Sierra Bancorp announced that its Board of Directors has expanded the number of authorized directors to ten and approved the appointment of three new board members effective September 15, 2016. The newly-appointed directors, namely Robb Evans, Vonn R. Christenson, and Laurence S. Dutto, Ph.D., were also appointed as directors of Bank of the Sierra by the Bank's Board. Prior to the additions, the Boards of the company and the Bank were each comprised of seven members, six of whom are founding shareholders. Robb Evans was most recently Chairman of the Board for Coast Bancorp and Coast National Bank, which were acquired by Sierra Bancorp on July 8, 2016. Currently, Evans and his organization, Robb Evans & Associates LLC, serve as fiduciaries or advisors in complex corporate and financial matters. Vonn R. Christenson currently resides in Porterville, and is actively involved in the community including with the Porterville Optimist Club, the Tulare County Measure R Citizens' Oversight Committee, and the Porterville Unified School District Academy of Law, Justice & Ethics Advisory Board. Laurence S. Dutto, Ph.D. joins the Board of Directors as an award-winning, retired college administrator with extensive hands-on agricultural experience.