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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001628280-26-014012"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CWBC"
cik: "0001127371"
company_name: "Community West Bancshares"
filed_at: "2026-03-03T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-15T21:59:50.054517+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Community West Bancshares COO Blaine Lauhon to retire effective Dec 31, 2026

## Summary
- Blaine C. Lauhon, EVP and COO of Community West Bank, notified of retirement effective December 31, 2026.
- Lauhon joined in 2017 via the Folsom Lake Bank acquisition; became COO in December 2024.
- He oversaw Operations Division: Loan Ops, Facilities, Technology/Data/Analytics, Project Mgmt, Deposit Ops, Marketing.
- CEO James Kim thanked Lauhon for nearly a decade of leadership; no successor was named in the release.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001628280-26-014012
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CWBC
- cik: 0001127371
- company_name: Community West Bancshares
- filed_at: 2026-03-03T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1127371/000162828026014012/0001628280-26-014012-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1127371/000162828026014012/cvcy-20260225.htm

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