In the Spotlight

Grace K. Wickersham '69, an MSMC trustee and past regent, has been named to the Board of Directors for Plaza Bank.

Sept. 14, 2012 -- Grace K. Wickersham '69, a longtime MSMC trustee and past regent, has been named to the Plaza Bank Board of Directors.

Wickersham is senior vice president and senior economic and financial analyst for Carpenter & Company and for the Carpenter Community BancFund, which is the majority shareholder of Plaza Bank. Wickersham has served on the Economic Advisory Committee to the state Department of Finance, was a member of the Board of Directors of the National Association of Business Economics and was a consulting economist to the UCLA Business Forecasting Project.

Wickersham, a longtime resident of Corona del Mar, earned her bachelor's degree in economics from MSMC. She also holds a master's degree in economics from USC.

Plaza Bank is a full-service community bank serving business and professional communities in California and Las Vegas, Nevada.