About Us

Rob Schwister

Rob is a highly accomplished financial industry executive with a proven track record as a strong leader. He has taken leadership roles at community banks, redeveloped entire commercial lending teams, and raised profitability to high-performance standards.

Rob began his career as a Sales Engineer for A.O. Smith Corporation, a publicly traded company based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. While employed by A.O. Smith, Rob obtained his MBA at Rochester Institute of Technology, where he developed a passion for the finance industry. After several more years as a Sales Engineer, Rob levered his education and work-experience into a completely new career in the financial services industry with a role as a Commercial Lender for a community bank. Rob’s strong knowledge of manufacturing gave him a significant advantage in the Commercial & Industrial (C&I) lending space, and he rapidly developed a strong reputation as a reliable, trustworthy lender who understood his client’s business.

Rob showed his natural leadership skills as a commercial lender and was recruited to manage a team at Home National Bank, where he successfully delivered strong results for the bank. While there, Rob obtained his Masters in Banking from Sheshunoff Banking School, which further prepared him for continued success in banking. After five years at Home National Bank, he took on the opportunity to serve as Arizona Market President for Alerus. In that role, Rob built a team of commercial bankers, treasury managers, consumer bankers, and mortgage bankers, over 20 professionals combined. Prior to joining Gainey Business Bank, Rob served as Executive Vice President of a leasing company in Scottsdale, where he managed banking programs and assisted with various business development endeavors.

Rob has been featured as an AZ Business Leader six times, and he was featured as an AZ Business Leader to Watch in 2021. Rob is passionate about the banking industry, having been actively involved in the Arizona Bankers Association for over 12 years, most recently serving as Executive Director and Vice Chairman.

His passion for the community is exemplified in his impressive history of service to several non-profits including service as a Site Council Member at North Ranch Elementary School, a Board Manager for the YMCA of Scottsdale/Paradise Valley, and as a Director for Thunderbird Field II Veterans Memorial.

Rob and his wife, Suzanna, live in Scottsdale. They have two adult children. The eldest, Madeline, is a Business Manager for a consulting company, and lives in Tacoma, Washington. She is married to Second Lieutenant Alec Young, who is a C-17 pilot for the U.S. Air Force. Rob and Suzanna’s son, Jack, lives in Scottsdale and works as a Welding Instructor for East Valley Institute of Technology. Rob and Suzanna enjoy golf, hiking, and travel, and spending time at their second home in Flagstaff, Arizona.

Jim Maloney

Mr. Maloney brings 40 years of experience in the banking industry. He held the position of CFO for First Community Bank of Homer Glen & Lockport, Allied First Bank and most recently West Valley National Bank. In addition to managing the Treasury and Accounting functions, Mr. Maloney has managed the Operations, Information Technology and Human Resources areas of all the Banks.

Mr. Maloney began his banking career at Joliet Federal Savings in 1980, where he worked as a college intern. In 1989, Mr. Maloney joined BankFinancial Savings Bank as the Assistant Controller and was promoted to Controller two months after joining the Bank. In September 2006, Mr. Maloney was recruited to join a group of investors as the organizing Chief Financial Officer of First Community Bank of Homer Glen and Lockport.
After a merger of First Community Bank, Mr. Maloney joined Allied First Bank as the CFO and worked with the President/CEO to raise capital and lift the consent order the Bank was under. In May of 2018, Mr. Maloney moved to Arizona and accepted the position of CFO for West Valley National Bank, where he worked to increase revenues and assist the Bank in achieving profitability.

Mr. Maloney graduated in 1982 from College of St. Francis (now the University of St. Francis) with a BA in Accounting and subsequently from the University of St. Francis in 2004 with a Master’s in Business Administration.

Mark Martinez

Mark J. Martinez is a seasoned community banker having worked in the industry since 1977. Most recently he served as shareholder, Chief Credit Officer and Executive Vice President of Arizona based Horizon Community Bank, Inc. from August of 2011 until the bank was sold in September of 2022. Prior to that he had worked in the Denver banking market. He served as founder, Regional President and Chief Lending Officer of Solera National Bank, N.A. in Lakewood, CO.

Previously, he served as a de facto Market President for IronStone Bank, a subsidiary of First Citizens Bank based in Raleigh, NC that specialized in delivering banking services to the healthcare sector. He established their de novo presence in the Denver market and exercised considerable autonomy in decision making, growth development, policy and oversight of all functional areas and operations. He grew their market presence to four locations while in that role. That position was preceded by his role as Executive Vice President of Corporate Services of Heritage Bank in Louisville, CO. At Key Bank (a super-regional institution), from 1995 to 2001 he served as Sr. Vice President in the capacities as manager of both its Colorado Community Banking and Business Banking divisions. He was responsible for the management of all Key’s Community banking operations in Colorado through a 27-bank delivery system overseeing nearly 400 employees. At Norwest Bank (a super-regional institution), from 1989 to 1995, he held several positions including responsibility for building a portfolio of Corporate Banking clients in energy and minerals related sectors.

Throughout his career he has been actively engaged in serving the communities in which he did business. Most notably, he was appointed by Colorado Governor Bill Owens and confirmed by the Colorado State Senate to the Board of Trustees of Metropolitan State University of Denver, ultimately serving for nearly eight years. He subsequently served on its Foundation Board for two years.