Community Banking Advocate Thanh Pham Named to ICBA Federal Delegate Board

Press Release: Westminster, California. November 5, 2025—The Independent Community Bankers of America (ICBA) today announced that Thanh Pham, President and CEO of Cali Bank, N.A., Westminster, California was ELECTED to the ICBA Federal Delegate Board. ICBA is the nation’s voice for community banks.

"Community banks play a vital role in helping families thrive and small businesses grow," said Thanh Pham. “I’m proud to work with ICBA to advance policies and initiatives that protect and empower these institutions in their efforts to build stronger, more resilient communities that bolster our economy and make a meaningful difference in neighborhoods across America."

In addition to helping shape and advocate ICBA’s national policy positions and programs, Pham’s duties include grassroots engagement, member recruitment efforts, and making sure community bankers in California have a voice in ICBA’s work in Washington.

ICBA is the only national organization dedicated exclusively to promoting the interests of locally operated community banks and savings institutions. With trusted financial expertise and high-quality customer service as their hallmarks, community banks offer best-in class financial services for millions of consumers, small businesses and agricultural enterprises.

“Thanh is an esteemed community leader and a passionate champion for our industry,” said ICBA Chairman Jack Hopkins, president and CEO of CorTrust Bank in Sioux Falls, S.D. “We are fortunate to have Thanh’s voice and vision on our Federal Delegate Board, where HIS experience and insights will help advance our mission in service to the nation’s community banks.”

 

About Cali Bank, N.A.

 Cali Bank, N.A. is a minority-owned community bank devoted to serving the financial needs of the business community in Southern California. Our shareholders, directors and bilingual staff are all local people who know the community and the culture.

 Our mission is to facilitate and enhance the economic activity of the communities in which we operate and serve. We accomplish our mission by assisting our customers on which bank products and services fit their financial requirements. Loan decisions are made locally by experienced commercial bankers who have extensive lending experience in all areas of credit including working capital loans, asset based loans, business expansion and commercial real estate. We also offer certificates of deposits with a wide range of terms, amounts and interest rates to match the financial flexibility requirements of our depositors.

 

About ICBA
The Independent Community Bankers of America® has one mission: to create and promote an environment where community banks flourish. We power the potential of the nation’s community banks through effective advocacy, education, and innovation.  

As local and trusted sources of credit, America’s community banks leverage their relationship-based business model and innovative offerings to channel deposits into the neighborhoods they serve, creating jobs, fostering economic prosperity, and fueling their customers’ financial goals and dreams. For more information, visit ICBA’s website at icba.org.

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