Board of Directors

Ralph N. Strayhorn
Chairman, President & Chief Executive Officer
New Republic Bank

Thomas M. Brantley
Former Tax Partner
Price Waterhouse Coopers, Former Tax Director, Bank of America

Shippen W. Browne
Executive Vice President & Co-director
Bellwether Enterprise

Janet R. Cowell
Former N.C. State Treasurer & Former Chairman
N.C. Banking Commission

Robert C. Oliver
Former Chairman, President & Chief Executive Officer
Hamilton State Bancshares, Inc.

James Arthur “Art” Pope
Chairman & Chief Executive Officer
Variety Wholesalers

Mark E. Reed
Managing Director
John M. Belk Endowment

William C. “Bill” Wiedel, Jr
CEO & President
CFG Bank