Company: EMYB
Filing Date: 2025-04-28
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001449794-25-000004
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Company: Embassy Bancorp, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-04-28
Form: DEF 14A
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od. She was formerly a School Administrator with The Lutheran Academy and also a Perinatal Clinical Nurse Specialist for Easton Hospital. She was the Director of Professional Development at PA State Nurses Association. Ms. Gates Smith is currently a committee member of the ArtsQuest Foundation Campaign and a member of the Altar Guild at Concordia Evangelical Lutheran Church. She is an alumnus of Leadership Lehigh Valley, Class of 1995, serving as a past President of the Alumni Association and also as a member of the Board of Directors. Her community involvement has included such organizations as American Red Cross, as an Executive Committee Board Member; The Lutheran Academy, as Secretary of the Board; Good Shepherd Rehabilitation Hospital, as Quality Counsel Member and St. Luke's Visiting Nurse Association as Past Board Chair and Chair of the Hospice Endowment Campaign which raised over $2.5 million dollars. Ms. Gates Smith was also a past board member of the Pennsylvania Perinatal Association. The Board believes that Ms. Gates Smith's experience in the medical field, as a provider and as an entrepreneur, as well as her knowledge and involvement within the community, well qualifies her for service as a Director of the Company.

All of the foregoing individuals have served as Directors since the organization of the Company in 2008, with the exception of Mr. Banko III (2011) and Ms. Gates Smith (2016), and all have served as Directors of the Bank since its inception in 2001, with the exception of Mr. Yurconic (2007), Mr. Banko III (2011) and Ms. Gates Smith (2016).

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Pursuant to the Pennsylvania Business Corporation Law of 1988, as amended, and the Company’s Bylaws, the business of the Company is managed under the direction of the Board of Directors. Members of the Board are kept informed of the Company’s business through discussions with the CEO and other Executive Officers, by reviewing materials provided to them, and by participation in meetings of the Board and its committees.By incorporating under Pennsylvania law, our Board owes its fiduciary duty to the Company and not to any single constituency of the Company. This ensures that, in considering any action or inaction, the Board is free to consider the impact of such action or inaction on any or all of the Company’s constituencies, which includes the Company’s shareholders, employees, customers and community, and is not required to regard any single constituency