Brad Schwartz
Brad Schwartz
First Bank
Brad E. Schwartz will join First Bank on March 31 as executive vice president and chief financial officer.
He brings over 40 years of experience in banking in Virginia and is retired president and chief operating officer of TowneBank and formerly chief executive officer, chief financial officer and COO of Monarch Bank prior to its acquisition by TowneBank. He also served as CFO of two other Virginia community banks. At First Bank he will join Dennis Dysart, executive vice president and COO, and Scott Harvard, President and CEO, as named executive officers. As CFO, he will be a member of the executive team providing strategic leadership while overseeing all aspects of financial planning, strategy, budgeting, investor relations, accounting operations and regulatory filings.
Schwartz holds a bachelor’s degree in business administration and accounting from Longwood University, a master’s in business administration from the University of Richmond and is a graduate of the Stonier Graduate School of Banking at Georgetown University. He is a current board member of the Community Bankers Bank and served on the Virginia Bankers Association Board. He is an advanced financial management professor at the VBA University of Virginia School of Bank Management.
Royal Cinemas
Royal Cinemas in Front Royal will show the film “Join or Die” today through Thursday. Showtimes are 1:10 p.m., 3:45 p.m. and 7 p.m.
The documentary explores why building stronger communities is essential to America’s future. The film follows renowned social scientist Robert Putnam, whose groundbreaking research in “Bowling Alone” uncovered the decline of civic participation in America and how reconnecting through clubs, organizations and community groups could be the key to revitalizing our democracy. The film features insights from Hillary Clinton, Pete Buttigieg, former U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy and stories from inspiring groups across the country working to rebuild civic engagement at the local level.
Tickets, which are $7 for afternoon showings and $10 for the evening show, are available at https://bit.ly/3k9i2D6.
SVEC
Operation Round Up, Shenandoah Valley Electric Cooperative’s charitable giving program, covered many core needs in the area in its first round of giving for the year. The following area organizations were awarded funds:
Shenandoah County: Emmanuel Episcopal Church, $2,500 for its Emmanuel’s Table, which provides food to those in need; Shenandoah Valley Local Ministries, $2,500 for A Small Hand, which purchases a month’s supply of diapers for 60 babies and Luke’s Backpack to purchase food for weekend food bags for 125 schoolchildren.
Winchester: First Presbyterian Church, $2,500 for its Helper Fund that provides emergency assistance to area residents; Literacy Volunteers, $2,500 to purchase family literacy program materials for students; Love to Nic, $2,500 which provides free monthly meals to those who are homeless in Winchester.
Funding comes from a corporate contribution from SVEC and voluntary efforts of co-op members who round up their bill to the nearest dollar each month. Applications are available for the next round of Operation Round Up support at www.svec.coop/ORU.
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