Biography

Ms. Zarate, CPA, has served as a director of the Bank since April 2025. She has served as Chief Accounting Officer and Treasurer of McClatchy Media Company, LLC, a media company that publishes and distributes local news and lifestyle and entertainment brands, since July 2021. She previously held the positions of Controller and Treasurer from 2020 to 2021 and as its Investor Relations Manager from 2016 to 2020. From 2006 to 2013, Ms. Zarate worked in Audit & Assurance for Deloitte LLP, where her primary focus was on the management of financial statement audits and regulatory filings for public companies, as well as audits of not-for-profit organizations. She earned her MBA from the University of California, Davis and her bachelor’s degree in accounting from California State University, Sacramento.