Company: FGBI
Filing Date: 2025-04-18
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001408534-25-000019
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Company: First Guaranty Bancshares, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-04-18
Form: DEF 14A
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 of America Corporation in Huntington, West Virginia since 2006. Mr. Reynold's experience in running both public and private enterprises, including his extensive experience on the boards of financial institutions provides significant experience on the Board's oversight of management. |
| Jack Rossi           |     |     80 |     |              2018 |     | Mr. Rossi is a Certified Public Accountant in West Virginia and Virginia with over 40 years of public accounting experience. Mr. Rossi is the Executive Vice President - Business Development with Summit Community Bank in West Virginia. Prior to this he was a partner with the West Virginia accounting firm of Arnett and Foster where he managed their financial institutions practice until his retirement from the firm in 2013. Mr. Rossi is a past President of the West Virginia Society of CPAs and has served as a member of the West Virginia Board of Accountancy. Mr. Rossi graduated from West Virginia University with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Administration with a concentration in accounting. We believe that Mr. Rossi's extensive experience as an auditor for banks and public companies qualifies him to serve as a member of our Board and as Chairman and Financial Expert for the Board's Audit Committee.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       |

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| Edgar R. Smith III 
 Vanessa R. Drew    |     | 61 
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 2022 |     | Mr. Smith was appointed to the Board of Directors of First Guaranty Bancshares on October 16, 2014. He has been a member of the Board of Directors of First Guaranty Bank since February 2007. His successful career as a business leader and extensive experience running various business enterprises we believe qualifies him to serve on our board. Some of his notable accomplishments are that, Mr. Smith currently serves as Chairman (since 2012) and Chief Executive Officer (since 1999) of Smitty's Supply Inc, which is a leading manufacturer and distributor of lubricants and related products. Mr. Smith is also, Chairman, President, and Chief Executive Officer of Latch Oil, Inc. (since 2013), Sole Shareholder and Chairman of Cam2 International, LLC. (since 2014)., and President of Big 4 Trucking (since 2012). We are confident that Mr. Smith’s achievements and excellence in his business practices would make him an extremely valuable member to serve on our board. 
 Ms. Drew is an Assistant Vice President/Admin