Federal Home Loan Bank of Atlanta (FHLBank Atlanta) today announced the results of the election for chair and vice chair of its board of directors.
R. Thornwell Dunlap III, Chair
FHLBank Atlanta board members elected R. Thornwell Dunlap III, president and chief executive officer of Countybank in Greenwood, South Carolina, to a two-year term as chair of FHLBank Atlanta’s board of directors.
Mr. Dunlap has served as president and chief executive officer of Countybank since 1995 and chairman of its holding company, TCB Corporation, since 2001. He is past chairman of the South Carolina Bankers Association Board of Directors and past president of the Independent Banks of South Carolina Board of Directors. Mr. Dunlap is the past chairman of Greenwood Partnership Alliance and served on the Piedmont Technical College Foundation Board of Directors. His past achievements include being named Greenwood County Small Business Person of the Year, South Carolina Ambassador for Economic Development, and South Carolina Outstanding Young Banker of the Year. Mr. Dunlap has served on the Ten at the Top Board of Directors since 2009 and is a founding director. He is also a member and past chair of the Greenwood Rotary club and an elder of First Presbyterian Church.
Mr. Dunlap has been a director of FHLBank Atlanta since 2016. He has served as vice chair of the Bank’s board, chair of the Governance and Compensation Committee, vice chair of the Credit and Member Services Committee, and ex officio member of the other committees of the Bank’s board.
Suzanne S. DeFerie, Vice Chair
FHLBank Atlanta board members elected Suzanne S. DeFerie, member of the board of directors of First Bank, a subsidiary of First Bancorp in Southern Pines, North Carolina, to a two-year term as vice chair of FHLBank Atlanta’s board of directors.
Ms. DeFerie has served as a director of First Bank since 2017. She previously served as president and chief executive officer of Asheville Savings Bank,…
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