FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Kevin Moon
March 6, 2012 (805) 597-6197
(San Luis Obispo, CA) - Mission Community Bank announced that Jon Hillen has joined the bank's Food and Agribusiness Division as an Agribusiness Specialist. In this position, Mr. Hillen will concentrate on business development in San Luis Obispo and north Santa Barbara Counties, though his contacts with food and agricultural businesses are statewide; a core focus will be serving the Central Coast wine industry.
Mr. Hillen has extensive banking and agribusiness experience
throughout California. Prior to his retirement as a Senior
Vice President and regional agribusiness manager at a large
agricultural bank in Salinas, he established an agricultural
real estate portfolio for a large
national insurance firm and consulted for several banks' and
insurance companies' agribusiness portfolios. Mr. Hillen
provides expertise in both operational and term financing for
the wine industry. Jon received his Bachelor's degree in
Agribusiness Management from California Polytechnic State
University, San Luis Obispo.
Mission Community Bank is a locally operated community bank which first opened its doors in 1997. There are full-service Mission Community Bank offices in San Luis Obispo, Atascadero, Santa Maria, Paso Robles and Arroyo Grande, and a loan production office in Oxnard. The bank's
administrative headquarters and Small Business Banking Center are located in San Luis Obispo at
3380 South Higuera Street. For more information,
visit www.MissionCommunityBank.com.
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3380 South Higuera Street