Board of Directors

Investment Management Company

Thomas K. Hoops

Chief Executive Officer

New Republic Partners

J. Keith Benedict

Chief Executive Officer

South Summit Capital

Samuel B. Bowles

Managing Director

New Republic Capital

Claude Burton

Partner

Skyknight Capital

Janet R. Cowell

Former N.C. State Treasurer & Former Chairman

N.C. Banking Commission

James Arthur “Art” Pope

Chairman & Chief Executive Officer

Variety Wholesalers

Ralph N. Strayhorn

Chairman

New Republic Partners

Board of Directors

Bank Holding Company

Ralph N. Strayhorn

Chairman

New Republic Partners

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

Thomas K. Hoops

Chief Executive Officer

New Republic Partners

Robert C. Oliver

Former Chairman, President & Chief Executive Officer

Hamilton State Bancshares, INC.

Michael P. Phipps, CAIA

Managing Director

New Republic Capital

M.C. Belk Pilon

President & Board Chair

John M. Belk Endowment

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