1st Capital Bancorp announced the appointment of Anne C. Leach as a director. Ms. Leach is a partner of Salinas, California based law firm of Ottone Leach & Ray LLP. Ms. Leach was born and raised in Salinas, California and is a fifth generation Central Californian.

She graduated from Salinas High School (1985), the University of California at Berkeley (B.A. in English and History, 1990) and Santa Clara University School of Law (J.D., 1993). As a partner of Ottone Leach & Ray LLP, Ms. Leach focuses on personal and business transactions in the areas of estate planning, probate and trust administration, family-owned businesses, with an emphasis on agricultural business, real estate sales and leases, and non-profit formation and governance. Ms. Leach has received numerous awards and honors for her professional and community work including Outstanding Young Citizen from the Salinas Jaycees, “COG” of the Year and Rotarian of the Year from the Salinas Rotary Club, the Athena Award for businesswoman of the year from the Salinas Valley Chamber of Commerce, Trustee Award from the National Steinbeck Center, Monterey Bay Business Hall of Fame from Junior Achievement of the Silicon Valley and Monterey Bay, and the Luminary Award from Sun Street Centers.