The Virginia Bankers Association elected new officers for its 2022-2023 board of directors during their 129th Annual Convention yesterday.

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

• Chairman: Christopher W. Bergstrom, President & CEO, John Marshall Bank, Reston
• Chairman-Elect: Litz H. Van Dyke, CEO, Carter Bank & Trust, Martinsville
• Immediate Past Chairman: Leton L. Harding, Jr., Chairman, President & CEO, Powell Valley National Bank, Jonesville

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

• James R. Black, President & CEO | Touchstone Bank, Prince George
• David P. Boyle, President & CEO | Burke & Herbert Bank, Alexandria
• Victor K. Branch, SVP & President, Greater Richmond Region | Bank of America, Richmond
• John J. Brough, CEO | Chain Bridge Bank, NA, 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 & Director | First Bank, Virginia, Winchester
• G. Lyn Hayth, III, President & CEO | Bank of Botetourt, Troutville
• Brandon C. Lorey, President & CEO | Bank of Clarke County, Berryville
• Thomas L. Ransom, Regional President, Virginia Region | Truist Bank, Richmond
• Sherri Sackett, EVP & COO | Select Bank, Lynchburg
• Brad E. Schwartz, SEVP & Chief Operating Officer | TowneBank, Suffolk
• Robert F. Shuford, Jr., Chairman, President & CEO | Old Point Financial Corporation, Hampton
• 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, Richmond
• Robert C. Wood, Jr., SVP, Market President | United Bank, Charlottesville

Chairman Chris Bergstrom

Chris Bergstrom is the president and CEO of John Marshall Bank, headquartered in Reston, Virginia with eight full-service branches in Northern Virginia.

Chris has 40 years of experience in banking, previously holding a variety of executive positions during his 19 years with Cardinal Financial and Cardinal Bank, most recently as president and CEO before United Bank’s acquisition of Cardinal Bank in April 2017. Bergstrom was United Bank’s president before joining John Marshall Bank in 2018.

Chris has a B.A. in Business Administration from James Madison University and an M.S. in Finance from Virginia Commonwealth University.

Chairman-Elect 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.

As chairman-elect, he is slated to become VBA Chairman in June 2023.

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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.