Prepared By R.R. Donnelley Financial -- Form 8-K

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington D.C., 20549

Form 8-K

Current Report

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date Of Report (Date Of Earliest Event Reported): 12/20/2004

GREATER BAY BANCORP

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

Commission File Number: 0-25034

CA		77-0387041
(State or Other Jurisdiction of		(I.R.S. Employer
Incorporation or Organization)		Identification No.)

2860 West Bayshore Road, Palo Alto, CA 94303

(Address of Principal Executive Offices, Including Zip Code)

650-813-8200

(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

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Items to be Included in this Report

Item 8.01. Other Events

On December 20, 2004, Greater Bay Bancorp (the "Company") issued a press release announcing the appointment of Colleen Anderson as Executive Vice President, Community Banking. The press release is included as Exhibit 99 to this report. The information included in the press release is incorporated herein by reference and is considered to be "filed" under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits

99 Press release dated December 20, 2004 relating to executive officer appointment, deemed "filed" under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Signature(s)

Pursuant to the Requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this Report to be signed on its behalf by the Undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

		GREATER BAY BANCORP


Date: December 20, 2004.	By:	/s/ Linda M. Iannone
		Linda M. Iannone
		Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary

Exhibit Index

Exhibit No.		Description
EX-99.		Press Release

EX-99. 2 rrd62093_2542.htm PRESS RELEASE For Immediate Release For Information Contact

For More Information

At Greater Bay Bancorp: Byron A. Scordelis, President and CEO, 650-614-5751

At Silverman Heller Associates: Philip Bourdillon/Gene Heller, 310-208-2550

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Greater Bay Bancorp Appoints

New President of Community Banking

PALO ALTO, CA -- December 20, 2004 -- Greater Bay Bancorp (NASDAQ: GBBK) today announced the appointment of Colleen Anderson as executive vice president and president of its community banking group. In this role, Ms. Anderson will have overall responsibility for Greater Bay's 11 community banking franchises, including all client service functions.

"Colleen's strong leadership and expertise, combined with an in-depth knowledge of the business and banking markets in California and the Bay Area, make her a particularly valuable complement to our executive management team," said Byron A. Scordelis, president and CEO of Greater Bay Bancorp. "Community banking is the centerpiece of our organization, and Colleen's strategic role leading the enhancement and expansion of our franchises will be instrumental in our continued success."

Ms. Anderson previously served as the regional president of Wells Fargo Bank's Southern California community banking group and executive vice president of small business banking in California, Oregon and Washington. Earlier, Ms. Anderson managed Wells Fargo's business banking activities in its nine western state footprint prior to the 1998 merger with Norwest Bank.

Before moving into business banking, Ms. Anderson served as district manager, with responsibility for Wells Fargo's largest flagship offices in Los Angeles and San Francisco. She began her banking career in 1978 with Crocker Bank, where she held positions of increasing responsibility in operations and retail banking areas.

About Greater Bay Bancorp

Greater Bay Bancorp, a diversified financial services holding company, provides community banking services in the Greater San Francisco Bay Area through its community banking organizations, including Bank of Petaluma, Bank of Santa Clara, Bay Area Bank, Bay Bank of Commerce, Coast Commercial Bank, Cupertino National Bank, Golden Gate Bank, Mid-Peninsula Bank, Mt. Diablo National Bank, Peninsula Bank of Commerce, and San Jose National Bank. Nationally, Greater Bay Bancorp provides customized lending services through its specialty finance group, which includes Matsco, CAPCO and Greater Bay Capital. ABD Insurance and Financial Services, the Company's commercial insurance brokerage subsidiary, provides employee benefits consulting and risk management solutions to business clients throughout the United States. For additional information, please visit http://www.gbbk.com.

Safe Harbor

This document may contain forward-looking statements that are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those projected. For a discussion of factors that could cause actual results to differ, please see the publicly available Securities and Exchange Commission filings of Greater Bay Bancorp, including its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2003, and particularly the discussion of risk factors within such documents.

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