, as director of the Advisory Board of Key Bank (Idaho State) and as a director of the Peregrine Fund, a non-profit organization. | 