Karen F. Brassfield is on the board of Silvergate Capital Corp. and Silvergate Bank (La Jolla, California).

In her past career Ms. Brassfield held the position of Chief Financial Officer at Community National Bank (Escondido, California), Chief Administrative Officer for First National Bank (San Diego, California) and Chief Administrative Officer of San Diego National Bank.

Karen F. Brassfield received an undergraduate degree from Lawrence University.