Santa Barbara, CA - July 30, 2002

Marcy Burton has joined Partnervest Financial Group as Partner and Chief Marketing Officer and is responsible for all Sales, Marketing, and Business Development activities of Partnervest Financial Group and its affiliated companies. Ms. Burton is a recognized expert in new product development, marketing and distribution and has over twenty years of executive experience building and managing effective sales teams with growing companies. In addition, she is an accomplished public speaker, and has extensive experience in designing, and delivering effective seminars and workshops for the individual planner and their clients.

Ms. Burton, a graduate from University of Texas, began her career at Merrill Lynch and was formerly Sr. Regional Vice President for AXA Distributors. She has also served as Director of Sales and Regional Vice President for Fred Alger Management, Van Eck Global Inc. and Cigna Financial Services.


About Partnervest
Partnervest Financial Group LLC, headquartered in Santa Barbara, California, is a privately owned full-service financial services, technology and consulting company. Partnervest and its wholly owned subsidiaries, Partnervest Securities, Inc. (Member NASD/SIPC), Partnervest Advisory Services LLC, a Registered Investment Advisor, and Partnervest Insurance Services LLC, an Insurance Agency, provide the full spectrum of financial services and products, as well as back-office operations, compliance, and business consulting services. Interweave Data Technology provides multi tiered applications and an ASP model for account aggregation, electronic imaging, portfolio reporting, reconciliation, and integration management of financial service databases. For further information contact Partnervest at (805) 966-1266 or at www.partnervest.com.