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Mr. Schoenstein has over nineteen years of construction lending experience in the Bay Area and Northern California construction markets. Prior to joining Bridge Bank, Mr. Schoenstein served as Senior Vice President and Senior Credit Officer with Bay Area Bank. His responsibilities included management of a construction loan portfolio of over a hundred million dollars.

“Mark has a proven track record and a loyal following among the development community,” said Tim Boothe, Executive Vice President and Chief Lending Officer of Bridge Bank. “Mark also practices Bridge Bank’s philosophy of providing the highest level of personalized service to its clients.”
As a Manager of the new loan production office, Mr. Schoenstein’s responsibilities will include the management of a construction loan team that will focus on the Mid-Peninsula and San Francisco construction markets.

“We are very pleased and fortunate to have a construction banker with Mark’s skill and experience join our lending team,” said Natalie Taaffe, Executive Vice President and Manager of Bridge Bank’s Construction Loan Division.

Mr. Schoenstein is a graduate of San Francisco State University and the Pacific Coast Banking School at the Graduate School of Business at the University of Washington in Seattle, WA.
Bridge Bank’s Construction Loan Division provides a variety of loan products including land loans, SFR construction, commercial loans and multi-family construction.

Bridge Bank, N.A., headquartered in Silicon Valley, now has a presence in ten business markets throughout California. In addition to its newly established Redwood City construction loan production office, the Bank operates full-service commercial banking offices in San Jose and Palo Alto, a commercial loan production office in the East Bay, the Bridge Capital Finance loan production office in Santa Clara - offering structured, asset-based, and invoice based loans, a Small Business Administration loan production office in Sacramento, and four Small Business Administration loan sales representatives in the Fresno, Bakersfield, Orange County, and San Diego business markets.

About Bridge Capital Holdings

Bridge Capital Holdings is the holding company for Bridge Bank, National Association. Bridge Capital Holdings was formed on October 1, 2004 and is listed on The NASDAQ Stock Market under the trading symbol BBNK. Visit Bridge Capital Holdings on the web at www.bridgecapitalholdings.com.

About Bridge Bank, N.A.

Bridge Bank, N.A. Bridge Bank, N.A. is Silicon Valley's full-service professional business bank. The bank is dedicated to meeting the financial needs of small and middle market, and emerging technology businesses in the Silicon Valley, Palo Alto, San Ramon-Pleasanton, Sacramento, San Diego, Bakersfield, Fresno, and Orange County business communities. Bridge Bank provides its clients with a comprehensive package of business banking solutions delivered through experienced, professional bankers. Visit Bridge Bank on the web at HYPERLINK www.bridgebank.com.

Certain matters discussed in this press release constitute forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, and are subject to the safe harbors created by that Act.  Forward-looking statements describe future plans, strategies, and expectations, and are based on currently available information, expectations, assumptions, projections, and management's judgment about the Bank, the banking industry and general economic conditions.  These forward looking statements are subject to certain risks and uncertainties that could cause the actual results, performance or achievements to differ materially from those expressed, suggested or implied by the forward looking statements.

These risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to: (1) competitive pressures in the banking industry; (2) changes in interest rate environment; (3) general economic conditions, nationally, regionally, and in operating markets; (4) changes in the regulatory environment; (5) changes in business conditions and inflation; (6) changes in securities markets; (7) future credit loss experience; (8) the ability to satisfy requirements related to the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and other regulation on internal control; (9) civil disturbances or terrorist threats or acts, or apprehension about the possible future occurrences of acts of this type; and (10) the involvement of the United States in war or other hostilities.

The reader should refer to the more complete discussion of such risks in Bridge Capital Holdings  reports on Forms 10-K and 10-Q on file with the SEC.

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