Vineyard Bank Announces Balaji Krishna as Senior Relationship Manager.

CORONA, Calif. -- Vineyard National Bancorp (NASDAQ:VNBC) and Vineyard Bank, N.A. ("Vineyard") announced today that Balaji Krishna has joined Vineyard as vice president and senior relationship manager for its Irvine office. Krishna brings several years of diversified financial service experience with him. Prior to joining Vineyard, Krishna was vice president and relationship manager of Commercial Capital Bank's Newport Coast office.

Krishna is highly regarded in the Orange County market for his expertise in developing and designing customized financial solutions for businesses and high net-worth clientele with a focus on the customers' lending and cash management needs. He will continue this focus by working directly with clients and actively supporting Vineyard's strategic goals and commercial banking initiatives in the Orange County market.

"Balaji joins the Vineyard team with a proven track record of facilitating client success," said Chris Walsh, executive vice president and chief banking officer. "His unique approach is to understand his clients' goals and efficiently and effectively ensure that they have the resources necessary to achieve those goals."

About Vineyard National Bancorp

Vineyard National Bancorp ("the company") is a $2.2 billion financial holding company with headquarters in Corona, and the parent company of Vineyard, also with headquarters in Corona. Vineyard operates through 16 full-service banking centers and four loan production offices in the counties of Los Angeles, Marin, Monterey, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego and Ventura, Calif. The company's common stock is traded on the NASDAQ Global Market System under the symbol "VNBC". For additional information on the company, visit www.vnbcstock.com or for additional information on Vineyard and to access Internet banking, please visit www.vineyardbank.com.

This press release may contain forward-looking statements as referenced in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements are inherently unreliable and actual results may vary. Factors which could cause actual results to differ from these forward-looking statements include changes in the competitive marketplace, changes in the interest rate environment, economic conditions, outcome of pending litigation, risks associated with credit quality and other factors discussed in the company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The company undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.