William J. Popejoy

William J.
Popejoy has been a Director of New Century Financial Corp.
since November 2002.
He was Managing Member of Pacific Capital Investors from 1999 to 2005.
Mr. Popejoy was Chief Executive Officer and a Director of the California State Lottery from April 1997 to November 1998.
He was Chief Executive Officer of the County of Orange, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Financial Corporation of America and American Savings.
Mr. Popejoy was President and Chief Executive Officer of Financial Federation, Inc. He was President of Far West Savings, First Charter Financial and American Savings & Loan Association.
Mr. Popejoy was President and Chief Executive Officer of The Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation.
He had been a Trustee of PIMCO Funds and PIMCO Commercial Mortgage Securities, Inc. since 1996.
Mr. Popejoy was a Director of CommonWealth Energy from 2001 to 2002.
He received his Undergraduate and Master's degrees from California State University-Sacramento.