Executive Management Team

Michael G. O'Rourke

President and CEO

Kevin P. Bastuga

Co-Founder and Executive Vice President

Bryan D. Duncan

Co-Founder and Executive Vice President
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Michael G. O’Rourke, President and CEO

Michael G. O'Rourke

President and CEO

25 years experience

Undergraduate: Marquette University

Graduate School: Loyola University



Board Member of Navy Pier, Inc., American Ireland Fund, Irish Fellowship Club, and St. Angela School

Treasurer of the Western Golf Association, Evans Scholars Foundation, and Trustee of St. Patrick's High School

President of the Banker's Club of Chicago, Illinois Bankers Association (IBA) Board of Directors

Kevin P. Bastuga, Co-Founder and Executive Vice President

Kevin P. Bastuga

Co-Founder and Executive Vice President

20 years experience

Undergraduate: University of Illinois

Graduate School: DePaul University



Young Presidents Organization (YPO)

Risk Management Association

Technology and Manufacturing Association

St. Joseph School

Bryan D. Duncan, Co-Founder and Executive Vice President

Bryan D. Duncan

Co-Founder and Executive Vice President

20 years experience

Undergraduate: University of Northern Iowa

Graduate School: DePaul University



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BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Signature Bank’s non-employee directors support the bank’s management team and believe whole-heartedly in the bank’s mission statement. Each board member provides valuable insight from a wide range of industries, including manufacturing, investment banking, law and, most important, community banking.

Leonard Caronia
Organizing Director & Chairman of the Board

John McEnroe
Organizing Director
John Waller
Organizing Director
George Cochran
Organizing Director
Kelly Douglass
Director

Management Team

Our Team

We understand that banking is about people and their stories, not just the numbers. Our team—with years of collective experience from Chicagoland’s leading banking institutions—makes commercial banking personal.

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Ann Buzzo

Senior Vice President
Loan Services
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Marietta Mullane

Senior Vice President & Cashier
Accounting
phone icon 773.467.5616

Peter Olsen

Senior Vice President
Division Head
Commercial Banking
phone icon 773.467.5630

Lisa Wente

Senior Vice President
Manager of Deposit & Risk Operations
phone icon 773.467.5623

Mike Obrochta

First Vice President
Compliance
CRCM
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Ella Riordan-Pacheco

First Vice President
Retail Operations
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Commercial Banking Team

Our Staff

At Signature, you always get to talk with a real person—a person who knows not just you, but also your children and family members. We watch over your accounts personally and will call you if we spot anything. For a forward-thinking bank, it’s a distinctly traditional approach, but we wouldn’t have it any other way.

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Jim Bolman

Senior Vice President
Division Head
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Nathan Dinger

Senior Vice President
Division Head
phone icon 312.386.6904

Ross Thomson

Senior Vice President
Division Head
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Brad Kranich

First Vice President
Division Head - WI
phone icon 847.268.1033

Steven Vernon

Senior Vice President
Division Head
phone icon 847.268.1034

John Mangan

Senior Vice President
Commercial Banking
phone icon 773.499.7160

Dave Wymer

Senior Vice President
Commercial Banking
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H. Robert Leach

H. Robert Leach

Senior Vice President
Commercial Banking
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Jason Chess

First Vice President
Commercial Banking
phone icon 847.268.1032

Kelly Burns

First Vice President
Commercial Real Estate
NMLS #1009692
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Carmela Trunzo

Vice President
Commercial Real Estate
NMLS #1009640
phone icon 773.467.5612

Timothy Hanson

Vice President
Commercial Banking
phone icon 773.467.9960

Daniel O'Keefe

Vice President
Commercial Banking
phone icon 312.386.6905

Gregory Woodin

Vice President
Credit Administration
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Michael Kowall

Vice President
Credit Administration
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Margaret Sullivan

Vice President
Treasury Management
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