Santa Barbara Bank & Trust Celebrates 45-Year Employee

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By Brian Kerstiens

Real estate investment group executive Charlene Ray started as a back-office check sorter in 1963.

Charlene Ray received a Santa Barbara Bank & Trust Service Award in honor of her 45 years at the bank. Pacific Capital Bancorp board chairman Ed Birch, left, and Santa Barbara Bank & Trust president and CEO George Leis made the presentation. (Randy Weiss / Santa Barbara Bank & Trust photo)

Santa Barbara Bank & Trust threw an Executive Patio party Thursday in honor of Charlene Ray, who was celebrating 45 years of service with the 48-year-old bank. Ray started her banking career as a check sorter in 1963 and currently is vice president and documentation manager of the bank’s real estate investment group.

Santa Barbara Bank & Trust is a division of Pacific Capital Bank N.A. and a member of the FDIC.

Brian Kerstiens is a community relations official at Santa Barbara Bank & Trust.

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