Vineyard National Bancorp Announces Three Additions to Its Marin County Team.

RANCHO CUCAMONGA, Calif. -- Vineyard National Bancorp (NASDAQ:VNBC) (the "Company") and Vineyard Bank (the "Bank") announced today three additions to its San Rafael banking center team.

The Bank established its San Rafael loan production office in September 2005 and plans to open its San Rafael banking center at 1016 Irwin Street in March of this year. The Bank is pleased to welcome three well established Marin County banking professionals to its team.

Jaya Seaver has joined the Bank as Vice President, Relationship Manager. Seaver previously held the position of Vice President and Branch Manager for Tamalpais Bank in Mill Valley and has over 8 years of experience in banking. She has a bachelor's degree in speech and communication from San Francisco State University and resides in San Rafael. Seaver also serves on the board of directors for the Mill Valley Chamber of Commerce as treasurer and will continue to do so in her new position.

Eileen Egan has joined the Bank as Vice President, Relationship Manager. Egan previously held the position of Area Operations Manager for Citi Bank in San Rafael and has also worked with Cal Fed and Wells Fargo in her 28 year banking career. Egan is a native of San Rafael and resides in Novato. She graduated from San Rafael High School and College of Marin.

J.D. Sullivan has joined the Bank as Advisor to the Managing Director of Northern California. Sullivan is well known in Marin Banking circles. He has over 40 years of experience including being Founder, Chairman, President, and CEO at Bank of Marin. Since leaving Bank of Marin in 2001, Sullivan has primarily been running J.D. Sullivan Strategic Marketing and Public Relations Solutions. He resides in San Rafael and is active in many community organizations.

"We are excited and very fortunate to have these three bankers join us in the launch of our San Rafael banking center and the initial phase of our Marin County presence," stated Marty Rubino, the Bank's Managing Director for Northern California. "Each has demonstrated an expertise in building customer relationships and each is committed to the Bank's intention to ensure complete customer satisfaction."

These three individuals join the current Marin team led by Marty Rubino and Senior Vice Presidents Mike Popovich and Steve Borden, in their efforts throughout Marin County and the surrounding communities.

The Company principally operates within the Inland Empire region of Southern California, and the coastal communities of Los Angeles, Orange and San Diego counties.

The Company is a bank holding company headquartered in Rancho Cucamonga, California, and the parent company of the Bank, also headquartered in Rancho Cucamonga, California. The Bank, celebrating its twenty-fifth anniversary this year, operates through eleven full-service branch offices in Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Diego and San Bernardino counties of California, and now three loan production offices located in Anaheim, Carlsbad, and San Rafael, California. The Company's common stock is traded on the Nasdaq National Market System under the symbol "VNBC."

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.

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