On January 17, 2020, Sierra Bancorp and its wholly-owned subsidiary, Bank of the Sierra announced the appointment of Jennifer A. Johnson as Executive Vice President and Chief administrative Officer effective February 3, 2020. This is a newly created executive officer position that will oversee the Company’s central operations, information technology, and human resources departments. Most recently she worked for Equity Bank, a $4.1 billion financial institution headquartered in Wichita, KS, as their Executive Vice President and Chief Information/Operations officer from January 2012 through October 2017 and the Executive Vice President and Chief Services Officer from October 2017 to November 2019.