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H. Charles Maddy, III has served as a member of the Board of Directors since 1993 and has served as a member of the Board of Directors of Summit’s banking subsidiary, Summit Community Bank, since 1993. Mr. Maddy has served as Chairman of Summit Community Bank since September, 2010, and Co-Chairman from 2007 to September, 2010. Mr. Maddy is currently the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company, and has served in this capacity since 1994. Mr. Maddy has demonstrated exceptional leadership through his participation in a variety of professional and community service activities, including his service as the past Vice-Chairman and past Director of the Federal Home Loan Bank of Pittsburgh and also served as Chairman of their Audit Committee; Director and past President of the West Virginia Bankers’ Association and member of the Legislative/Government Relations Committee; past President and past Director of the West Virginia Association of Community Bankers; member of American Bankers Association and Chairman of the ABA Federal Home Loan Bank Committee; member of the Banker Advocacy and Grassroots Committee; past member of the ABA’s Community Bankers Council and Government Relations Council Administrative Committee; Director and a Founder of the Hardy County Child Care Center; and 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. Mr. Maddy received his bachelor degree in business administration with a concentration in accounting from Concord College. Mr. Maddy is a member of the Executive Committee, the Asset/Liability and Funds Management Committee, and the Profit Sharing Committee.

Steve Booth is Baird’s Chief Operating Officer and the Director of Investment Banking overseeing Baird's global corporate finance and M&A activities. Steve also co-manages Baird's Equity Capital Markets Group and is a member of the board of directors and Executive Committee of Robert W. Baird & Co. Steve has extensive experience originating and directing M&A and equity financing transactions in a wide variety of industries. Before heading Baird's Investment Banking Group, Steve had previously led its Global M&A business and prior to that, its Industrials Group. Prior to joining Baird in 1994, Steve was at Kidder, Peabody & Co. in its Chicago Corporate Finance Office. Steve received his MM degree, with distinction, from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University and holds a BBA in Finance and a BA in Economics, magna cum laude, from Southern Methodist University.