The Virginia Bankers Association elected new officers for its 2023-2024 board of directors during their 130th Annual Convention on June 27, 2023.

The VBA is honored to have the following individuals serve as officers of its board of directors:

• Chairman: Litz H. Van Dyke, CEO, Carter Bank & Trust, Martinsville
• Chairman-Elect: Victor K. Branch, Richmond Market President, Bank of America, Richmond
• Immediate Past Chairman: Christopher W. Bergstrom, President & CEO, John Marshall Bank, Reston

Additionally, the following bankers were elected to the VBA Board of Directors:

• James R. Black, President, CEO & Director, Touchstone Bank, Prince George
• David P. Boyle, Chairman, President & CEO, Burke & Herbert Bank, Alexandria
• John J. Brough, CEO, Chain Bridge Bank, McLean
• John R. Caldwell, President & CEO, The Farmers Bank of Appomattox, Appomattox
• Thomas F. Cherry, President & CEO, C&F Bank, Toano
• Steven A. DeLuca, VP, Head of State & Local Government Affairs, Capital One, Richmond
• Aubrey H. Hall, III, President & CEO, First National Bank, Altavista
• Scott C. Harvard, CEO, First Bank, Virginia, Winchester
• G. Lyn Hayth, III, Vice Chair & CEO, Bank of Botetourt, Troutville
• Brandon C. Lorey, President & CEO, Bank of Clarke, Berryville
• Thomas L. Ransom, Regional President – Virginia Region, Truist Bank, Richmond
• Sherri A. Sackett, CEO & Director, Select Bank, Lynchburg
• Robert F. Shuford, Jr., Chairman, President & CEO, Old Point Financial Corporation, Hampton
• Brian K. Skinner, President & Regional Banking Director – VA and NE NC, TowneBank, Suffolk
• Maria P. Tedesco, President & COO, Atlantic Union Bank, Richmond
• Joseph J. Thomas, President & CEO, Freedom Bank of Virginia, Fairfax
• Janet N. Tope, Greater VA Region Bank Director/SVP, Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., Richmond
• Robert C. Wood, Jr., Regional President, SVP, United Bank, Charlottesville

Chairman Litz Van Dyke

Litz Van Dyke is the CEO of Carter Bank & Trust, headquartered in Martinsville, Virginia with 68 full-service branches in Virginia and North Carolina.

Litz has over 30 years of experience in banking and has served as CEO at Carter Bank & Trust since 2017. Prior to joining Carter Bank & Trust as EVP in 2016, Litz held a variety of executive positions in the financial industry such as serving as a practice manager at CCG Catalyst Group, COO of StellarOne Corporation, EVP and COO for Virginia Financial Group, and president and CEO of First National Bank.

Litz has a B.A. in economics from Hampden Sydney College and is a graduate of the Virginia Bankers School of Bank Management and the ABA Stonier Graduate School of Banking.

Chairman-Elect Victor Branch

Victor Branch is the Richmond Market President of Bank of America. Victor joined Bank of America in 1984 through a predecessor institution’s management associate trainee program. He has an Associate Arts Degree in Sociology from Richard Bland College and a B.A. in Sociology from William & Mary. He is also a graduate of the Virginia Bankers School of Bank Management.

As chairman-elect, he is slated to become VBA Chairman in June 2024. 

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About the Virginia Bankers Association

The Virginia Bankers Association represents banks of all sizes and charters and has served as the unified voice for Virginia’s $881 billion banking industry and its 45 thousand employees since 1893. To learn more about the VBA, click here.