Western Alliance Bancorporation Common Stock (DE) (WAL) Q1 2025 Earnings Call

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Good day, everyone. Welcome to Western Alliance Bank Corporation's first quarter 2025 earnings call. You may also view the presentation today via webcast through the company's website at westernalliancebankcorporation.com. I would now like to turn the call over to Myles Pondelik, Director of Investor Relations and Corporate Development. Please go ahead. Thank you. Welcome to Western Alliance Bank's first quarter 2025 conference call. Our speakers today are Ken Vecchione, President and Chief Executive Officer, and Dale Gibbons, Chief Financial Officer. Before I hand the call over to Ken, please note that today's presentation contains forward-looking statements which are subject to risk, uncertainties, and assumptions, except those required by law. The company does not undertake any obligation to update any forward-looking statements. For a more complete discussion of the risks and uncertainties that could cause or actual results to differ materially, For many forward-looking statements, please refer to the company's SEC filings, including the form AKA filed yesterday, which are available on the company's website. Now for opening remarks, I'd like to turn the call over to Ken Beccione. Thanks, Miles, and good afternoon, everyone. I'll make some brief comments about our first quarter earnings before handing the call over to Dale to review our financial performance and drivers in more detail. And then I'll close with some prepared remarks regarding our 2025 outlook. and our Chief Banking Officer for Regional Banking, Tim Partner, will then join us for Q&A. Before turning to our financial results, I want to thank the people of Western Alliance, as well as our customers and investors, for the many kind notes and well wishes received during my leave of absence. I also want ...