David P. Boyle has been a Director since January 1, 2020 and became Chair of the Board in 2023. Mr. Boyle was appointed to the Board at the same time he assumed the role of President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company. From June 2019 until his appointment as President and Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Boyle served as the Company’s President and Chief Operating officer. He previously served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at Orrstown Financial Services, Inc., a community bank, from 2012 to 2019. Earlier in his career he served in key leadership and executive positions with large banks, including as Chief Performance Officer at PNC Financial Services Group, Inc., Regional President for National City Bank, and as Chair, President, and Chief Executive Officer at Wayne Bancorp, a community bank.
Mark G. Anderson has been a Director since 2017. In 1996, he formed and is President and Chief Executive Officer of MGAC, Inc., an international provider of program/project management, cost management, procurement and technology solutions for major capital construction projects with offices in Washington DC, New York, Toronto, Seattle, San Francisco, Los Angeles, London (UK), Brighton (UK), Birmingham (UK) and Glasgow Scotland.
Julian F. Barnwell, Jr. has been a Director since 2001 and from 1991 has served as the President and Chief Executive Officer of Design & Production, Inc., an exhibit project management, production and technology systems company that provides services to museums, educational institutions, visitor centers, information centers, science and nature centers, and major expositions throughout the United States and abroad.
Oscar M. Bean has been a Director since 19871. Mr. Bean is a Partner of Bean & Bean, Attorneys at Law and was formerly the prosecuting attorney of Hardy County, West Virginia. Mr. Bean has served as a mediator throughout the State of West Virginia. He is a member of the Hardy County Historical Society and has served on the Board of the Moorefield Scholarship Fund, the West Virginia University College of Law Visiting Committee, the Eastern West Virginia Community and Technical College Foundation, and the West Virginia Supreme Court’s Character Committee which interviews applicants who seek to be admitted to practice law in the State of West Virginia.
Katherine D. Bonnafé became a director in 2018. Since 2019, she has been Chief Executive Officer of Combined Creative LLC, a strategy and investment family office headquartered in Bethesda, MD overseeing investments and new business initiatives. Prior to Combined Creative, Ms. Bonnafé had a 30-year career at Combined Properties, Incorporated, a commercial management and development company.
James M. Burke has been a director since 2014 and is the President of Burke Capital Corporation, an unaffiliated financial consulting company based in San Francisco, California, which he founded in 1991. His company specializes capital sourcing, crisis management, restructurings, and exits and harvests. He is a fifth-generation lineal descendant of one of the Company’s founders.
James P. Geary II has been a director since 20071 and is a Partner of the law firm Geary & Geary since 1982. Mr. Geary is a title insurance agent for Old Republic Title Insurance Company and First American Title Insurance Company. He is a current member of the West Virginia Forestry Association. Mr. Geary has served as a mediator in the 21st and 22nd West Virginia Judicial Circuits and serves as the Mental Hygiene Commissioner in the 21st West Virginia Judicial Circuit. He is a charter member of the Grant and Hardy County Gideons and is the Faithfund Regional Program Leader of the West Virginia Gideons International. Mr. Geary was also a professor at Shepherd College, Shepherdstown, West Virginia.
Georgette R. George has been a director since 20101. Ms. George is the Chief Executive Officer and Executive Team Member of Monarch Holdings. She has been engaged with the businesses within Monarch for more than 30 years. She is a principal in a number of business enterprises involved in various retail, office, and hotel development projects, of which she manages the administrative, hotel, and financial operations. Ms. George has served on the Boards of numerous non-profit organizations, including the Thomas Hospital Foundation, Community Council of Kanawha Valley, and the Convention Bureaus of the cities of both Charleston and South Charleston. She currently serves as a director of the West Virginia Regional Technology Park Corp, Greater Kanawha Valley Foundation, West Virginia Investment Management Board and the West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine Foundation. She is a member of the Federal Reserve West Virginia Advisory Committee for the Fifth District.
Gary L. Hinkle has been a director since 19931. Mr. Hinkle is currently the President of Hinkle Trucking, Inc., Dettinburn Transport, Inc., Mt. Storm Fuel Inc., and H. T. Services, Inc. and has over 35 years of experience in owning and operating his own business.
S. Laing Hinson has been a Director since 2007. In 1988 he founded and has been the General Partner of S. L. Hinson Associates, LLLP, a commercial real estate development firm headquartered in Alexandria, VA.
H. Charles Maddy, III has been a director since 19931 and is currently the President of the Company. Mr. Maddy has demonstrated exceptional leadership through his participation in a variety of professional and community service activities, including his service as Director and past President of the West Virginia Bankers’ Association, chair of its Audit Committee and member of its Legislative / Government Relations Committee, Pension & Benefits Committee and BankPAC Committee; Director of the Federal Home Loan Bank of Pittsburgh and serves on its Finance Committee and Operational Risk Committee and past Chair of its Audit Committee; member of American Bankers Association and serves on its Federal Home Loan Bank Open Committee; Director and a Founder of the Hardy County Child Care Center; Director of Valley View Golf Association; past President and past Director of the West Virginia Association of Community Bankers and past Director of the Hardy County Community Foundation. Mr. Maddy has also been recognized as a leader in his industry and has been the recipient of the Outstanding CPA in Business and Industry Award and the AICPA Business and Industry Hall of Fame Award.
Shawn P. McLaughlin has been a Director since 2008. He is the President and Chief Executive Officer of McLaughlin Ryder Investments, Inc., a financial services firm based in Alexandria, VA, which he founded in 2011. Additionally, Mr. McLaughlin serves as President and Chief Executive Officer of Management Solutions Plus, Inc., a full-service association management company.
Charles S. Piccirillo has been a director since 19981. Mr. Piccirillo was a member in the law firm of Shaffer & Shaffer, PLLC through 2020, at which time he became counsel to Shaffer & Shaffer, PLLC. On January 1, 2021, Mr. Piccirillo established and is the sole member of C.S. Piccirillo Law, PLLC. He is also a Partner with Lawoff Associates, and President of Auggus Enterprises, Inc., both of which are real estate entities. Mr. Piccirillo has more than 30 years of trial experience and has bar admissions to the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals and the United States District Courts throughout West Virginia.
Jose D. Riojas has been a director since 2018. Brigadier General (U.S. Army, Retired) Riojas is the owner of Jose D. Riojas, LLC, a consultancy company formed in 2015, specializing in executive coaching and organizational strategic development. Before that, he served as the Chief of Staff and Assistant Secretary of Operations at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). Prior to joining VA, he served as the Vice President for Strategic Initiatives at the University of Texas at El Paso after completing his final military assignment as the Commanding General of Joint Task Force North, a multi-agency organization.
Jill S. Upson has been a director since 20211. Since 2018, Ms. Upson has served as Executive Director of the Herbert Henderson Office of Minority Affairs and serves as Executive Director of the West Virginia Women’s Commission. Ms. Upson is a former member of the West Virginia House of Delegates where she served as Vice Chair of the Banking and Insurance Committee in addition to serving on various committees, caucuses, and commissions. Ms. Upson holds the distinction of making state history as the first black Republican woman elected to the West Virginia House of Delegates. Due to her steadfast leadership in criminal justice reform, Ms. Upson was recognized by the Governor of West Virginia with his Civil Rights Award. She also serves as Chair of the Martin Luther King, Jr. State Holiday Commission, and Chair of the COVID-19 Advisory Commission on Racial Disparities.
In addition to the information presented above regarding each nominee’s specific experiences, qualifications, attributes and skills, we believe that all of our directors and nominees have a reputation for integrity and adherence to high ethical standards. Each of our nominees has demonstrated business acumen and an ability to exercise sound judgment, as well as a commitment of service to us and our board. Finally, we value our nominee’s experience on other company boards and board committees.
There are no family relationships among any of our nominees or executive officers.
1 References to Company Board service tenures for Directors Bean, Geary, George, Hinkle, Kitzmiller, Maddy, Piccirillo, and Upson are for Summit Financial Group, Inc., prior to the merger with and into Burke & Herbert Financial Services Corp. on May 03, 2024 when those directors became directors of Burke & Herbert Financial Services Corp.