About Mensel D. Dean, Jr.

Mensel D. Dean, Jr., has served as a director of the Company since 2013 and as Chairman of the Board since June 2022. He is a former partner at the accounting firm AM Pullen & Company (1977-1984), McGladrey & Pullen (1984-1999) and PBGH/PBMares, LLP (1999-2015). He has over 50 years of public accounting experience, consulting clients in numerous industries. Mr. Dean was selected Super CPA by VSCPA and Virginia Business magazine in the inaugural class. Mr. Dean is an U.S. Army veteran with service during the Vietnam War. He is a graduate of Bridgewater College with a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration. Mr. Dean is a Certified Public Accountant licensed in the Commonwealth of Virginia. Mr. Dean is currently a trustee at Bridgewater College where he is a member of the Executive Committee, Finance Committee, Investment Committee, and Chair of the Audit Committee. He is a former Board of Trustee for Rockingham Memorial Hospital (1999-2014) now part of Sentara where he served as Vice Chair of the Board, Chairman of the Audit Committee, a member of the Executive and Investment Committees. Mr. Dean is a former member of the Board and Chairman of Bridgewater Retirement Community and a former Director of Rockingham Heritage Bank/Premier Bank. He is also a member of the AICPA and the VSCPA. Mr. Dean brings to the Board extensive accounting and consulting experience, and broad-based knowledge of businesses operating in the Company’s markets.