The board of directors of United Security Bancshares and United Security Bank, voted to increase the size of their respective Boards from ten directors to eleven directors and appointed Nabeel Mahmood and Brian Tkacz as members of their respective Boards, effective immediately. Mr. Mahmood was also appointed to the Audit Committee of the company's board of directors and Mr. Tkacz was appointed to the Risk Management Committee of the Bank's Board of Directors. Mr. Mahmood brings over 18 years of executive level information technology experience to the Board. He currently serves as the Chief Information Technology Officer of Maxco and was the previous Chief Information Technology Officer of KamWay. Mr. Tkacz currently serves as the Director of Information Technology at Markel Corporation. Previous to this, Mr. Tkacz was a Director of Consumer Lending at Capital One. Both Mr. Mahmood and Mr. Tkacz will participate in the company's standard independent director compensation program which provides for cash compensation for committee attendance, premiums for serving as chairs of certain committees, and equity grants in the form of stock options. In addition, both Mr. Mahmood and Mr. Tkacz will be eligible to participate in the company's 2015 Equity Incentive Award Plan and receive nonqualified stock options, restricted stock awards, and restricted stock units, if and when duly approve by the company's Board.