2025 Virginia Bankers School of Bank Management Recap
July 20-25, 2025

Post August 1, 2025 Kristen Reid

Nearly 220 bankers participated in the week-long session of the 2025 Virginia Bankers School of Bank Management. Bank School provides a multidimensional educational experience in banking. Employing lectures from the best of the banking, professional and academic worlds, case studies, home study problems and peer study groups provides a vehicle for each student to experience comprehensive learning.

Congratulations to the Bank School Class of 2025

Erica Aikens, National Bank Faisal Aliyan, Chain Bridge Bank, NA Douglas B. Appleton, First National Bank Stephanie Bedow, Oak View National Bank Joseph S. Belt, National Bank Veronica L. Bocock, Carter Bank Sarah A. Borst, Old Point National Bank Kenneth W. Braxton III, Bank of Clarke Chad Brown, Truist Bank Katelyn K. Burner, First Bank & Trust Company Laura Lee Cadden, First Bank, Virginia Tammy Canada, The Bank of Charlotte County Jamie Chamberlain, C&F Bank Dawn M. Chappell, TowneBank Julia R. Clark, First Bank, Virginia Melissa D. Coffey, First Bank & Trust Company Rosa Coffey, Bank of Botetourt Jeff Collier, C&F Bank Melissa L. Conley, First National Bank Michelle Davis, TowneBank Kimberly Ann Edmonds, Chesapeake Bank Fatima Zahra El Hilali, Burke & Herbert Bank Stacy Ervin, Powell Valley National Bank Thomas Edward Fitzgerald, United Bank Ashish Gandhi, Forbright Bank Erik Geisert, Bureau of Financial Institutions Darryl L. Gibson, Atlantic Union Bank Amie S. Harrison, TruPoint Bank Lenny X. Hesser, Burke & Herbert Bank Ashlea Bowers Hevener, First Bank & Trust Company Margaret Andrea Hinkle, United Bank Jessica L. Hoskins, C&F Bank Amy Denise Hurley, Legacy Bank Asma Iqbal, Sandy Spring Bank, a Div of Atlantic Union Bank Cherie Ann Jones-McHone, Atlantic Union Bank Joni Elizabeth Kibler, Pioneer Bank Lynette F. King, Atlantic Union Bank Ashley LaFata, Benchmark Community Bank Jacquelyn Langland, MainStreet Bank	Alessandra Daniela Laura Lanzetta, Bank of Clarke Eboni Lynne Lee, Benchmark Community Bank April T. MacInnis, First Community Bank Christopher Mann, TowneBank Timothy W. Marshall, First National Bank Christina Ivey Martin, TowneBank Kyle Edward Martin, Chesapeake Bank Cory J. McNett, Southern Bank and Trust Company Tammy Lynn McNew, New Peoples Bank Inc. Jessica Miller, First Community Bank Steven Miller, Carter Bank Ashley Mizelle, TowneBank Henry Moreno, United Bank Cynthia Newell, City First Bank of DC Philip Roper Pierce, Shore United Bank, NA Jessica Pringle, Primis Bank David Raines, TowneBank Terrance Rogers, Virginia Small Business Financing Authority Juan Pablo Romoleroux, CliftonLarsonAllen LLP Jerrica Seay, Bank of Botetourt Elena G. Shipina, Burke & Herbert Bank Tommy Eric Skeens Joe Skibinski, C&F Bank Andria B. Smith, First National Bank Kacie Starck, Atlantic Union Bank Ashley M. Sulick, Chesapeake Bank Adam Taylor, First Community Bank Lauren Thompson, F.N.B. Corporation Gina Valencia, TowneBank Rachel Matthews Vladimer, National Capital Bank of Washington LaShanya Washington, City First Bank of DC Jonathan W. Weiler, TowneBank Dr. Lauren Ashley Whited, Atlantic Union Bank Donna R. Wilborn, Benchmark Community Bank Tiffany C. Wise, National Bank Julia Wu, Forbright Bank Mirabbos Xamidov, MainStreet Bank Nicole S. Young, Benchmark Community Bank Paulina Zeludziewicz, Bank of Clarke

Erica Aikens, National Bank
Faisal Aliyan, Chain Bridge Bank, NA
Douglas B. Appleton, First National Bank
Stephanie Bedow, Oak View National Bank
Joseph S. Belt, National Bank
Veronica L. Bocock, Carter Bank
Sarah A. Borst, Old Point National Bank
Kenneth W. Braxton III, Bank of Clarke
Chad Brown, Truist Bank
Katelyn K. Burner, First Bank & Trust Company
Laura Lee Cadden, First Bank, Virginia
Tammy Canada, The Bank of Charlotte County
Jamie Chamberlain, C&F Bank
Dawn M. Chappell, TowneBank
Julia R. Clark, First Bank, Virginia
Melissa D. Coffey, First Bank & Trust Company
Rosa Coffey, Bank of Botetourt
Jeff Collier, C&F Bank
Melissa L. Conley, First National Bank
Michelle Davis, TowneBank
Kimberly Ann Edmonds, Chesapeake Bank
Fatima Zahra El Hilali, Burke & Herbert Bank
Stacy Ervin, Powell Valley National Bank
Thomas Edward Fitzgerald, United Bank
Ashish Gandhi, Forbright Bank
Erik Geisert, Bureau of Financial Institutions
Darryl L. Gibson, Atlantic Union Bank
Amie S. Harrison, TruPoint Bank
Lenny X. Hesser, Burke & Herbert Bank
Ashlea Bowers Hevener, First Bank & Trust Company
Margaret Andrea Hinkle, United Bank
Jessica L. Hoskins, C&F Bank
Amy Denise Hurley, Legacy Bank
Asma Iqbal, Sandy Spring Bank, a Div of Atlantic Union Bank
Cherie Ann Jones-McHone, Atlantic Union Bank
Joni Elizabeth Kibler, Pioneer Bank
Lynette F. King, Atlantic Union Bank
Ashley LaFata, Benchmark Community Bank
Jacquelyn Langland, MainStreet Bank

Alessandra Daniela Laura Lanzetta, Bank of Clarke
Eboni Lynne Lee, Benchmark Community Bank
April T. MacInnis, First Community Bank
Christopher Mann, TowneBank
Timothy W. Marshall, First National Bank
Christina Ivey Martin, TowneBank
Kyle Edward Martin, Chesapeake Bank
Cory J. McNett, Southern Bank and Trust Company
Tammy Lynn McNew, New Peoples Bank Inc.
Jessica Miller, First Community Bank
Steven Miller, Carter Bank
Ashley Mizelle, TowneBank
Henry Moreno, United Bank
Cynthia Newell, City First Bank of DC
Philip Roper Pierce, Shore United Bank, NA
Jessica Pringle, Primis Bank
David Raines, TowneBank
Terrance Rogers, Virginia Small Business Financing Authority
Juan Pablo Romoleroux, CliftonLarsonAllen LLP
Jerrica Seay, Bank of Botetourt
Elena G. Shipina, Burke & Herbert Bank
Tommy Eric Skeens
Joe Skibinski, C&F Bank
Andria B. Smith, First National Bank
Kacie Starck, Atlantic Union Bank
Ashley M. Sulick, Chesapeake Bank
Adam Taylor, First Community Bank
Lauren Thompson, F.N.B. Corporation
Gina Valencia, TowneBank
Rachel Matthews Vladimer, National Capital Bank of Washington
LaShanya Washington, City First Bank of DC
Jonathan W. Weiler, TowneBank
Dr. Lauren Ashley Whited, Atlantic Union Bank
Donna R. Wilborn, Benchmark Community Bank
Tiffany C. Wise, National Bank
Julia Wu, Forbright Bank
Mirabbos Xamidov, MainStreet Bank
Nicole S. Young, Benchmark Community Bank
Paulina Zeludziewicz, Bank of Clarke

Class of 2025 Honor Grads & Top 10%

2025 Honor Grad
Chad Brown, Truist Bank

2025 Top 10%

Veronica Lynn Bocock, Carter Bank
Sarah A. Borst, Old Point National Bank
Chad Brown, Truist Bank
Laura Lee Cadden, First Bank, Virginia
Kyle Edward Martin, TowneBank
Ashley Mizelle, TowneBank
Juan Pablo Romoleroux, CliftonLarsonAllen LLP
Joe Skibinski, C&F Bank
Adam Taylor, First Community Bank

2025 Charity Event – Third Year Class Supports Service Dogs of Virginia

The third year class charity this year was Service Dogs of Virginia, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that places highly trained dogs to perform a multitude of tasks that allow greater personal freedom and independence. While it costs approximately $40,000 over a two-year period to raise, train and place a successful service dog, Service Dogs of Virginia is able to provide service dogs at no cost to those in need because of the generous support of individuals, businesses and foundations. Students from all classes supported their efforts through in-kind donations and by attending the charity event at Three Notch’d Craft Kitchen & Brewery on Tuesday, July 22.