First Bank
Brad E. Schwartz will join First Bank on March 31 as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer.
He brings over 40 years of experience in banking in Virginia, is Townbank’s retired president and chief operating officer, and is Monarch Bank’s Chief Financial Officer, Chief Financial Officer and COO before Townbank acquired it. He also served as CFO for two other Virginia Community Banks. At First Bank, he will join Executive Vice President and COO Dennis Dissert and CEO Scott Harvard University, appointed executive officer. As CFO, he will be a member of an executive team that provides strategic leadership while overseeing all aspects of financial planning, strategy, budgeting, investor relations, accounting operations and regulatory submissions.
Schwartz holds a Masters in Business Administration from Richmond University with a Bachelor of Arts in Business Administration and Accounting from Longwood University, and is a graduate of Georgetown University’s Stonier Graduate School. He is a current board member of Community Bankers Banks Banks and serves on the board of directors of the Virginia Bunkers Association. He is a Professor of Advanced Financial Management at VBA University, Banking and Management, University of Virginia.
Royal Cinema
Front Royal’s Royal Cinemas will be introducing the film “Join or Die” from today until Thursday. Showtime is 1:10pm, 3:45pm and 7pm
The documentary explores why building stronger communities is essential to America’s future. The film follows famous social scientist Robert Putnam. Robert Putnam’s groundbreaking research in “Bowling Only” revealed that civic participation in the United States and that reunion through clubs, organizations and community groups is key to invigorating our democracy. The film features insights from Hillary Clinton, Pete Battigieg and former US surgeon General Vivec Mercy, as well as insights from the narratives of inspiring groups around the country to rebuild civic engagement at the local level.
Tickets for $7 for the afternoon show and $10 for the evening show are available at https://bit.ly/3k9i2d6.
SVEC
The Shenandoah Valley Electric Cooperative’s charitable contribution program, Operations, covered many of the region’s core needs in the first round of the year. Funds have been awarded to the following local organizations:
Shenandoah County: Emmanuel’s Anglican Church, Emmanuel’s table, is $2,500 to serve food to those in need. Shenandoah Valley Local Ministries, with a small $2,500 hand, buy one month’s diapers in 60 babies and Luke’s backpacks, and buy food for weekend food bags for 125 school children.
Winchester: $2,500 for the first Presbyterian church, helper fund that provides emergency assistance to local residents. $2,500 to purchase family literacy program materials for literacy volunteers and students. Love to NIC, $2,500, offers a free monthly meal to homeless people in Winchester.
The funds come from the company’s contributions from SVEC and the voluntary efforts of cooperative members to close the bills in the nearest dollar each month. The application is available for the following operation roundup support at www.svec.coop/oru:
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