Santa Cruz County Bank announced the appointment of Caroline D. Chapin to the Bank's Board of Directors. Caroline D. Chapin is Executive Vice President of the Don Chapin Company Inc., a General Engineering Contractor based in Salinas. As a member of the company's Leadership Team, Ms. Chapin works with the CEO on all corporate acquisitions and business expansion efforts, serves as Chief Contract Administrator for public works and private contracts, and ensures regulatory compliance with public agencies, including the State Water Resources Control Board, local and state government entities, OSHA, and CalEPA.

Ms. Chapin also serves as General Manager of Landset Engineers Inc., a Civil Engineering Firm based in Salinas. In this role Ms. Chapin oversees all business operations, including personnel, recruitment, financial oversight, facility management, and business development. Ms. Chapin managed design and construction of the company's new corporate headquarters.

Ms. Chapin serves on the board of the Salinas Valley Basin Groundwater Sustainability Agency, as Committee Chair of the Langley Subbasin Committee, and as Treasurer of the Don and Barbara Chapin Foundation. She is a graduate of Leadership Salinas Valley and of Santa Cruz County's Focus Agriculture program.