Summit State in California Adds Director

by Chris Cumming

FEB 27, 2013 2:23pm ET

Summit State Bank (SSBI) in Santa Rosa, Calif., has added Brad Baker to its board.

Baker joined the $445 million-asset bank's board on Monday, the company announced. He is president and chief executive of Codding Investments, an investment holding company in Sonoma County. He also founded the alternative-fuel company Community Fuels and the Sonoma Mountain Business Cluster, a nonprofit start-up incubator.

Baker's "extensive experience and dedication to our local business and nonprofit community is incredibly valuable and appreciated by Summit and our boar," Allan Hemphill, the bank's chairman, said in a press release.

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