John M. Jelavich

President/CEO & Director

John M. Jelavich has been the President and Chief Executive Officer of River Valley Community Bank since 2014. John, a native of Yuba City, graduated from California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo with a B.S. in Finance. He spent 22 years with The PMI Group, a provider of credit enhancement to facilitate mortgage lending and securitization. At PMI, Mr. Jelavich served in numerous senior level finance, operations, credit risk management, and loss mitigation capacities. In July 2010, he and his family relocated from the San Francisco Bay Area back to Yuba City when he joined the Bank. In July 2012, he earned his graduate banking degree from the Graduate School of Banking at Colorado, University of Colorado in Boulder.