John Eggemeyer is a co-founder and Managing Principal of Castle Creek^® Capital LLC and Castle Creek^® Financial LLC. Mr. Eggemeyer is on the Board of PacWest Bancorp and Guaranty Bancorp. Mr. Eggemeyer is also Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of White River Capital Inc.

Prior to founding Castle Creek^®, Mr. Eggemeyer spent nearly 20 years as a senior executive with some of the largest banking organizations in the United States. During this time he developed managerial skills in commercial lending, problem asset resolution, finance, corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions, trust and asset/liability management.

Mr. Eggemeyer began his banking career at The First National Bank of Chicago, where he spent over nine years primarily in commercial lending activities. He then spent four years at Norwest Bancorporation, where he became Treasurer, Comptroller and Senior Vice President-Finance. Mr. Eggemeyer then moved to Chemical Bank, where he served as the Director of Corporate Finance. He left Chemical Bank to become President of First National Holdings, then the largest bank holding company in Colorado, turning the bank around for sale. He became Executive Vice President of the First Bank System Inc., and President of its wholly owned subsidiary, First Trust Company, Inc. before moving to Drexel Burnham Lambert, Inc., where he established a financial restructuring group focused on financial institutions.

Mr. Eggemeyer is a Trustee of Northwestern University and The Bishop's School in La Jolla, California. He is the past President of the Rancho Santa Fe Board of Governors and a founder and past President of the Rancho Santa Fe Community School Endowment.

Mr. Eggemeyer holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Northwestern University and an M.B.A. from the University of Chicago.