James J. Pieczynski is a seasoned financial executive with over three decades of leadership experience in commercial banking and lending who is currently a consultant to the banking and real estate industries and an investor in real estate.

Following the $2.3 billion merger of CapitalSource Inc. (“CSE”) with PacWest Bancorp in 2014, Mr. Pieczynski joined Pacific Western Bank as President of the CapitalSource Division and a member of the Board of Directors, directing its integration and expansion as a key contributor to the combined entity’s growth. In this role, he led national lending initiatives that enhanced the bank’s portfolio and drove profitable expansion. Effective June 2018, he served as Vice Chairman of PacWest Bancorp, where he collaborated with the CEO to shape the organization’s strategic vision while continuing to serve as a director of both PacWest Bancorp and Pacific Western Bank. He retired from PacWest in May 2021.

Prior to PacWest, He served as Chief Executive Officer and Director of CapitalSource, Inc. from 2012 to 2014, where he oversaw the company’s national middle-market lending operations, including asset-based, equipment, real estate, and cash flow loans to businesses across the United States. Under his guidance, CapitalSource established itself as a premier on-balance sheet lender, focusing on industries such as technology, healthcare, and real estate. Mr. Pieczynski previously served as CSE’s Co-Chief Executive Officer from January 2010 through December 2011, CSE’s President-Healthcare Real Estate Business from November 2008 until January 2010. CSE’s Co-President-Healthcare and Specialty Finance from January 2006 until November 2008, and head of CSE’s Healthcare Real Estate Group from September 2001 until January 2006.

Mr. Pieczynski also served as an executive officer of LTC Properties Inc. (“LTC”) a long-term healthcare REIT from 1994 to 2001, and as a member of the Board of Directors of LTC from 1997 to 2001 and from 2014 to 2024. He has also held directorships at other public companies, including Ribapharm, Inc. and Florida East Coast Industries, Inc. He also contributes to community initiatives as a Director of the Sherwood Country Club Charitable Foundation and the Conejo Teen Organization, Inc.