La Jolla becomes center of UB’s private banking Union Bank plans to broaden its outreach to La Jolla-area clients by moving its private bank office from the Golden Triangle area to downtown La Jolla. The new office, located at 7807 Girard Ave. Suite 200, will open on the second floor above the existing Union Bank La Jolla branch on Oct. 31. The private bank office in La Jolla is led by senior vice president and regional director Kay Matherly and is staffed by 15 professionals. Robert Wolford will continue to manage the Union Bank branch on the first floor. The private bank provides comprehensive wealth-management services, including wealth planning, investments, risk management, fiduciary services and banking to individuals and families, as well as professional service firms such as law firms, medical practices and accounting firms. “We are looking forward to being much closer to our existing clients and to offer them the convenience of having a private bank office in the heart of downtown La Jolla,” Matherly said. “Our team knows the La Jolla area and has deep, local ties here. We are thrilled to now be in the center of the community that is so important to us.” The La Jolla private bank office will continue to cover La Jolla and the surrounding area and will continue to have its longstanding, downtown San Diego office led by senior vice president Luanne Bas. Medical help on the go attracts new sponsor Union Bank also announced it is partnering with Scripps Mobile Medical?Unit to sponsor the unit’s 40-foot motor coach. The coach is equipped with two examination rooms, a nurse’s station, state-of-the-art telecommunications and interior/exterior plasma television screens providing patient education. It is also equipped for disaster preparedness and response. Union Bank and Scripps held an official launch of the sponsorship downtown today, Oct.27 where Union Bank employees toured the bus and joined Scripps executives to announce the partnership and explain its importance to the community. Money for the arts — and then some The Neurosciences Institute announced it raised more than $100,000 during its ninth annual?”Minding the Arts” event on Sept. 18. The fundraiser, which supports the use of the institute’s performance space at no charge by local nonprofit arts and educational organizations, highlighted the institute’s award-winning auditorium with performances by Gilbert Castellanos, San Diego Taiko and the San Diego Symphony. Taking on cancer drug research Takeda Pharmaceuticals drug discovery research sites in San Diego and San Francisco led simultaneous Takeda Dog Walks on Oct. 7 to increase breast cancer awareness and collectively raised $20,000 for local affiliates of Susan G. Komen for the Cure®. More than 200 Takeda employees and their pets walked 1,522 miles — the same width of the United States. The walks complement Takeda’s research efforts to cure cancer in partnership with Millennium: The Takeda Oncology Company, which has a pipeline of investigational drugs in clinical testing in cancer patients. In conjunction with the walk, Takeda San Diego and San Francisco each made a financial contribution to Susan G. Komen for the Cure, totaling $20,000. — Personal y contribución