Corporate Governance

Ronald L. Tillett is a Managing Director and Head of Mid-Atlantic Public Finance at Raymond James & Associates, Inc., a position he has held since 2001. Before that, he served as the Secretary of Finance of the Commonwealth of Virginia from 1996 to 2001, and as State Treasurer of the Commonwealth of Virginia from 1991 to 1996. He is a member of the Christopher Newport University (“CNU”) Board of Visitors, Chairman of CNU Foundation Investment Committee, a member of the Board of Trustees of the Wason Center for Civic Leadership, and a member of the Commonwealth Debt Capacity Advisory Committee since 2010. He is also a member of the Board of Trustees of the National Institute of Public Finance, Pepperdine University since 2014. He holds FINRA Series 7, 50, 52, 53, 54, 63, 79, and 99 securities licenses and has passed the SEC Securities Industry Examination. Mr. Tillett received his B.S. degree from VCU.

Linda V. Schreiner is a former Senior Vice President of Markel Corporation, a financial holding company with specialty insurance and reinsurance and venture businesses, a position she held from 2016 until 2022.  Before that, she served as Senior Vice President of MeadWestvaco, a global packaging company, from 2000 to 2016. She was a Senior Manager, Strategy Consulting of Arthur D. Little, Inc. from 1998 to 2000, and served as Vice President of Signet Banking Corporation from 1988 to 1998. She served as a member of the Darden School of Business Corporate Advisory Board at the University of Virginia from 2014 to 2017, and she has served as Chair of the Board of Directors of Virginia War Memorial Foundation from 2020 to 2022, and as a member of their board since 2009.  She was the past President of ChildSavers’ board of directors from 2014 to 2016 and a member of that board since 2008 and a member of ChildSavers’ Endowment Board since 2016. She has served as a member of The Richmond Forum board of directors since 2019. She served as a member of the Executive Committee of Venture Richmond from 2006 to 2014, as Vice Chairman of the board of directors for the Virginia Commonwealth University (“VCU”) Rice Center until 2012, and as a member of that board from 2008 to 2012. Ms. Schreiner received her B.A. degree from the University of Georgia and M. Ed. from the University of Vermont.

Nancy Howell Agee is the President and Chief Executive Officer of Carilion Clinic, a health care organization, a position she has held since 2011. Ms. Agee has served as a director of American National since 2019. Ms. Agee has been nominated as a director of the Company contingent on the closing of our merger with American National before our 2024 annual meeting, and she will become a director of the Company at the effective time of the merger. Ms. Agee serves as a director on two other public company boards—RGC Resources, Inc., where she has served since 2005, and Healthcare Realty Trust Incorporated, where she has served since 2016. She chairs the statewide economic development entity, Go VA, and serves on the Governor’s advisory committee for revenue estimates, GACRE. She also chairs the Virginia Foundation for Independent Colleges and serves as Vice Chair of the Virginia Business Higher Education Council. She is also the former Chair of the American Hospital Association. Ms. Agee received a B.S. in Nursing from the University of Virginia and a Master of Science in Nursing from Emory University.

John C. Asbury has been Chief Executive Officer of the Company since January 2017, and President of the Company since October 2016.  He also serves as Chief Executive Officer of the Bank, a position he has held since October 2016, and he previously served as President of the Bank from October 2016 until September 2017 and May 2018 until September 2018.  Before joining us, he served as President and Chief Executive Officer of First National Bank of Santa Fe from February 2015 until August 2016.  Before that, he served as Senior Executive Vice President and Head of the Business Services Group at Regions Bank from May 2010 until July 2014, after joining Regions Bank in March 2008 as Business Banking Division Executive.  Mr. Asbury also served as a Senior Vice President at Bank of America in a variety of roles.  Mr. Asbury received his B.S. degree in Business from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (“Virginia Tech”) and his M.B.A. from The College of William & Mary.

Patrick E. Corbin is a Managing Shareholder of Corbin & Company, P.C., an accounting firm, a position he has held since 1983, and he has been a certified public accountant since 1979.  He is a member of a number of professional organizations, including the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, the Virginia Society of Certified Public Accountants, and the Tidewater Chapter of the Virginia Society of Certified Public Accountants.  He is a director and past chairman of the Chesapeake Alliance, and was designated as “Super CPA” by Virginia Business magazine in the fields of litigation support and business valuation for the years 2002 to 2012.  He served as Chairman of the Board of Directors of Xenith Bankshares, Inc. (“Xenith”) and was a director of Xenith from 2009 until we acquired Xenith in 2018. Mr. Corbin received his B.S. degree in Accounting from Virginia Tech.

Rilla S. Delorier is the former Executive Vice President (“EVP”) and Chief Strategy and Digital Transformation Officer at Umpqua Bank, a position she held from 2017 until 2020.  Before that, she held various roles at SunTrust Bank from 2006 until 2016, including EVP, Retail Bank, Chief Marketing Officer, and Wealth Management Marketing Director.  She served as Chief Marketing Officer at PNC Advisors and as EVP of Customer Strategy at PNC Bank from 1999 to 2006.  She has served on the boards of Central City Concern since 2018 and NYMBUS since November 2020.  She also serves on the board of Coastal Financial Corporation, a publicly held company, a position she has held since November 2020, where she also serves on the audit and compensation committees. She was appointed to the board of Wisdom Tree Investments, Inc., a publicly traded company, in 2023, where she serves on the audit committee. Ms. Delorier received her B.S. in Marketing and Management from the University of Virginia and her M.B.A. from Harvard Business School.

Frank Russell Ellett is the President of Excel Truck Group, a dealer and distributor for Freightliner and Mack trucks and Wabash National trailers with offices in Virginia, North Carolina and South Carolina. Mr. Ellett has held various leadership roles at Excel Truck Group since 1997 and has been President of Excel and its predecessor companies since 2003. Before that he served in a variety of roles at Norfolk Southern Corporation from 1993 to 1997. He was a Supply Corps officer in the United States Navy from 1989 to 1991. He serves as Vice Chairman of the Virginia Western Community College Foundation Board and as a board member of the Virginia Foundation For Independent Colleges, the North Carolina Auto Dealers Association, and the Virginia Trucking Association. He is the past Chairman of the Business Council of the Roanoke/Blacksburg Region, a past board member of the South Carolina Trucking Association, and a past board member and former Board Chairman of North Cross School. Mr. Ellett received his B.A. in English from the University of Virginia and his M.B.A. from the Darden School of Business at the University of Virginia.

Paul Engola is Deputy Group President of the Dynetics Group of Leidos Holdings, Inc. (“Leidos”), a company engaged in the provision of scientific, engineering and information technology services and solutions in the areas of defense, intelligence, civil and health markets. Mr. Engola has held such position since 2022, and has served as Executive Vice President, National Security Space, for Leidos since 2021. Before that, he was Chief Human Resources Officer and Head of Business Partnerships from 2018 until 2021 and Senior Vice President and Deputy Group President for Leidos’ Defense and Intelligence Group from 2017 until 2018. He served as Vice President, Transportation and Financial Solutions with Lockheed Martin Information Systems and Global Solutions before it merged with Leidos. Mr. Engola has a Master of Business Administration from Stanford University, a Master of Science from Georgia Institute of Technology and a Bachelor of Science from Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Donald R. Kimble is the former Chief Financial Officer of KeyCorp, the parent company to KeyBank NA, a position he held from June 2013 until his retirement in May 2023. During that time, he also served in other executive level positions at KeyCorp, including as Vice Chairman from 2017 until his retirement and as Chief Administrative Officer from 2020 until his retirement. Mr. Kimble also served as Chairman and President of KeyBank NA from 2020 until his retirement. Before that, he was Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Huntington Bancshares, Inc. and Executive Vice President and Controller for AmSouth Bancshares. Mr. Kimble has a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from Ohio State University.

Patrick J. McCann is the former Chief Financial Officer of University of Virginia Foundation, a position he held from 2009 to 2020.  Before that, he served as a Senior Finance Executive for Bank of America-Florida Division from 1998 to 2000.  He held positions with Barnett Banks, Inc., including as Corporate Director of Finance from 1996 to 1998 and Corporate Controller and Chief Accounting Officer from 1992 to 1996. Mr. McCann received his B.S. degree in accounting from Florida State University.

Michelle A. O’Hara is Executive Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer for Science Applications International Corporation, Inc. (“SAIC”), a technology integrator and leader in digital transformation for federal government customers, a position she has held since 2019. Ms. O’Hara leads SAIC’s human capital capabilities, including organizational design, culture transformation, talent management, upskilling and diversity, equity, and inclusion. In addition, she leads SAIC’s marketing, communications and ESG functions. Before that, she held various executive-level positions at SAIC including Senior Vice President, Human Resources from 2018 until 2019 and Senior Vice President, Total Rewards from 2016 until 2018. Before SAIC, she served in senior leadership roles at global professional services and technology companies including BearingPoint, Perot Systems Corporation and Booz Allen Hamilton. Ms. O’Hara currently serves on the board of directors for the HR Policy Association, the leading public policy organization of large company Chief Human Resources Officers. Ms. O’Hara received her B.S. from the College of William and Mary.

Joel R. Shepherd is President of Virginia Home Furnishings, Inc., a furniture retailer, a position he has held since 1997. He also serves as President of 220 Self Storage, Inc., a self-storage provider, a position he has held since 1996. Mr. Shepherd has served as a director of American National since 2015. Mr. Shepherd has been nominated as a director of the Company contingent on the closing of our merger with American National before our 2024 annual meeting, and he will become a director of the Company at the effective time of the merger. He is the former Chairman of Franklin Community Bank, N.A. and MainStreet BankShares, Inc. (acquired by American National in 2015). He was Vice President and Portfolio Manager in the Funds Management Division of Dominion Bankshares, Inc. (acquired by First Union Corporation, now part of Wells Fargo & Company) from 1986 to 1993.

Keith L. Wampler is a Partner at PBMares, LLP, a regional certified public accounting and consulting firm with twelve offices in Virginia, Maryland and North Carolina, a position he has held since 1990, and he also served as Chairman of the firm’s board of directors from 2013 until 2022.  Before that, he served as a managing partner of PBMares’ predecessor firm from 2001 to 2012. He is an advisory member of the board of directors of Hilldrup, a private company, a founding board member of the Community Foundation of the Rappahannock River Region, a board member of the Fredericksburg Regional Food Bank, and former member of the board of directors of StellarOne Bank. Mr. Wampler received his B.S. degree from Bridgewater College.

F. Blair Wimbush is the former Chief Real Estate and Corporate Sustainability Officer of Norfolk Southern Corporation (“Norfolk Southern”), a transportation company, a position he held from November 2007 to May 2015.  Before that, he served in other positions with Norfolk Southern, including as Vice President—Real Estate from 2004 to 2007 and as Senior General Counsel, General Counsel—Operations and in other legal positions from 1980 to 2004.  He is a member of the boards of Lifenet Health, Inc. and the Virginia Environmental Endowment. He is trustee emeritus at the University of Virginia Law School Foundation, where he formerly served formerly as the Chairman.  He is also the former Commissioner and Vice Chairman of the Virginia Port Authority.

Mr. Wimbush received a B.A. in political science from the University of Rochester, and a J.D. from the University of Virginia School of Law.  He attended the Norfolk Southern Management Development program, Duke University Fuqua School of Business and completed the Advanced Management Program at the Harvard Business School.