Board of Directors

Peter G. Fitzgerald is the Founder and Chairman of Chain Bridge Bank, N.A. He served as a United States Senator from Illinois (1999-2005) and as a state Senator in the Illinois General Assembly (1993-1998). Prior to his election to the U.S. Senate in 1998, he was General Counsel of Suburban Bancorp, Inc. and a director of several commercial banks. He earned his A.B. degree from Dartmouth College, was a Rotary Foundation international graduate scholar, and received his J.D. degree from the University of Michigan School of Law.

 

Phillip Herrick is a founding Director of both the Company and the Bank. During his 12 years with the Company, he has served as Vice Chairman of the Bank, Co-Chairman of the Nominating Committee, and a member of the Bank’s Director Loan and Human Resources Committees. Mr. Herrick has been a private investor in real estate for 40 years, owning numerous residential investment properties. He was a founding director of Heritage Bank in 1987 and served on its board of directors until it was sold to Cardinal Financial Corporation. He also served as a director of Cardinal Bank, N.A. Mr. Herrick is a graduate of the College of William and Mary.

John Brough, the founding Chief Executive Officer and Director of Chain Bridge Bank, has over 25 years of experience serving the banking needs of individuals, businesses and non-profit organizations. Previously, Mr. Brough held senior level positions at large and smaller regional banks. He has an extensive background in bank management, financial accounting, asset and liability management, banking operations, and regulatory matters. Mr. Brough is a Certified Public Accountant and received his MBA and bachelor’s degrees from Georgetown University.

David Evinger joined the Company and Bank as an organizer in 2006 and was elected by the Board as a Director in 2016. He has over 25 years of commercial banking and risk-management experience. During his career, Mr. Evinger has focused his efforts on credit, lending, and risk-management strategies for a private investment fund, institutional lenders, and regional commercial banks. Mr. Evinger serves on the Board of Visitors for Marymount University in Arlington, VA where he received his BA and MBA degrees.

Benita Thompson-Byas is Senior Vice President and Vice Chair of the Board of Thompson Hospitality, L.P., the largest minority-owned food service company in the United States. She is responsible for all phases of marketing which entails developing marketing plans, conducting firm research, creating and executing promotions, and working with food committees. Ms. Thompson-Byas also serves as Thompson Hospitality’s Community Relations Director, coordinating the company's charitable initiatives. She holds a B.A. in English from the University of Virginia's College of Arts and Sciences.

Joseph Fitzgerald is president of Fitzgerald Financial LLC, providing risk management and regulatory consulting services to financial institutions worldwide. For most of his professional career, he was with the Secura Group, where he was Managing Director of their global credit services practice. He began his career as a National Bank Examiner with the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, the supervisor of the U.S. national banks. Mr. Fitzgerald is a CPA and a graduate of the University of Notre Dame and the Darden School of International Banking at the University of Virginia.

 

Thomas Jacobi is a founding Director of both the Company and the Bank. He currently serves as Senior Vice President and Mortgage Banking Officer for the Bank. Mr. Jacobi in 1982 founded Langley Photo & Digital, a photo and camera retailer, growing the business to a chain of four locations in Washington D.C., Virginia and Maryland. Mr. Jacobi currently serves on the Boards of both the McLean Community Foundation and the McLean Revitalization Corporation.

 

 

Paul Leavitt joined the Company and Bank in 2016 as a director. He serves on the Board of Trustees of Drake University and also serves on the Board of Directors for Mill Reef Properties, Inc. Mr. Leavitt had a distinguished career with USA Today in various editorial capacities, including as the Washington News Editor. Prior to joining USA Today, he spent 11 years as an editor and reporter for the Des Moines Register. Mr. Leavitt received his undergraduate degree in journalism from Drake University and then studied Russian at the Moscow State University.

 

Jonathan Missner was elected as a Director of the Bank in 2019. He is the Managing Partner of Washington law firm Stein Mitchell Beato & Missner LLP. Prior to joining Stein Mitchell, Mr. Missner spent more than a decade at the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), most recently as Managing Director, National Affairs. Prior to joining AIPAC, he led three high-growth businesses in the healthcare field. Mr. Missner holds a J.D. from Georgetown, M.B.A. from the George Washington University, B.A. from Johns Hopkins University and has been an Adjunct Professor of Law at Georgetown University Law Center since 2000.

Philip Odeen joined the Company in 2007 as a Director. Until April 2019, he served on the board of directors of Booz Allen Hamilton. Mr. Odeen retired as chairman of TRW, Inc. in 2002, which he joined in 1997 when it acquired BDM International, where he served as president and CEO. Before joining BDM, Mr. Odeen was Vice Chairman, Managing Consulting Services at Coopers & Lybrand. Earlier, he served as managing partner of the firm’s public-sector practice. Mr. Odeen also served in senior positions in the Office of the Secretary of Defense and the White House National Security Council. Mr. Odeen graduated Phi Beta Kappa from the University of South Dakota. He was a Fulbright Scholar to the United Kingdom, and earned a master’s degree from the University of Wisconsin.

Elizabeth O’Shea was a securities and real estate lawyer at the New York law firm of Brown & Wood, LLP (now Sidley Austin, LLP). She serves on the board of the PAC For the Common Good of Virginia is active in many academic and civic organizations. . Ms. O’Shea received her BA in education from Northwestern University and her JD from Fordham University.

Paul Shiffman is a founding director of both the Company and the Bank. He is the founder of Shiffman & Shiffman, PC, and a litigator with extensive trial experience in state and federal courts in the District of Columbia and Virginia. He is admitted to the District of Columbia Bar, the Virginia Bar, the U.S. Supreme Court, the Virginia Supreme Court, the Military Court of Justice, the US Court of Appeals and the U.S. Court of Claims. Mr. Shiffman was an adjunct professor at the American University College of Law.

 

Mike Wheat is owner and founder of Wheat’s Lawn and Custom Landscape, Inc., the largest full-service residential landscape company in Northern Virginia. Established in 1978, the business has evolved from a family lawn care service to a full service design/build and maintenance landscape company serving high-end residences. Mr. Wheat actively volunteers with youth sports, academic, and local government to support a wide range of civic efforts.