Our Bank is being organized by 16 local business and community leaders with considerable banking experience. Our directors intend to utilize their diverse backgrounds and their local business relationships to attract customers from all segments of the community. Our directors are:

John F. Biagas
Owner, President and Chief Executive Officer of Bay Electric Company, Inc., an electrical contractor located on the Peninsula. He is active in the Independent Electrical Contractors, Inc. an electrical contractors association based in Alexandria, Virginia. Mr. Biagas has served as a board member of the Boys & Girls Club of the Virginia Peninsula, President of the Hampton Roads Chapter of the Independent Electrical Contractors, Inc., and a member in the Virginia Regional Minority Supplier Development Council.

J. W. Whiting Chisman
An established business leader with more than 40 years of professional and community service in the Hampton Roads region. From 1965 to 1987, he was President of Chisman Co., Inc., a ready-mix concrete and aggregate operation. Since 1988, he has served as President of Dare Investment Company, a private investment firm in Newport News, and as Executor and manager of the Estate of William F. Ferguson and Selma K. Ferguson. Mr. Chisman was a founding director of First Peninsula Bank and served as its Chairman until it merged with First American Bank (now part of Wachovia) in 1983. He was a board member and Vice Chairman of Commerce Bank (now part of BB&T), a member of the Board of Directors of Branch Banking and Trust Company of Virginia, BB&T’s Virginia-chartered subsidiary bank, and a board member of Harbor Bank (now part of TowneBank). He has an extensive record of community involvement as Chairman of the Peninsula Alliance for Economic Development, Commissioner of the Peninsula Ports Authority, Chairman of Thomas Nelson Community College Foundation, Chairman of City of Hampton Industrial Development Authority and President of the Virginia Air and Space Center Foundation.

Donald W. Davis
President of Donald W. Davis, PC, a land surveying company based in York County that he founded in 1982. Mr. Davis was appointed by Governor Warner to the Commonwealth of Virginia Chesapeake Bay Local Assistance Board and is currently its Chairman. He is active in many business associations, commissions and civic organizations such as the Virginia Housing and Builders Association, the Peninsula Housing and Builders Association, the Virginia Citizens Planning Association, the York County Business Association and the Virginia Peninsula Chamber of Commerce. Mr. Davis is currently Chairman of the York County Board of Zoning and Subdivision Appeals.

Jack L. Ezzell, Jr.
President and Chief Executive Officer of Zel Technologies, LLC, an information technology and engineering services firm based in Hampton that he founded in 1988. Mr. Ezzell is the recipient of the Virginia Outstanding Industrialist Award for 2006. Prior to starting Zel Technologies, Mr. Ezzell was in the United States Air Force, retiring as Colonel. He is a former advisory board member of SunTrust Bank – Peninsula. Mr. Ezzell has been actively involved in many Peninsula civic and charitable entities. Currently, he is the Rector of the Board of Visitors for Norfolk State University and Vice Chairman of the City of Hampton Industrial Development Authority. Mr. Ezzell is past Chairman of the Hampton Purchasing and Procurement Oversight Commission, and a current board member and executive committee member of the Hampton Roads Partnership. He has served on numerous state boards and commissions during his career.

Manfred C. Freeman, Jr.
Mr. Freeman has over 30 years of business experience in the Hampton Roads area. He was Vice President and Owner of E. V. Williams Co. Inc., a road building contractor in Hampton and Virginia Beach until 1997 when the construction company was sold. He was retained by the new owners, E. V. Williams, Inc., as Vice President of Operations during a transition period until 1998, when Mr. Freeman retired. Since that time he has managed or helped manage various companies and partnerships, including Manfred C. Freeman, Jr. LLC, Holly Inc., F & M Investors, M & R Investors, Custom Vinyl Products, LLC and Williams Holding and he has held ownership in all entities. Mr. Freeman has served on the Board of the Virginia Road and Transportation Builders Association for many years and he also has served on the Board for the Northeast Chapter of American Concrete Paving Association, and was elected its President for two consecutive years. He is currently on the Board of the Boys & Girls Clubs of the Virginia Peninsula and is Chairman of the Poquoson Industrial Development Authority. Mr. Freeman has served as its Chairman since the Poquoson IDA was formed in 1999. He also has been Chairman for the Poquoson Museum since its beginning in 2001.

Mark C. Hanna
President and Chief Executive Officer of Virginia Company Bank
Mr. Hanna has over 16 years of experience in the banking industry working with several regional banks prior to joining Virginia Company Bank. He moved to Hampton Roads in 1999 and most recently served as the Peninsula Area Executive for BB&T. During his time on the Peninsula, he has been active in the community working with a number of our area schools and civic organizations. Of special note, Mr. Hanna served as the Chairman of the American Heart Association Heartwalk in 2004 and as the Sponsorship Chair for this event in 2005.

Joseph D. Harrow
President (since 1994) of the Middle Peninsula Insurance and Financial Services, Inc. He has lived in Williamsburg since 1987, where he began his career at SunTrust Bank as a Commercial Lending Officer. He sits on the board of the Williamsburg Land Conservancy. Joe serves on the James City County Educational Foundation as well. Joe is the past chairman of Hospice Support Care of Williamsburg.   He is the past chairman of the following insurance company agent council advisory boards, Selective Insurance Company, Northern Neck Insurance Company, and Donegal Insurance Company.  Joe has been very active in coaching girls and boys youth baseball and basketball in the Williamsburg area for many years. Of interest , Joe spoke on Wall Street at the annual investor conference for Selective Insurance Company in 2006.  Joe is 1986 graduate of Randolph-Macon College.

Claude (Chip) A. S. Hornsby
Chip is Chief Executive Designee for Wolseley plc.  Wolseley plc is the world’s largest specialist trade distributor of plumbing and heating products and a leading supplier of building materials to professional contractors in North America, the U K, and Continental Europe. Mr. Hornsby serves on the Board of Directors of Wolseley plc, a publicly traded London based company and parent to Ferguson Enterprises having annual sales of approximately $18 billion. He is also a member of the Board of Visitors of Christopher Newport University, the Board of Trustees of Hampton Roads Academy and the Board of Advisors of Virginia Tech Pamplin College of Business. Mr. Hornsby has a wealth of business experience both locally and internationally.

Raymond L. Howell, Jr.
Owner and President of Hampton Muffler, Inc., a Meineke Car Care Center business with multiple locations in Williamsburg, Hayes, Grafton, Hampton, and Salisbury, Maryland. He has been appointed as one of only seven National Council Members for the Meineke National Franchise and is the Council Chairman for a three state 100 store region. He is Chairman of National Advertising for Meineke for the United States and Canada. Mr. Howell is very active in the Peninsula community, having coached 24 youth sports teams over many years. He has been recognized by Gloucester County for his more than 1000 hours of community service to the Peninsula.

Allen R. Jones, Jr.
A licensed physical therapist and is owner and Chief Executive Officer of Dominion Physical Therapy & Associates, Inc., a rehabilitative services firm with six offices in Williamsburg, Newport News, Portsmouth and Hampton. Mr. Jones served on the Wachovia/SouthTrust/Cenit Bank Advisory Board. He is past Chairman of the Newport News Industrial Development Authority and is a board member of Norfolk State University Foundation. Mr. Jones is also a member of the Boards of Trustees for the Mariners Museum, the Virginia Living Museum, St. Andrew’s Episcopal School, the Virginia Peninsula Chamber of Commerce and the Newport News Educational Foundation. In 2000, he received the “Top 40, Under 40” award by Inside Business Magazine. In July 2002, he was appointed by Governor Warner to the One Virginia, One Future Economic Development Steering Committee. Governor Warner also appointed Mr. Jones to the Virginia Public Broadcasting Board.

Michael E. Mares
A certified public accountant and member of Witt Mares, a regional accounting and business consulting firm based in Newport News. Mr. Mares is also a licensed attorney. He has practiced as a certified public accountant for 27 years and has earned a reputation for expertise in the areas of partnership and individual taxation, S corporations and estate planning. Prior to joining Witt Mares in 1980, Mr. Mares practiced law locally. Five times he has been named one of the “100 Most Influential CPAs in the U. S.” Mr. Mares is an author and instructor for the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the Virginia State Bar Association, and is recognized nationally as an authority on tax law. He has testified several times before U.S. Senate and House Committees on tax issues and has been interviewed on MSNBC, CNBC’s Power Lunch and Court TV’s Prime Time Justice on tax matters. Mr. Mares has served on many civic boards and currently is a member of the Mary Immaculate Hospital Board and a member of Bon Secours Hampton Roads audit committee.

D. Wayne Moore
A licensed attorney and has practiced law on the Peninsula since 1967. Mr. Moore served on the boards of First National Bank of Poquoson (now part of Wachovia) from 1976 to 1981 (Chairman for one year) and First Virginia Bank of Hampton Roads (now part of BB&T) from 1999 to 2003. Mr. Moore was an advisory board member for Central Fidelity Bank (now part of Wachovia) from 1985 to 1989 and Branch Banking and Trust Company of Virginia from 2003 to 2004. He is a member of the Virginia State Bar, the Newport News Bar Association and the York County Bar Association. Mr. Moore is a past President of the Newport News Bar Association, past City Attorney for the City of Poquoson and the former Commissioner of Accounts for York County. He is currently Chairman of the Virginia Conference of Commissioners of Accounts.

Joseph C. Ritchie
Mr. Ritchie was Mayor of Newport News from 1976 until 1986 and served a total of 14 years on the Newport News City Council. He was a member of the Board of Signet Bank (now part of SunTrust Bank). Mr. Ritchie has served on the Girls Club of the Virginia Peninsula Board and the Newport News/Williamsburg Airport Board, the Virginia Aviation Board, and the Mary Immaculate Hospital Board. He is currently on the Executive Committee of Newport News Town Center. He is the former owner and Chief Executive Officer of Ritchie-Curbow Construction in Newport News.  Ritchie-Curbow is currently owned and operated by his son, Joseph Ritchie, Jr.

Conway H. Sheild, III
A shareholder and Vice President of the law firm of Jones Blechman Woltz and Kelly, P.C., and has practiced law with this firm since 1969. He served as Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Peninsula Region Bank Board for RBC Centura Bank from 1997 to 2003 and was a member of the Board of Directors of Virginia Beach Federal Savings and Loan from 1997 to 1999, before it was acquired by Centura Bank. Mr. Sheild has been active in many community organizations, and chairman of numerous civic and charitable boards on the Virginia Peninsula, to include the United Way of the Virginia Peninsula, the United Way – Campaign of the Virginia Peninsula, the Virginia Peninsula Chamber of Commerce, Virginia International Terminals, Inc., Riverside Behavioral Center, Peninsula Family Services/Travelers Aid, and currently serves on other boards to include Riverside Hospital Regional Health Care (Vice Chairman), Virginia Living Museum and WHRO Public Broadcasting Foundation (former Chairman). He also has served on boards for the two schools he attended, Virginia Episcopal School and Washington and Lee University. He was designated as the “Distinguished Citizen for the Virginia Peninsula Chamber of Commerce” for the year 2000.

Charles W. Wornom
President of Abbitt Realty Company, a full service real estate firm doing business on the Virginia Peninsula for almost 60 years. He has been associated with Abbitt Realty for 35 years. Mr. Wornom served on the Wachovia/SouthTrust/Cenit Bank Advisory Board. He is a member of the Board of Trustees of the Virginia Living Museum, past Chairman of the Newport News Redevelopment and Housing Authority, past Chairman of the Newport News Economic and Industrial Development Authorities, past President of the Warwick Rotary Club, past Chairman of the Peninsula Apartment Council, and is on the Board of Trustees of Randolph-Macon College. Mr. Wornom is also a member of Greater Peninsula NOW, Inc. He is a member of the Appraisal Institute, Institute of Real Estate Management, Peninsula Homebuilders Association, Virginia Peninsula Board of Realtors and the Virginia Association of Realtors. He is also a member of the Advisory Board of the Business School of Christopher Newport University. Mr. Wornom was a past President of the Society of Alumni Randolph-Macon College.