Rodeheaver elected as 124th chair of Maryland Bankers Association

ANNAPOLIS — Carissa L. Rodeheaver, president, chairwoman and CEO of First United Bank & Trust, was elected 2019-2020 chair of the Maryland Bankers Association at the group’s 124th Annual Convention on June 4.

Rodeheaver will lead the association’s board of directors and executive committee and work directly with the association’s president and CEO on all matters relating to the banking industry.

For her 12-month term of office, she will lead the MBA in achieving its mission of promoting the strength and success of Maryland banks and bankers.

“Our future success as bankers and financial providers for our customers and communities is very dependent upon the success of our industry. The Maryland Bankers Association strives to be the leading advocate, trusted partner and exceptional resource for Maryland banks and the banking industry. I consider it an honor to work with the exceptional team at MBA and to lead our association as we work with bankers throughout our state to elicit their engagement and support in promoting the future strength and success of Maryland Banks,” Rodeheaver said in a news release.

“Carissa Rodeheaver is leading one of Maryland’s most successful banks. Her depth and breadth of experience as a banker has enabled her to make a lasting impact in the communities she serves,” Kathleen Murphy, the association’s president and CEO, said in the release. “Through her election as MBA’s 124th chair, Carissa’s peers acknowledge the deep respect they have for her as a banking leader as well as the significant impact she has made in the banking industry, both in Maryland and nationally. I’m excited to be working with Carissa as she challenges MBA’s members to engage more broadly in the political process and through Association resources that help Maryland banks and bankers succeed.”

Also elected to the board’s executive committee as chairman-elect was Robert “BJ” E. Goetz, Jr., president and CEO of Middletown Valley Bank. Elected as vice chairman was William J. Pasenelli, vice chairman and CEO of the Community Bank of the Chesapeake.

The immediate past chairman Kenneth C. Cook, co-president and CEO of Revere Bank.

Founded in 1896, the MBA is the only Maryland-based trade group representing banks in the state. In Maryland, MBA’s member banks employ nearly 30,000 banking professionals and hold 97 percent of the FDIC-insured deposits in more than 1,600 branch offices.