Sector: Financials
Director information for HANMI FINANCIAL CORP (data for year 2026)
| Name | Position | Age | Qualifications and Experience | Committee Memberships | Filing Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bonita I. Lee | President & CEO; President and Chief Executive Officer | 63 | ["President & CEO of Hanmi and Hanmi Bank","Extensive experience in the Korean-American banking industry","Successes in safely and profitably growing her organization","Business acumen","Good relationship with investors in the Korean-American community"] | ["RCP"] | 2026 |
| Christie K. Chu | President & CEO; Director | 61 | ["President & CEO of CKC Accountancy Corporation","Founder, President and CEO of CKC Accountancy Corporation","Over 30 years of experience as a Certified Public Accountant","Experience at KPMG, Ernst & Young, LLP, and Arthur Anderson & Co.","Past President of the Korean American CPA Society of Southern California","Member and past Treasurer of the National Korean American Society of CPAs","Current member of the California Society of Certified Public Accountants","Board member of the Pacific Southwest Chapter of the National Association of Corporate Directors","Board member of the Korean Senior & Community Center","B.A. degree in business and economics from the University of California, Los Angeles","Completed the Director Education and Certification Program at the UCLA Anderson School of Management"] | ["Audit","CHR","NCG"] | 2026 |
| Christine P. Ball | Director | 68 | ["Retired (former Deputy Chief Credit Officer of City National Bank)","More than 35 years of experience in corporate, commercial and private banking","Extensive experience with loan syndications, global credit risk, credit administration","Lending experience in a variety of industries","Former Senior Vice President and Deputy Chief Credit Officer for City National Bank","Former Senior Vice President and Division Credit Manager-Entertainment from 2013 to 2022","Former Senior Vice President at Wells Fargo Bank from 2008 to 2013","Former Senior Vice President for Wachovia Bank from 2006 to 2008","Former board chair for the Weingart Center Association","Former board president of the Jack Kramer Tennis Club","B.A. degree in economics from the University of California, Davis","M.B.A. degree in finance from the Johnson Graduate School of Management at Cornell University"] | ["RCP"] | 2026 |
| Daniel J. Medici | Director | 59 | ["Retired (former Senior BIT Lead Expert Risk Specialist, Office of the Comptroller of Currency)","over 35 years of experience as a federal bank examiner","assessing complex information technology (IT) environments","evaluating cybersecurity controls at financial institutions and technology service providers","served as Bank IT Lead Expert Risk Specialist","expert in information technology, cybersecurity, and operational processes","B.A. degree in finance and a M.S. in management science","holds several industry certifications including CISSP, CISA, CCSP, CRISC, CompTIA Network+ and A+"] | ["Audit","RCP"] | 2026 |
| David L. Rosenblum | Vice Chairman of our Board | 73 | ["Retired (former Senior Principal of Deloitte Consulting LLP)","retired and former Senior Principal at Deloitte Consulting LLP (1979 to 2013)","National Managing Director of Consulting Corporate Development","leader of the Strategy & Operations practice","member of Sage Partners, LLC","operating partner of Interlock Equity LP","board member of Apply Digital","director of the Library Foundation of Los Angeles","Chair-Emeritus of the Pacific Southwest Chapter of the National Association of Corporate Directors","previously served on the board of Deloitte Consulting, LLP","trustee of Wesleyan University","B.A. degree in economics from Wesleyan University","M.B.A. degree in finance from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania","strategic planning, mergers and acquisitions, and corporate development experience"] | ["Audit","CHR","RCP"] | 2026 |
| Gideon Yu | Co-owner & Former President; Director | 55 | ["Co-owner & Former President of San Francisco 49ers","over 30 years of experience as a finance executive, investor and advisor in venture capital, technology and media","former president of the San Francisco 49ers","Managing Partner of Series X Capital","Chief Financial Officer of Facebook and YouTube","General Partner at Khosla Ventures","finance and strategy positions with Yahoo!, The Walt Disney Company, Hilton Hotels Corporation and DLJ","serves on the Board of Directors of the PGA of America and the Monterey Bay Aquarium","B.S. in Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management from Stanford University","M.B.A. from Harvard Business School"] | ["NCG","RCP"] | 2026 |
| Gloria J. Lee | Client Relations Partner; Director | 48 | ["Client Relations Partner of Rutan & Tucker","Client Relations Partner for Rutan & Tucker, LLP since 2014","Chair of the firm’s Business Development Committee","Co-founded Kwell Laboratories LLC in 2020","Venture Partner of Ethos Fund","Non-profit board member of Asia Society of Southern California, Korean American Leaders in Hollywood, and Olive Crest","Past national board member of the Council of Korean Americans","Past Executive Board Member of Asian Americans Advancing Justice","Past President of the Orange County Asian American Bar Association","B.A. and M.A. from Stanford University","J.D. from the University of California, Berkeley School of Law"] | ["Audit","CHR","NCG"] | 2026 |
| Harry H. Chung | Chief Operating Officer & Chief Financial Officer; Director | 56 | ["Chief Operating Officer & Chief Financial Officer of WhiteHawk Capital Partners","Over 30 years of experience in capital markets and financial services","Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer of WhiteHawk Capital Partners since 2020","Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer of Great American Capital Partners, LLC from 2017 to 2020","Chief Financial Officer of Breakwater Investment Management","Chief Financial Officer of Imperial Capital","Numerous leadership positions at Jefferies and Company, Inc.","B.S. degree in accounting from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign"] | ["Audit","CHR"] | 2026 |
| James A. Marasco | Director | 65 | ["Retired (former Senior Managing Director of Wells Fargo Capital Finance)","Over 35 years of experience in commercial lending and financial services","Head of Originations at Gibraltar Business Capital","Independent director for Gibraltar from 2021 to 2023","Strategic Advisor for Crescent Capital Group, L.P.","Leadership positions in originations and capital markets at Wells Fargo Capital Finance","Member of senior credit committee for asset-based lending and specialty businesses","Chair of compensation committee at Great American Holdings LLC","B.A. degree in accounting from Michigan State University"] | ["CHR","NCG","RCP"] | 2026 |
| John J. Ahn | Chairman; Director | 61 | ["CEO of WhiteHawk Capital Partners","more than 30 years of experience in capital markets and financial advisory services","founder and Chief Executive Officer of WhiteHawk Capital Partners","served as Chief Executive Officer of Great American Capital Partners, LLC","President of B. Riley & Co.","numerous leadership positions in the investment banking","B.A. degree in economics from Williams College"] | ["NCG","RCP"] | 2026 |
| Michael Du | Executive Vice President and Chief Risk Officer | 53 | ["Certified Public Accountant","B.S. degree in accounting","M.S. in business administration from California State universities","executive management program at the University of California, Los Angeles","served in the United States Air Force/Reserves for over 25 years","previously served as Senior Vice President and Chief Risk Officer","Director of Internal Audit for Pacific Western Bank","Vice President of Risk Management for Unify Federal Financial Credit Union"] | ["California Bankers Association's Federal and State Government Relations Committees"] | 2026 |
| Michael M. Yang | Founder & CEO | 64 | ["Founder & CEO of Michael Yang Capital Management, LLC"] | [] | 2026 |
| Romolo C. Santarosa | Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer | 69 | ["Over 30 years of experience in banking and financial services","Certified Public Accountant"] | ["Audit Committee"] | 2026 |
| Thomas J. Williams | Director | 63 | ["Retired (former Senior Vice President & Chief Risk Officer of BofI Federal Bank)","over 30 years of experience in bank regulation and the banking industry","extensive experience across a broad range of risk and lending activities","served as Senior Vice President and Chief Risk Officer at BofI Federal Bank","Executive Director of Commercial Credit Review at Capital One","Director of Regulatory Relations at Silicon Valley Bank","Principal Examiner at the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco","National Bank Examiner with the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency","B.S. degree in economics from the University of South Dakota"] | ["RCP"] | 2026 |
