California Banker Issue 6 2025

Meet Your CBA Team!

Kevin is a Pacific Coast Banking School graduate and the 2016 recipient of the Almon McCallum Award for distinguished and meritorious service to the California banking industry.

Kevin Gould President & CEO kgould@calbankers.com

Yvette Ernst Senior Vice President, Chief Operat ing Officer & Corporate Secretary yernst@calbankers.com As CBA’s senior vice president, chief operating officer, and corporate sec retary, Yvette Ernst oversees the

Kevin Gould is president and CEO of the California Bankers Association. In his role, he is responsible for ex ecuting the association’s mission and

vision. Kevin works closely with CBA’s executive committee and board of directors to develop and implement strategic plans to serve our members and the banking industry. He joined CBA in 2004 and is involved in all aspects of the association’s operations. Before being named president and CEO, Kevin led the association’s state and federal government relations department. He continues to serve as one of CBA’s registered lobbyists.

management of the organization’s day-to-day operations. In collaboration with the executive management team, she creates and implements policies, practices, and strategies that foster and promote the operational success of the as sociation for its members and staff.

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