Burch Joins Dean's Council

Agribusiness banker Jeff Burch has joined the Dean’s Council.

Burch is managing director/team lead of Bank of the West’s Southern California Agribusiness Banking & Nursery Greenhouse Group.

He works primarily with companies in the commercial food processing, manufacturing and distribution sectors that are headquartered in Southern California. He also is the team leader for the bank’s portfolio of commercial nursery, greenhouse and retail garden center clients nationwide.

Burch has spent more than 15 years with the bank in various roles, including 10 in the Agribusiness Division, which is the third-largest commercial bank lender to production agriculture in the country. The division’s expertise and focus ranges along the entire food chain from farm to fork. It has more than 1,000 customers with over $6.5 billion in loan commitments nationwide.

He has a bachelor’s degree in business administration with an emphasis in finance and a master’s in business administration with an emphasis in entrepreneurship from Fresno State. He is also a graduate of the Pacific Coast Banking School. Burch serves as a founder and board member of the Clovis Community Foundation in Central California and recently completed a four-year term on the Future Farmers of America National Sponsors Board.