WABC · Westamerica Bancorporation

$58.28 +0.18 (+0.31%)

Market Cap

$1.37B

23.11M

Named-executive compensation from the company's DEF 14A proxy statements — salary, bonus, stock and option awards, non-equity incentive, and the company-reported total per executive per fiscal year, exactly as disclosed in the Summary Compensation Table.

Fiscal 2025

Executive	Role	Salary	Bonus	Stock Awards	Option Awards	Incentive	Other	Total
David L. Payne	Chairman, President & CEO John "Robert" A. Thorson	$371,000	—	—	—	$400,000	$31,645	$802,645
Brian Donohoe	SVP & Chief Information Officer	$130,008	—	$110,897	$181,641	$86,400	$38,243	$547,189
Anela M. Jonas	SVP & Chief Financial Officer	$148,892	—	$82,528	$156,915	$99,800	$42,813	$531,431
Russell W. Rizzardi	SVP & Chief	$126,735	—	$103,676	$170,229	$66,000	$13,230	$479,870
Robert Baker	SVP & Banking	$130,021	—	$74,275	$139,797	$74,200	$23,980	$443,236

Fiscal 2024

Executive	Role	Salary	Bonus	Stock Awards	Option Awards	Incentive	Other	Total
David L. Payne	Chairman, President & CEO John "Robert" A. Thorson	$371,000	—	—	—	$385,000	$30,658	$786,658
Brian Donohoe	SVP & Chief Information Officer	$130,008	—	$111,328	$169,548	$86,100	$39,693	$536,677
Anela M. Jonas	SVP & Chief Financial Officer	$142,500	—	$39,760	$139,728	$68,600	$55,455	$446,043
Russell W. Rizzardi	SVP & Chief	$102,574	—	$103,376	$155,916	$65,700	$10,259	$437,825
Robert Baker	SVP & Banking	$130,021	—	$74,053	$130,356	$74,800	$24,289	$433,519

Fiscal 2023

Executive	Role	Salary	Bonus	Stock Awards	Option Awards	Incentive	Other	Total
David L. Payne	Chairman, President & CEO John "Robert" A. Thorson	$371,000	—	—	—	$360,000	$27,701	$758,701
Brian Donohoe	SVP & Chief Information Officer	$130,008	—	$113,159	$164,900	$85,000	$39,353	$532,420
Russell W. Rizzardi	SVP & Chief	$120,960	—	$105,393	$153,850	$65,300	$11,511	$457,014
Credit Administrator	—	$120,960	—	$105,393	$153,850	$65,300	$11,511	$457,014
Robert Baker	SVP & Banking	$130,020	—	$75,439	$127,500	$74,800	$24,926	$433,130
Division Manager	—	$130,020	—	$75,439	$127,500	$74,800	$24,926	$433,130
Jesse Leavitt	SVP & Chief Financial Officer	$58,252	—	—	—	—	$6,322	$64,574

Fiscal 2022

Executive	Role	Salary	Bonus	Stock Awards	Option Awards	Incentive	Other	Total
David L. Payne	Chairman, President & CEO John "Robert" A. Thorson	$371,000	—	—	—	$350,000	$29,021	$750,021
Brian Donohoe	SVP & Chief Information Officer	$130,008	—	$111,169	$142,990	$86,300	$39,862	$510,329
Credit Administrator	—	$120,960	—	$103,563	$131,930	$64,800	$12,172	$433,425
Russell W. Rizzardi	SVP & Credit Administrator	$120,960	—	$103,563	$131,930	$64,800	$12,172	$433,425
Robert Baker	RVP/Sr. Regional Market Mgr	$130,020	—	$74,308	$109,020	$75,400	$22,790	$414,318
Division Manager	—	$130,020	—	$74,308	$109,020	$75,400	$22,790	$414,318
Jesse Leavitt	SVP & Chief Financial Officer	$135,000	—	$31,010	$113,760	$46,200	$19,596	$345,566

Fiscal 2021

Executive	Role	Salary	Bonus	Stock Awards	Option Awards	Incentive	Other	Total
David L. Payne	Chairman, President & CEO John "Robert" A. Thorson	$371,000	—	—	—	$350,000	$29,563	$750,563
Brian Donohoe	SVP & Operations & Systems	$130,008	—	$108,452	$113,250	$87,100	$37,375	$476,185
Division Manager	—	$120,960	—	$100,461	$105,750	$66,000	$10,939	$404,110
Russell W. Rizzardi	SVP & Credit Administrator	$120,960	—	$100,461	$105,750	$66,000	$10,939	$404,110
Southern Banking Division	—	$130,020	—	$71,921	$87,000	$64,100	$21,819	$377,137
Jesse Leavitt	SVP & Chief Financial Officer	$135,000	—	$30,252	$92,250	$45,100	$18,273	$320,875

Fiscal 2020

Executive	Role	Salary	Bonus	Stock Awards	Option Awards	Incentive	Other	Total
David L. Payne	Chairman, President & CEO	$371,000	—	—	—	$300,000	$27,807	$698,807
Division Manager	—	$149,000	—	$129,500	$171,936	$134,000	$31,469	$695,514
Russell W. Rizzardi	SVP/Credit Administrator	$120,960	—	$104,928	$138,240	$64,400	$10,455	$473,607
Brian Donohoe	SVP/Operations & Systems	$130,008	—	$83,677	$106,272	$86,000	$29,422	$227,031
Jesse Leavitt	SVP & Chief Financial Officer John "Robert" A. Thorson	$135,000	—	—	—	$43,500	$9,252	$187,752

Fiscal 2019

Executive	Role	Salary	Bonus	Stock Awards	Option Awards	Incentive	Other	Total
Division Manager	—	$149,000	—	$124,718	$216,028	$163,200	$32,405	$695,329
David L. Payne	Chairman, President & CEO	$371,000	—	—	—	$300,000	$24,274	$695,274
Russell W. Rizzardi	SVP/Credit Administrator	$120,960	—	$101,529	$175,268	$66,800	$9,050	$473,607
Brian Donohoe	SVP/Operations & Systems	$120,000	—	—	$55,026	$49,400	$2,605	$227,031
Jesse Leavitt	SVP & Chief Financial Officer John "Robert" A. Thorson	$106,875	—	—	—	$15,000	$4,224	$126,099

Fiscal 2018

Executive	Role	Salary	Bonus	Stock Awards	Option Awards	Incentive	Other	Total
Division Manager	—	$149,000	—	$123,688	$210,578	$160,700	$29,012	$695,329
David L. Payne	Chairman, President & CEO	$371,000	—	—	—	$250,000	$19,813	$640,813
Russell W. Rizzardi	SVP/Credit Administrator	$120,960	—	$100,070	$169,660	$65,500	$7,903	$464,093
Brian Donohoe	SVP/Operations & Systems	$87,348	—	—	$54,890	$22,100	$7,422	$171,760
Jesse Leavitt	SVP & Chief Financial Officer John "Robert" A. Thorson	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

Fiscal 2017

Executive	Role	Salary	Bonus	Stock Awards	Option Awards	Incentive	Other	Total
David L. Payne	Chairman, President & CEO John "Robert" A. Thorson	$371,000	—	—	—	$225,000	$19,031	$615,031
Division Manager	George "Steven" Ensinger SVP/Human Resources	$120,960	—	$100,061	$144,725	$65,400	$7,491	$438,637

Executive changes

Person	Role	Change	Effective	Filed
Carter Welch	independent member of the Board of Directors	Appointed	2026-02-26	2026-01-23
E. Joseph Bowler	Board of Directors	Retired	2025-09-25	2025-08-12
John Sousa	Senior Vice President and Treasurer	Appointed	2025-01-27	2025-01-23
John “Robert” A. Thorson	Senior Vice President and Treasurer	Retired	2025-01-24	2025-01-23
Anela Jonas	Chief Financial Officer	Appointed	2024-06-27	2024-06-28
Martin Camsey	independent member of the Board of Directors	Appointed	2024-02-22	2023-12-19
Ronald A. Nelson	Board of Directors	Retired	2023-11-01	2023-11-01
Alisa Belew	independent member of the Board of Directors	Appointed	2023-10-26	2023-09-29
Catherine Cope MacMillan	Member of Board of Directors	Retired	2023-06-01	2023-06-02
Jesse Leavitt	Chief Financial Officer	Resigned	2023-03-31	2023-03-31
Inez Wondeh	independent member of the Board of Directors	Appointed	2021-12-16	2021-11-01
Etta Allen	Member of Board of Directors	Retired	2021-08-06	2021-08-09

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