Bank/Institution: National Bank of Blacksburg

Position/Title: AVP, Customer Assistance and Fraud 

Years in Banking: 17

Preferred Phone Number: (540) 250-951-6234

Preferred Email Address: eaikens@nbbank.com

What is your favorite weekend activity? Camping

What's the most-used app on your phone? Tik Tok/Happy Color/YouTube

How would you spend one million dollars? Buy a new house, pave my parents' driveway and put the rest in savings

What do you consider your biggest accomplishment - career or otherwise? Finishing my degree and advancing in my career while maintaining my role as a wife and mother of four children

Bank/Institution: Chain Bridge Bank, N.A.

Position/Title: VP, National Banking Manager

Years in Banking: 9

Preferred Phone Number: (571 )422-5608

Preferred Email Address: faliyan@chainbridgebank.com

I always start my day with... A cup of coffee and absorbing something interesting via book, article, or YouTube

What would someone be surprised to learn about you? That I love learning history! It just doesn't come up often enough in conversation 

What is the top thing still left on your bucket list? To travel all of Europe. I've still never visited any country in Europe!

What do you consider your biggest accomplishment - career or otherwise? My biggest accomplishment was when I decided that I'll be very easy to work with. My team gets my full support and our clients don't need to do more than they have to. 

Bank/Institution: First National Bank

Position/Title: Information Technology Manager

Years in Banking: 20

Preferred Phone Number: (434) 369-3039

Preferred Email Address: dougappleton@1stnatbk.com

I always start my day with... Checking work email

What is your favorite weekend activity? Spending time with friends and family

What's the most-used app on your phone? DUO Mobile

How would you spend one million dollars? Buying a farm with horses for my daughter

If you could host a talk show, who would be your first guest? The President of the United States

What would someone be surprised to learn about you? That l fly airplanes and drones for fun

What is the top thing still left on your bucket list? Skydiving 

What do you consider your biggest accomplishment - career or otherwise? Getting into Bank Management School

Bank/Institution: Oak View National Bank

Position/Title: VP, Branch Manager and Training Officer 

Years in Banking: 27

Preferred Phone Number: (540) 219-7544

Preferred Email Address: jocandjor@gmail.com

I always start my day with... yoga, coffee, and the NY Times

What is your favorite weekend activity? One of my favorite weekend activities is wine tasting with friends 

What's the most-used app on your phone? TikTok

How would you spend one million dollars? If I had a million dollars, I would purchase a beach house

Bank/Institution: National Bank of Blacksburg

Position/Title: VP, Real Estate Loan Processing

Years in Banking: 21

Preferred Phone Number: (540) 818-1841

Preferred Email Address: jbelt@nbbank.com

I always start my day with... Coffee

What is your favorite weekend activity? College Football/Tailgating

What's the most-used app on your phone? CBS Sports

How would you spend one million dollars? Give to our church, payoff our house, invest the rest

Bank/Institution: Carter Bank 

Position/Title: VP, Corporate Project Manager

Years in Banking: 21

Preferred Phone Number: (276) 226-9820

Preferred Email Address: veronica.bocock@cbtcares.com

I always start my day with... My day always starts with a grateful heart to be given another day to share with my family. All too often we get wrapped up in being busy, forgetting how quickly time goes, not enjoying the little moments, and not realizing how often we take for granted the blessings we've been given. Then I grab my cup of coffee to take on the day and anything that comes my way. 

What is your favorite weekend activity? I love to be outdoors and spending time with family. 

What would someone be surprised to learn about you? While in groups and working with others, I appear to be an extravert. In reality, I am more of an introvert.    

What is the top thing still left on your bucket list? I love to travel and have been to several places within the United States. However, still on my bucket list is visiting Alaska and taking in all the beauty I have seen in pictures of this state. 

Bank/Institution: Old Point National Bank

Position/Title: Operations Product Manager

Years in Banking: 16

Preferred Phone Number: (757) 817-9475

Preferred Email Address: sborst@oldpoint.com

What is your favorite weekend activity? I like to catch up on my reading over the weekends.  Two school-age kids keep us busy on weeknights, so I take advantage of quiet moments over the weekends to read.

What's the most-used app on your phone? Pinterest - I like searching for home improvement ideas and gardening tips

What would someone be surprised to learn about you? I call myself an "accidental banker."  My goal out of college was to become a probation officer but the hiring freezes of 2008/2009 put a stop to that plan.  I accepted a job at Old Point thinking it would be temporary but am still happily here 14 years later!

What is the top thing still left on your bucket list? International travel - I would love to visit Ireland

Bank/Institution: Bank of Clarke 

Position/Title: Branch Manager

Years in Banking: 9

Preferred Phone Number: (571) 209-0354

Preferred Email Address: kbraxton@bankofclarke.com

I always start my day with... "Wake up kids its time for school"

What is your favorite weekend activity? Making more money

What's the most-used app on your phone? Anything google web browser

How would you spend one million dollars? Invest in real estate

What would someone be surprised to learn about you? Love to cook

What is the top thing still left on your bucket list? Sky diving

What do you consider your biggest accomplishment - career or otherwise? Holding on to God's unchanging hand

Bank/Institution: Truist

Position/Title: SVP, Commercial Relationship Manager

Years in Banking: 19

Preferred Phone Number: (540) 449-9178

Preferred Email Address: Chad.Brown@Truist.com

I always start my day with... Prayer and exercise

What's the most-used app on your phone? Hallow

What is the top thing still left on your bucket list? Trip to Italy with my wife and children

What do you consider your biggest accomplishment - career or otherwise? I married my high school sweetheart 22 years ago and we have been blessed with three beautiful children!

Bank/Institution: First Bank & Trust Company

Position/Title: VP, Senior Credit Analyst

Years in Banking: 16

Preferred Phone Number: (540) 292-6837

Preferred Email Address: kburner@firstbank.com

I always start my day with... Coffee and make the bed

How would you spend one million dollars? Coffee and make the bed

What would someone be surprised to learn about you? We have a farm and raise goats

What do you consider your biggest accomplishment - career or otherwise? Raising my kids

Bank/Institution: First Bank, Virginia

Position/Title: AVP, Mortgage Loan Officer

Years in Banking: 33

Preferred Phone Number: (540) 327-0038

Preferred Email Address: lcadden@fbvirginia.com

I always start my day with... Reading the news and weather 

What is your favorite weekend activity? Spending time with my family and friends

If you could host a talk show, who would be your first guest? Elon Musk

What is the top thing still left on your bucket list? Band of Brothers Tour 

Bank/Institution: The Bank of Charlotte County

Position/Title: Electronic Banking Manager

Years in Banking: 27

Preferred Phone Number: (434) 315-4278

Preferred Email Address: tlcanada@bankofcharlotte.com

I always start my day with... Coffee and reading

What is your favorite weekend activity? I enjoy trail riding my 2 horses

What is the top thing still left on your bucket list? Alaska trip

What do you consider your biggest accomplishment - career or otherwise? My family

Bank/Institution: C&F Bank

Position/Title: AVP, Data Analytst

Years in Banking: 11

Preferred Phone Number: (804) 787-3294

Preferred Email Address: jchamberlain@cffc.com

I always start my day with... Gratitude and a thankful heart

What is your favorite weekend activity? Our favorite weekend activity is spending time together as a family. A day at the pool, a lazy day at home, or on the field these activities bring us together and that is all that matters.

What would someone be surprised to learn about you? I am 100%, without a doubt, no questions asked, an introvert. No one ever believes me, but it is true. I absolutely love people and I am great at visiting with others, but it is something I am not comfortable doing. 

What do you consider your biggest accomplishment - career or otherwise? Being a wife and Mom. Two things I never planned on being. Career-wise: Being offered this amazing opportunity to attend VBA School, and my journey that led me here. I am thankful and blessed and I know it is no doing of my own but blessing from above. 

Bank/Institution: TowneBank

Position/Title: SVP, Regional Retail Banking Manager -
North Carolina

Years in Banking: 28

Preferred Phone Number: (757) 636-6917

Preferred Email Address: dawn.chappell@townebank.net

What is your favorite weekend activity? Spending QT time with family and friends

What's the most-used app on your phone? TikTok

How would you spend one million dollars? Taking care of others

What is the top thing still left on your bucket list? To live my best life

Bank/Institution: First Bank, Virginia

Position/Title: Commercial Loan Portfolio Manager 

Years in Banking: 27

Preferred Phone Number: (540) 966-0244

Preferred Email Address: jrclark@fbvirginia.com

I always start my day with... Having a cup of coffee. and making my bed.  The first gets me going and the latter puts me in the right frame of mind to tackle the rest of the day.  

What is your favorite weekend activity? Sleeping and reading a book

How would you spend one million dollars? 1-I would pay off all of my bills, 2-take a "Round the World" trip with my kids, 3- set up a family trust with the rest of the money.  

What do you consider your biggest accomplishment - career or otherwise? I have two big accomplishments:  raising my kids and completing my bachelor degree at 49 years old

Bank/Institution: First Bank & Trust Company

Position/Title: VP, Loan Officer

Years in Banking: 19

Preferred Phone Number: (276) 274-6417

Preferred Email Address: mcoffey@firstbank.com

What is your favorite weekend activity? Having a Girl's Day with my daughters who are 11 and 14

If you could host a talk show, who would be your first guest? Brenda Gantt the Facebook/YouTube famous home chief grandma from Alabama

How would you spend one million dollars? I would take my family to all of the Disney World theme parks around the world

What is the top thing still left on your bucket list? I want to go to Alaska and see the Northern Lights, hike a glacier and go salmon fishing

Bank/Institution: Bank of Botetourt 

Position/Title: AVP, Cybersecurity Officer, CBCM

Years in Banking: 31

Preferred Phone Number: (540) 525-9128

Preferred Email Address: rcoffey@bankofbotetourt.com

I always start my day with... 1) SAVERS: S = Silence, A = Affirmations, V = Visualization, E = Exercise, R = Reading, S = Scribing (Journaling) but not necessarily in this order.  2) Talking with my boyfriend and daughter about our day ahead. 

If you could host a talk show, who would be your first guest? Josh Groban!

What would someone be surprised to learn about you? My eyes are different colors. One is blue and the other is green. 

What do you consider your biggest accomplishment - career or otherwise? Being a mom. Raising my daughter and watching her become this wonderful human (she is 16) has been amazing and such a blessing and miracle in my life. 

Bank/Institution: C&F Bank

Position/Title: VP, Employee Recruitment and Engagement

Years in Banking: 7

Preferred Phone Number: (757) 904-4955

Preferred Email Address: jcollier@cffc.com

I always start my day with... Local and National News

What is your favorite weekend activity? Outside with my kids

If you could host a talk show, who would be your first guest? My grandfather

What's the most-used app on your phone? Chess.com App

How would you spend one million dollars? Retirement Savings

What would someone be surprised to learn about you? Sci-Fi Nerd 

What is the top thing still left on your bucket list? Raising my children through adulthood

What do you consider your biggest accomplishment - career or otherwise? Two children, ability to provide for my family 

Bank/Institution: First National Bank

Position/Title: VP, Commercial Loan Officer

Years in Banking: 32

Preferred Phone Number: (540) 848-0724

Preferred Email Address: melissaconley@1stnatbk.com

I always start my day with... Thanking God for my blessings

What is your favorite weekend activity? Mowing grass

What's the most-used app on your phone? Amazon

How would you spend one million dollars? Travel

What would someone be surprised to learn about you? I love tattoos

What do you consider your biggest accomplishment - career or otherwise? Being a little more confident when I talk to customers 

Bank/Institution: TowneBank

Position/Title: VP, Systems Analyst

Years in Banking: 27

Preferred Phone Number: (757) 560-8236

Preferred Email Address: michelle.davis@townebank.net

What is your favorite weekend activity? I like going to festivals

What's the most-used app on your phone? Waze

What would someone be surprised to learn about you? I collect baseball hats

What is the top thing still left on your bucket list? Visit castles in Europe

Bank/Institution: Chesapeake Bank

Position/Title: Talent Acquisition & HR Marketing Manager

Years in Banking: 25

Preferred Phone Number: (804) 580-0351

Preferred Email Address: kedmonds@ches.bank

If you could host a talk show, who would be your first guest? Keanu Reeves

How would you spend one million dollars? I would invest it, however if I HAD to buy something with it, it would be a small RV.  I would take weekend trips all over. The rest would be invested, and the earnings would pay for my many weekend trips.

What would someone be surprised to learn about you? My husband and I (both northern city folk) have a Bison Ranch in the Northern Neck of Virginia.  We also have many, many other pets and farm animals.

What is the top thing still left on your bucket list? I would have to say bring my children to Rome and Pompeii.  Watching them experience those wonders in Italy would fill my heart. Completed June 2024!

Bank/Institution: Burke & Herbert Bank

Position/Title: VP, Community Bank Manager

Years in Banking: 22

Preferred Phone Number: (571) 398-9098

Preferred Email Address: tatam1971@gmail.com

I always start my day with... With a hot cup of coffee

What's the most-used app on your phone? What's up

What would someone be surprised to learn about you? I'm terrified of dogs, regardless of their size

What is the top thing still left on your bucket list? A vacation trip to Turkey

Bank/Institution: Powell Valley National Bank

Position/Title: Lending & Business Development

Years in Banking: 7

Preferred Phone Number: (423) 292-1348

Preferred Email Address: servin@powellvalleybank.com

What is your favorite weekend activity? Basketball or Hiking

What's the most-used app on your phone? Maps or Yelp

What would someone be surprised to learn about you? I did a shark cage dive in South Africa

What is the top thing still left on your bucket list? Trip to Dubai and the Maldives

Bank/Institution: United Bank

Position/Title: Portfolio Manager

Years in Banking: 9

Preferred Phone Number: (703) 999-0998

Preferred Email Address: thomas.fitzgerald@bankwithunited.com

What is your favorite weekend activity? Outdoor activities 

What's the most-used app on your phone? Weather

What would someone be surprised to learn about you? I have a twin brother

What is the top thing still left on your bucket list? Visit Israel

Bank/Institution: Forbright Bank

Position/Title: Deputy Chief Technology Officer 

Years in Banking: 17

Preferred Phone Number: (703) 728-7012

Preferred Email Address: agandhi1@gmail.com

I always start my day with... Hot cup of Tea

If you could host a talk show, who would be your first guest? Michael Jackson

What's the most-used app on your phone? Gmail

How would you spend one million dollars? Yacht, sailing lessons

What is the top thing still left on your bucket list? Skydiving 

Bank/Institution: Virginia State Corporation Commission Bureau of Financial Institutions

Position/Title: Principal Financial Analyst

Years in Banking: 8

Preferred Phone Number: (434) 401-2058

Preferred Email Address: erik.geisert@scc.virginia.gov

I always start my day with... Cocomelon

What is your favorite weekend activity? I rarely get to do it, but watching sports/playing golf

If you could host a talk show, who would be your first guest? John Mulaney

What's the most-used app on your phone? Google Maps

How would you spend one million dollars? Based on recent experience, that should be enough for one day at Disney World

What would someone be surprised to learn about you? I won several Mariokart tournaments in college

What is the top thing still left on your bucket list? Virginia Bankers School of Bank Management

What do you consider your biggest accomplishment - career or otherwise? My wife and child

Bank/Institution: Atlantic Union Bank 

Position/Title: AVP, Business Development Officer, Treasury Services

Years in Banking: 24

Preferred Phone Number: (937) 367-7874

Preferred Email Address: darrylgibson22@gmail.com

If you could host a talk show, who would be your first guest? Alex Lifeson

What's the most-used app on your phone? Pandora

How would you spend one million dollars? Traveling 

What would someone be surprised to learn about you? I have been a musician since I was 12

Bank/Institution: TruPoint Bank

Position/Title: VP, Director of Retail Operations

Years in Banking: 20

Preferred Phone Number: (276) 889-2060

Preferred Email Address: amie.harrison@trupointbank.com

What is your favorite weekend activity? Family Time

What's the most-used app on your phone? Amazon

How would you spend one million dollars? Strategically

What is the top thing still left on your bucket list? Traveling

Bank/Institution: Burke & Herbert Bank

Position/Title: VP, Community Branch Manager

Years in Banking: 21

Preferred Phone Number: (703) 684-1659

Preferred Email Address: lhesser@burkeandherbertbank.com

I always start my day with... A good healthy green juice

What is your favorite weekend activity? Spend time with my family 

What's the most-used app on your phone? Amazon

How would you spend one million dollars? Travel with my family and donate to St. Jude Hospital

Bank/Institution: First Bank & Trust Company

Position/Title: VP, Senior Credit Analyst

Years in Banking: 7

Preferred Phone Number: (540) 290-6824

Preferred Email Address: ahevener@firstbank.com

I always start my day with... Wrangling a toddler and 6-month old into clothes to get them ready for preschool and daycare and then have my much needed coffee 

What is your favorite weekend activity? During the summer it is going to the lake with my family

How would you spend one million dollars? A new boat (have to have at least one fun purchase) and income producing properties

What is the top thing still left on your bucket list? To travel out west and snowboard in Colorado 

Bank/Institution: United Bank

Position/Title: Commercial Banker

Years in Banking: 7

Preferred Phone Number: (631) 662-8978

Preferred Email Address: margaret.andrea@bankwithunited.com

I always start my day with... My puppy

What is your favorite weekend activity? Travel

If you could host a talk show, who would be your first guest? Luke Combs

What's the most-used app on your phone? Instagram

How would you spend one million dollars? Buy a house or take a family trip

What would someone be surprised to learn about you? I am the youngest of 5 kids

What is the top thing still left on your bucket list? Travel to Greece

What do you consider your biggest accomplishment - career or otherwise? Moving away from my family and creating a new path/life in Richmond

Bank/Institution: C&F Bank

Position/Title: VP, Retail Brach Manager

Years in Banking: 16

Preferred Phone Number: (404) 641-5405

Preferred Email Address: jhoskins@cffc.com

I always start my day with... cuddles with my 3 kids and coffee. Lots of cuddles and even more coffee!

What's the most-used app on your phone? 

How would you spend one million dollars? Debt free, buy a house and another nearby for my parents and brother. I want them close by!

What would someone be surprised to learn about you? I love sports. From F1 racing, football and baseball, I am a fan. 

What is the top thing still left on your bucket list? I have traveled 1% of the amount I want to. I look forward to making those memories by exploring more of the US and going international. I haven't ever flown so that tells you how much traveling I need to do!

Bank/Institution: Legacy Bank

Position/Title: AVP, Credit Administrator

Years in Banking: 9

Preferred Phone Number: (276) 312-2073

Preferred Email Address: ahurley@mylegacybank.net

I always start my day with... COFFEE!!

What is your favorite weekend activity? My favorite weekend activity is spending time with my family.  I also enjoy reading, crocheting, UTV rides and evening campfires. 

What is the top thing still left on your bucket list? The top thing still on my bucket list is a trip to Washington, DC.  I have never had an opportunity to visit the capital of the United States and see all the sites of our Nation's history

What do you consider your biggest accomplishment - career or otherwise? My biggest accomplishment is, without a doubt, becoming a mother to two wonderful children.  My first born, a daughter named Morgan, is now 24 and works at Legacy Bank with me.  My son, Isiah, is 21 and works as a department manager at Walmart.  I am so very blessed with the greatest children ever.  

Bank/Institution: Sandy Spring Bank, A Division of Atlantic Union    Bank

Position/Title: Market Relationship Manager 

Years in Banking: 24

Preferred Phone Number: (703) 589-7618

Preferred Email Address: aiqbal@sandyspringbank.com

I always start my day with... I start my day with my morning prayers and read motivational positive quotes.   

What is your favorite weekend activity? I love spending my week ends with my family. we have two boys 8 and 12, we love going for long walks and bike rides. 

What's the most-used app on your phone? Instagram

How would you spend one million dollars? I would buy a small house understanding houses now days are very expansive., save some cash, Invest some money in real-estate Invesment property and travel with my family.  

What do you consider your biggest accomplishment - career or otherwise? My career, I started as full time teller and worked my way up to every position in retail Bank Branch. I have learned so much and still room to learn a lot more in small business banking now. 

Bank/Institution: Atlantic Union Bank

Position/Title: VP, Senior Branch Manager

Years in Banking: 31

Preferred Phone Number: (540) 494-4903

Preferred Email Address: cherie.jones-mchone@atlanticunionbank.com

I always start my day with... A workout at 5:45am

What is your favorite weekend activity? Church and watching my kids play sports - I have a daughter who is a college athlete and a daughter that plays travel soccer

If you could host a talk show, who would be your first guest? Jesus

What's the most-used app on your phone? Bank App

How would you spend one million dollars? Traveling

What would someone be surprised to learn about you? I had a Gospel CD out years ago before I had kids

What is the top thing still left on your bucket list? Mediterranean Cruise

What do you consider your biggest accomplishment - career or otherwise? First is my children, but also being known by my customers and community as a resource for problem solving financial situations they may have.

Bank/Institution: Pioneer Bank

Position/Title: VP, Credit Administration & Retail Lending

Years in Banking: 21

Preferred Phone Number: (540) 860-2239

Preferred Email Address: jkibler@pioneerbks.com

I always start my day with... Green Tea

What is your favorite weekend activity? Gardening

What's the most-used app on your phone? Amazon

How would you spend one million dollars? Open a dog sanctuary

What is the top thing still left on your bucket list? See a Saints game in New Orleans

What do you consider your biggest accomplishment - career or otherwise? My daughter

Bank/Institution: Atlantic Union Bank

Position/Title: VP, Quality Control Manager - Customer Care Center 

Years in Banking: 14

Preferred Phone Number: (540) 607-6199

Preferred Email Address: Lynette.King@AtlanticUnionBank.com

I always start my day with... A positive affirmation

What is your favorite weekend activity? Try new local food restaurants, enjoy local venues in the summer months.

If you could host a talk show, who would be your first guest? Mel Robbins

What's the most-used app on your phone? LinkedIn

How would you spend one million dollars? Travel and investing

What would someone be surprised to learn about you? I operate a food kitchen on the third Saturday of the month.

What is the top thing still left on your bucket list? Jump from an airplane with a parachute

What do you consider your biggest accomplishment - career or otherwise? My children, my son and daughter make me proud each day

Bank/Institution: Benchmark Community Bank

Position/Title:  VP, Learning & Development Manager

Years in Banking: 19

Preferred Phone Number: (434) 390-8141

Preferred Email Address: ashley.lafata@bcbforlife.bank

I always start my day with... Coffee and Jesus

What is your favorite weekend activity? Being a sports mom! I love being their #1 Fan!

If you could host a talk show, who would be your first guest? Dolly Parton

What's the most-used app on your phone? Instagram

What would someone be surprised to learn about you? I read 2-3 books a week. 

What is the top thing still left on your bucket list? To travel outside of the US

What do you consider your biggest accomplishment - career or otherwise? My children will always be the greatest accomplishment of my life

Bank/Institution: MainStreet Bank

Position/Title: VP, Operations Systems Architect

Years in Banking: 25

Preferred Phone Number: (571) 330-9128

Preferred Email Address: jlangland@mstreetbank.com

What is your favorite weekend activity? Sewing, preferably while my dogs hang out with me in my craft room

How would you spend one million dollars? Buy a farm and rescue animals

What is the top thing still left on your bucket list? Visit Scotland

What do you consider your biggest accomplishment - career or otherwise? My daughter

Bank/Institution: Bank of Clarke

Position/Title: Branch Manager 

Years in Banking: 9

Preferred Phone Number: (540) 877-0616

Preferred Email Address: alanzetta@bankofclarke.com

I always start my day with... A cup of coffee 

What is your favorite weekend activity? Shopping

What would someone be surprised to learn about you? I speak Italian 

What do you consider your biggest accomplishment - career or otherwise? Completing my MBA program 

Bank/Institution: Benchmark Community Bank

Position/Title:  VP, Digital Marketing Manager

Years in Banking: 27

Preferred Phone Number: (434) 390-8311

Preferred Email Address: eboni.lee@bcbforlife.bank

I always start my day with... Prayer, a cup of coffee, and some hip-hop music

What's the most-used app on your phone? Instagram & Twitter

How would you spend one million dollars? I would build my dream home, buy a brand new car (because I've never had one), and make a substantial donation to my alma mater, Longwood University

What is the top thing still left on your bucket list? Traveling to Venice, Italy is still on my bucket list.

Bank/Institution: First Community Bank

Position/Title: Fraud Risk Manager

Years in Banking: 7

Preferred Phone Number: (276) 233-5953

Preferred Email Address: atmacinnis@fcbinc.com

I always start my day with... Hot tea and a prayer

What is your favorite weekend activity? Exploring new places with my family

What's the most-used app on your phone? Audible

What is the top thing still left on your bucket list? Go to Scotland to see my family namesake's castle

Bank/Institution: TowneBank

Position/Title: SVP, Information Technology

Years in Banking: 4

Preferred Phone Number: (804) 314-1163

Preferred Email Address: cmann@villagebank.com

What is your favorite weekend activity? Cheering at my kids' games

If you could host a talk show, who would be your first guest? Chris Farley

How would you spend one million dollars? Buy a beach house

What would someone be surprised to learn about you? I have chickens

Bank/Institution: First National Bank

Position/Title: Relationship Banker

Years in Banking: 15

Preferred Phone Number: (434) 941-9103

Preferred Email Address: twmarshall82@icloud.com 

I always start my day with... An English muffin with bacon on it  

What is your favorite weekend activity? Sports with kids or going to the race track

If you could host a talk show, who would be your first guest? Elon Musk

What's the most-used app on your phone? Instagram

How would you spend one million dollars? House on the water and a fast car

What would someone be surprised to learn about you? I wanted to build engines for a living

What is the top thing still left on your bucket list? Drive the Pacific Coast 

What do you consider your biggest accomplishment - career or otherwise? Graduating college and starting a rewarding career  

Bank/Institution: TowneBank

Position/Title: VP, Commercial Lender

Years in Banking: 17

Preferred Phone Number: (757) 581-3801

Preferred Email Address: christina.martin@townebank.net

I always start my day with... coffee, always coffee

What is your favorite weekend activity? I love being outside, whether that is hiking in the woods, working in the yard, or going to the beach 

What would someone be surprised to learn about you? I have two pot belly pigs as pets 

What is the top thing still left on your bucket list? Visiting Alaska

Bank/Institution: Chesapeake Bank

Position/Title: AVP, Commercial Loan Officer 

Years in Banking: 8

Preferred Phone Number: (757) 718-1187

Preferred Email Address: kmartin@ches.bank

I always start my day with... Coffee

What is your favorite weekend activity? Fishing

How would you spend one million dollars? A nice waterfront home with a big boat on the dock 

What would someone be surprised to learn about you? I grew up at the beach and have been surfing since I was 6 

Bank/Institution: Southern Bank 

Position/Title: Vice President, Norfolk City Executive

Years in Banking: 9

Preferred Phone Number: (419) 601-9428

Preferred Email Address: cory.mcnett@southernbank.com

I always start my day with... Red Bull

What is your favorite weekend activity? Golfing or the beach

If you could host a talk show, who would be your first guest? Jamie Dimon

What's the most-used app on your phone? Roku (kids always losing the remote)

Bank/Institution: New Peoples Bank

Position/Title: VP, Treasury Services Manager

Years in Banking: 29

Preferred Phone Number: (276) 608-3157

Preferred Email Address: tammymc@newpeoples.bank

I always start my day with... Coffee and prayer

What is your favorite weekend activity? Day trip with my family

If you could host a talk show, who would be your first guest? Tim Allen

What's the most-used app on your phone? Email

How would you spend one million dollars? On my family, investments and helping others

What would someone be surprised to learn about you? I used to be very quiet, hated public speaking in school but now i am in sales

What is the top thing still left on your bucket list? RETIREMENT!

What do you consider your biggest accomplishment - career or otherwise? My biggest accomplishment is getting where I am in my career but my greatest is my kids

Bank/Institution: First Community Bank

Position/Title: Commercial Relationship Manager

Years in Banking: 25

Preferred Phone Number: (540) 230-1780

Preferred Email Address: jhmiller@fcbinc.com

I always start my day with... A daily devotion and a work out!

What is your favorite weekend activity? My favorite weekend activity is being on any ball field watching my boys and their teammates play ball!

What's the most-used app on your phone? Amazon

What would someone be surprised to learn about you? I competed in a mini triathlon

What is the top thing still left on your bucket list? Travel to Paris

Bank/Institution: Carter Bank & Trust

Position/Title: VP, Senior Financial Analyst

Years in Banking: 17

Preferred Phone Number: (724) 388-2898

Preferred Email Address: steve.miller@cbtcares.com

What's the most-used app on your phone? ESPN

What would someone be surprised to learn about you? While I have a career in accounting, my undergraduate degree was in history 

What is the top thing still left on your bucket list? Visiting all 50 states

What do you consider your biggest accomplishment - career or otherwise? Being a father to my 6 year old daughter

Bank/Institution: TowneBank

Position/Title: SVP, Director of Retail & Deposits Technology

Years in Banking: 17

Preferred Phone Number: (757) 673-1617

Preferred Email Address: ashley.mizelle@townebank.net

I always start my day with... A few moments of gratitude and making my bed

What is your favorite weekend activity? Boating with friends and family, attending local baseball games, or reading

If you could host a talk show, who would be your first guest? Kelly Clarkson – I think she is incredibly talented, hilarious, relatable, and unapologetically herself. I imagine it would be like sitting on your front porch talking with one of your best friends for an hour. 

How would you spend one million dollars? Pay off our debt, buy a few rental properties, invest a portion of it, and give back to our community by building a nice practice facility for baseball. The facility would have indoor and outdoor cages, pitching lanes, and space to work on infield drills indoors.  

Bank/Institution: United Bank

Position/Title: Mortgage Loan Officer

Years in Banking: 20

Preferred Phone Number: (703) 986-6779

Preferred Email Address: henry.moreno@bankwithunited.com

I always start my day with... A prayer and stretching 

What is your favorite weekend activity? Church and Ice cream 

What's the most-used app on your phone? YouTube 

How would you spend one million dollars? Payoff debt and donate some of it

What is the top thing still left on your bucket list? Travel to Jerusalem and Europe 

What do you consider your biggest accomplishment - career or otherwise? Being a bank manager after going through lots of obstacles 

Bank/Institution: City First Bank 

Position/Title: SVP, Chief Impact Officer

Years in Banking: 17

Preferred Phone Number: (914) 629-9640

Preferred Email Address: cnewell@cityfirstbank.com

What is your favorite weekend activity? Leisurely breakfast with my family

If you could host a talk show, who would be your first guest? My 6 year old

What would someone be surprised to learn about you? I lived in Medellin, Colombia

What do you consider your biggest accomplishment - career or otherwise? My biggest career accomplishment is being asked to join the board of the National Bankers Association

Bank/Institution: Shore United Bank

Position/Title: AVP, Portfolio Manager

Years in Banking: 5

Preferred Phone Number: (540) 845-2937

Preferred Email Address: philip.pierce@shoreunitedbank.com

I always start my day with... My three boys

What would someone be surprised to learn about you? In high school I went on two mission trips to Kenya and initially thought I'd pursue ministry before changing career paths in college

What is the top thing still left on your bucket list? Tie between seeing a Manchester United game at Old Trafford and going to The Masters

What do you consider your biggest accomplishment - career or otherwise? My wife saying yes to marrying me and the beautiful family we've grown together

Bank/Institution: Primis Bank

Position/Title: AVP, Deposit Services Manager

Years in Banking: 15

Preferred Phone Number: (804) 539-3451

Preferred Email Address: jessica.pringle@primisbank.com

I always start my day with... Coffee and Music

What is your favorite weekend activity? Live music

How would you spend one million dollars? Buy and RV and travel

What do you consider your biggest accomplishment - career or otherwise? I have a 12 year old daughter who is an all around great human

Bank/Institution: TowneBank

Position/Title: Small Business Underwriting Manager

Years in Banking: 8

Preferred Phone Number: (757) 544-8732

Preferred Email Address: david.raines@towneBank.net

I always start my day with... Eating a Greek yogurt for breakfast and feeding my French bulldog puppy

What is your favorite weekend activity? Playing Co-ed soccer with my wife and then going to a brewery after the game

How would you spend one million dollars? I would buy the adjacent beach cottage that's next to my family's cottage in the outer banks that my granddad built in the 70s and making renovations to both properties as it's getting crowed as our family begins to grow

What is the top thing still left on your bucket list? Skydiving

Bank/Institution: Virginia Small Business Financing Authority

Position/Title: Regional Lending Manager

Years in Banking: 20

Preferred Phone Number: (804) 852-9377

Preferred Email Address: terrance.rogers@sbsd.virginia.gov

I always start my day with... A prayer

What is your favorite weekend activity? It depends on the weather but simply put relaxing

How would you spend one million dollars? I would invest, go on a nice vacations, and might buy a sports car

What would someone be surprised to learn about you? I cut my own hair

Bank/Institution: CliftonLarsonAllen LLP 

Position/Title: Manager

Years in Banking: 9

Preferred Phone Number: (239) 405-0443

Preferred Email Address: juan.romoleroux@claconnect.com

I always start my day with... Coffee followed by a good workout

What is your favorite weekend activity? Being outside, whether by the pool or out in the city

How would you spend one million dollars? Invest half the money for passive income and use the other half to travel the world

What would someone be surprised to learn about you? My last name is a combination of my great-great-grandfather's and grandmother's last names

Bank/Institution: Bank of Botetourt

Position/Title: VP, Operations Officer

Years in Banking: 13

Preferred Phone Number: (540) 591-5017

Preferred Email Address: jseay@bankofbotetourt.com

I always start my day with... Coffee

What is your favorite weekend activity? Playing outside with my daughter

What's the most-used app on your phone? Walmart

How would you spend one million dollars? I would pay off debt, build a house, invest, and save

Bank/Institution: Burke & Herbert Bank

Position/Title: Portfolio Manager Team Lead

Years in Banking: 12

Preferred Phone Number: (704) 962-5437

Preferred Email Address: yshipina@gmail.com

I always start my day with... Positive attitude 

What is your favorite weekend activity? Hiking and exploring nature

If you could host a talk show, who would be your first guest? My family

What's the most-used app on your phone? Google maps

How would you spend one million dollars? Travel the world and support worthy charitable causes

What would someone be surprised to learn about you? Lived in Finland

What is the top thing still left on your bucket list? Travel to all continents

Years in Banking: 3

Preferred Phone Number: (703) 795-2655

Preferred Email Address: ericskeens24@yahoo.com

How would you spend one million dollars? Vegas baby! Me and my five best friends, suites at Caesars Palace, private jet...wheels up in 30 minutes!

What would someone be surprised to learn about you? I have lived in two foreign countries...Australia and Iceland.

What is the top thing still left on your bucket list?  There is no top thing, anything that makes the bucket list is a top priority.

Bank/Institution: C&F Bank

Position/Title: VP, Loan Servicing Manager

Years in Banking: 8

Preferred Phone Number: (757) 214-8556

Preferred Email Address: jrskib@gmail.com

What is your favorite weekend activity? Disc golf

If you could host a talk show, who would be your first guest? 1st would be Robin Williams, 2nd D.B. Cooper

What's the most-used app on your phone? Reddit

What is the top thing still left on your bucket list? Traveling to the Greek Islands

Bank/Institution: First National Bank

Position/Title: AVP, Senior Relationship Banker

Years in Banking: 27

Preferred Phone Number: (434) 665-8585

Preferred Email Address: andriasmith@1stnatbk.com

I always start my day with... A good Stretch

What is your favorite weekend activity? Walking on a trail with family and friends

If you could host a talk show, who would be your first guest? Oprah Winfrey

What's the most-used app on your phone? Amazon music

How would you spend one million dollars? I would travel the world!

What would someone be surprised to learn about you? I am a Marvel Comic Fan

What is the top thing still left on your bucket list? Visit the Grand Canyon

What do you consider your biggest accomplishment - career or otherwise? Becoming a mom when doctors said it wasn't possible!

Bank/Institution: Atlantic Union Bank

Position/Title: Credit Portfolio Manager

Years in Banking: 5

Preferred Phone Number: (540) 760-1304

Preferred Email Address: kacie.starck@atlanticunionbank.com

I always start my day with... Coffee (I have two young kids, so coffee is a necessity) 

What is your favorite weekend activity? Trying new restaurants 

How would you spend one million dollars? Charity and traveling

What would someone be surprised to learn about you? I have never lived outside the state of Virginia  

Bank/Institution: Chesapeake Bank

Position/Title: AVP, Sr. Commercial Loan Coordinator 

Years in Banking: 20

Preferred Phone Number: (804) 247-1287

Preferred Email Address: asulick@ches.bank

I always start my day with... Music and affirmations 

What's the most-used app on your phone? Instagram

If you could host a talk show, who would be your first guest? HRH Catherine, Princess of Wales

What would someone be surprised to learn about you? I love to sing, and I'm not horrible 

Bank/Institution: First Community Bank

Position/Title: Collateral and Covenant Monitoring Director

Years in Banking: 18

Preferred Phone Number: (304) 921-7025

Preferred Email Address: agtaylor@fcbinc.com

I always start my day with... Coffee

What is your favorite weekend activity? My favorite activity is spending time with my wife and daughter

How would you spend one million dollars? I would put the money in a brokerage account and invest

What would someone be surprised to learn about you? Broccoli is one of my favorite foods. 

Bank/Institution: First National Bank 

Position/Title: VP, Branch Manager

Years in Banking: 15

Preferred Phone Number: (804) 575-1533

Preferred Email Address: thompsonla@fnb-corp.com

What is your favorite weekend activity? I love reading and playing video games, I definitely enjoy spending time with friends but I'm a true homebody

What's the most-used app on your phone? Spotify - I love music! 

What is the top thing still left on your bucket list? I still have not traveled out of the country yet, hoping to cross that off my bucket list in the next year

What do you consider your biggest accomplishment - career or otherwise? At a previous financial institution that I worked for, I was chosen to be the very first Small Business Banker in the entire company. I am very proud they chose me to pave the way! 

Bank/Institution: TowneBank

Position/Title: VP, Treasury Support and Implementation Manager

Years in Banking: 17

Preferred Phone Number: (757) 292-1639

Preferred Email Address: gina.valencia@townebank.net

I always start my day with... Coffee

What is your favorite weekend activity? Spending time with my family

If you could host a talk show, who would be your first guest? Matthew McConaughey

What's the most-used app on your phone? Instagram

How would you spend one million dollars? Traveling

What would someone be surprised to learn about you? Went to Pilot School

What is the top thing still left on your bucket list? Skydiving

What do you consider your biggest accomplishment - career or otherwise? My Children

Bank/Institution: National Capital Bank

Position/Title: VP, Retail Operations Director 

Years in Banking: 11

Preferred Phone Number: (724) 991-7416

Preferred Email Address: rvladimer@nationalcapitalbank.bank

How would you spend one million dollars? Traveling

If you could host a talk show, who would be your first guest? Taylor Swift

What's the most-used app on your phone? Hulu

What do you consider your biggest accomplishment - career or otherwise? Raising my daughter 

Bank/Institution: City First Bank 

Position/Title: Chief Credit Officer

Years in Banking: 24

Preferred Phone Number: (202) 243-7126

Preferred Email Address: lwashington@cityfirstbank.com

I always start my day with... A cup of coffee

What is your favorite weekend activity? Spa day

If you could host a talk show, who would be your first guest? Barack Obama

What's the most-used app on your phone? Banking

How would you spend one million dollars? Payoff my house

What would someone be surprised to learn about you? I love to travel

What is the top thing still left on your bucket list? Work/live abroad for a few months

What do you consider your biggest accomplishment - career or otherwise? Current role

Bank/Institution: TowneBank

Position/Title: VP, Sr. Real Estate Portfolio Manager

Years in Banking: 11

Preferred Phone Number: (240) 285-6029

Preferred Email Address: jonathan.weiler@townebank.net

I always start my day with... Walking my two dogs

What is your favorite weekend activity? Watching my children play sports

What's the most-used app on your phone? Venmo

What would someone be surprised to learn about you? I've broken every bone in my left arm

Bank/Institution: Atlantic Union Bank

Position/Title: Manager of Consumer Communications & Delivery

Years in Banking: 17

Preferred Phone Number: (540) 998-4369

Preferred Email Address: lauren.whited@atlanticunionbank.com

I always start my day with... Farm fresh eggs for breakfast and water

What is your favorite weekend activity? I am an avid gardener and homesteader, so I am always in the garden or camping with my family

If you could host a talk show, who would be your first guest? Ree Drummond, she is so kind and our styles are very similar

What's the most-used app on your phone? The camera, I take thousands of photos of my kids 

How would you spend one million dollars? I would pay off my education debt and secure education funding for my three children

What would someone be surprised to learn about you? I traveled Europe in college 

What is the top thing still left on your bucket list? To complete my doctorate 

What do you consider your biggest accomplishment - career or otherwise? I am a first-generation college student from my entire family, so attaining degrees has been an achievement for our family

Bank/Institution: Benchmark Community Bank

Position/Title: VP, Digital Banking & Treasury Support

Years in Banking: 31

Preferred Phone Number: (434) 676-2666, Ext. 1416

Preferred Email Address: donna.wilborn@bcbforlife.bank

What is your favorite weekend activity? Spontaneous drives through the countryside without a particular destination, just to see new things; 2ndly (Sleep)!

What do you consider your biggest accomplishment - career or otherwise? Establishing a Business Online Banking platform for our bank, building out Departments such as Card Services and Treasury teams and making good career choices over my 29 years in Banking!

Bank/Institution: National Bank of Blacksburg

Position/Title: AVP, Office Manager

Years in Banking: 9

Preferred Phone Number: (540) 290-5873

Preferred Email Address: twise@nbbank.com

What is your favorite weekend activity? I enjoy gardening - of all plant types. If I'm honest, I'm not the best, but I'm giving it my best! 

What's the most-used app on your phone? Pintrest - trying to keep plants alive, find recipes for dinner and anything related to entertaining a 4 year old

What would someone be surprised to learn about you? I originally thought I wanted to work with animals - I still love animals but it is not the career for me. I worked at a vets office to weigh out the interest before committing to college. Long story short, the day I helped flush out a chicken's impacted crop and remove impacted eggs, I realized I should try a difference career path.  

What do you consider your biggest accomplishment - career or otherwise? My biggest accomplishment would be becoming a mom. At 4 years old, she is a mini version of me and all the little quirks she has caught on to! 

Bank/Institution: Forbright Bank

Position/Title: SVP, Chief Information Security Officer

Years in Banking: 17

Preferred Phone Number: (301) 232-5445

Preferred Email Address: jwu@forbrightbank.com 

I always start my day with... My kids and catching up on emails

What is your favorite weekend activity? Reading and catching up with friends

How would you spend one million dollars? Invest in retirement or real estate

What is the top thing still left on your bucket list? Too many travel destinations left on the bucket list

Bank/Institution: MainStreet Bank

Position/Title: SVP, Sr. Commercial Banker 

Years in Banking: 13

Preferred Phone Number: (540) 257-4183

Preferred Email Address: mxamidov@mstreetbank.com

I always start my day with... Coffee in the morning 

What is your favorite weekend activity? Golfing

If you could host a talk show, who would be your first guest? Joe Rogan

What's the most-used app on your phone? Gmail for work

How would you spend one million dollars? Help my family and use for investments to better my future

What would someone be surprised to learn about you? Doing farming activities

What is the top thing still left on your bucket list? To fly a fighter jet 

What do you consider your biggest accomplishment - career or otherwise? Achieving everything that I have on my own

Bank/Institution: Benchmark Community Bank

Position/Title: VP, Area Manager

Years in Banking: 18

Preferred Phone Number: (434) 865-5520

Preferred Email Address: nicole.young@bcbforlife.bank

I always start my day with... My daily morning prayer call with my church

What is your favorite weekend activity? I enjoy spending time with my family and attending church

How would you spend one million dollars? I would payoff all my debts and give some to my family and those in need. I would investment the remaining and put some away for my daughter's college. 

What is the top thing still left on your bucket list? I want to visit Hawaii

Bank/Institution: Bank of Clarke

Position/Title:  VP, Portfolio Manager, Team Lead

Years in Banking: 19

Preferred Phone Number: (703) 965-9431

Preferred Email Address: pzeludziewicz@bankofclarke.com

I always start my day with... Coffee

What is your favorite weekend activity? Horseback riding

If you could host a talk show, who would be your first guest? Model Iman

What's the most-used app on your phone? Instagram

How would you spend one million dollars? Travel around the world

What would someone be surprised to learn about you? When I graduated from college, I worked on a cattle farm

What is the top thing still left on your bucket list? I don't really have a bucket list anymore, I'm trying to embrace each day as it comes

What do you consider your biggest accomplishment - career or otherwise? My children are my biggest accomplishment