Steven Gardner

Mr. Steven R. Gardner is President, Chief Executive Officer, Director of Pacific Premier Bancorp, Inc., and the Bank since the third quarter of 2000, and has served as a director of the Company since 2000. Prior to joining the company in February 2000 as Chief Operating Officer, Mr. Gardner was Senior Vice President at Hawthorne Financial since 1997. Mr. Gardner has served in management positions in credit administration, portfolio management, lending production and operations as well as risk management for the past 25 years. Mr. Gardner holds a B.A. degree from California State University, Fullerton and attended graduate school at California State University, Long Beach.