Executive Leadership

Mr. Peter G. Fitzgerald has served as the Chairman of the Chain Bridge Bancorp, Inc. (the “Company”) Board of Directors since incorporating the Company in May 2006. He has also served as the Chairman of the Chain Bridge Bank, N.A. (the “Bank”) board of directors since the Bank commenced operations in August 2007.

Mr. Fitzgerald’s professional background is in banking, law, and public service. He began his legal career as an associate at Isham, Lincoln & Beale in Chicago and later practiced banking law at Riordan, Larson, Bruckert & Moore. From January 1993 to October 1, 1994, he served as General Counsel for Suburban Bancorp, Inc., overseeing legal affairs for 13 banks and various non-bank subsidiaries. On October 1, 1994, Suburban Bancorp, Inc. merged into Bank of Montreal (BMO) and became Harris Bankmont, Inc. Following the merger, Mr. Fitzgerald continued to serve in a legal capacity at Harris Bankmont, Inc. until the end of 1996, when he resigned to run for the U.S. Senate. Between 1988 and 1998, he held board positions at three nationally chartered commercial banks and one state-chartered commercial bank.

In 1998, Mr. Fitzgerald was elected to the U.S. Senate, where he served as a Senator representing Illinois from 1999 to 2005. Prior to his tenure in the U.S. Senate, he was elected to the Illinois State Senate, serving from 1993 to 1998.

Mr. Fitzgerald completed his secondary education at Portsmouth Abbey School. He earned his A.B. degree, cum laude, with highest distinction in Latin and Greek, from Dartmouth College, and was a co-recipient of the Perkins Literature Prize. As a Rotary scholar, he spent one year studying Modern Greek at the Aristotelian University of Thessaloniki in Greece. Mr. Fitzgerald earned his J.D. degree from the University of Michigan School of Law.

Mr. Fitzgerald’s experience in banking, law, and public service, as well as his commitment to the Company and the Bank since their establishment, provide him with the qualifications, attributes, and skills necessary to serve as Chairman of the Board.

Mr. John J. Brough joined the Company as an Organizer, Chief Executive Officer and director in July 2006. He became a director and the founding Chief Executive Officer of the Bank on August 6, 2007, the day the Bank commenced operations and received its charter from the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC).

Mr. Brough earned his B.S. degree and M.B.A. from Georgetown University. He also participated in the Georgetown International Management Graduate Business Program at Oxford University, England. He maintained his CPA license from 1999 to 2017.

Mr. Brough is actively involved in the Virginia Bankers Association (VBA), where he serves on the Board of Directors and the Audit Committee. Additionally, he is a member of the board of VBA Management Services, Inc. and a Trustee of the Virginia Bankers School of Bank Management. From 2015 to 2018, he chaired the Board of Governors of Bishop Denis J. O’Connell High School, a Roman Catholic college preparatory school located in Arlington, Virginia.

Mr. Brough’s institutional knowledge and banking and accounting experience, as well as his experience as a director of the Company and the Bank, qualify him to serve on our Board of Directors.

Mr. David M. Evinger serves as director, President, Chief Credit Officer and Chief Risk Officer of the Bank, as well as director, President and Chief Risk Officer of the Company.

Mr. Evinger joined the Company in July 2006 as an Organizer and became Executive Vice President and Chief Credit Officer of the Bank on August 6, 2007, the day the Bank commenced operations and received its charter from the OCC. In 2018, the Bank’s board of directors promoted him to President of Risk Management, and in 2020, to President of the Bank. The Company’s Board promoted him to President of the Company in 2013, and he was elected to the Company’s Board in 2016 and the Bank’s board of directors in 2018.

Mr. Evinger holds a B.A. and an M.B.A. from Marymount University and is a graduate of the Virginia Bankers (VBA) School of Bank Management. He serves as the Chairman of the VBA Lending Executives Committee and on the Advisory Board of the College of Business, Innovation, Leadership, and Technology at Marymount University. Since 2015, Mr. Evinger has been a faculty member at the Carolinas-Virginia Commercial Lending School of the Risk Management Association (RMA).

Mr. Evinger’s banking and credit risk management experience, as well as his experience as a director of the Company and the Bank, qualify him to serve on our Board of Directors.

Joanna R. Williamson, CPA, is the Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of both the Company and the Bank. Ms. Williamson joined the Bank in August 2015 as Vice President and Controller. In January 2018, she was appointed Treasurer of the Company and later assumed the role of Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Bank. In January 2023, she was promoted to Executive Vice President of the Bank. As of January 2024, she holds the position of Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Company and has been reappointed as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Bank.

Prior to joining the Bank, Ms. Williamson held managerial positions at Fannie Mae and Dixon Hughes Goodman LLP. She also worked as a Senior Auditor with Ernst & Young. Ms. Williamson is a licensed Certified Public Accountant (“CPA”) and holds an M.S. and a B.S. in Accounting, magna cum laude, from Virginia Tech.

Rachel G. Miller, Esq., joined the Company and the Bank as Senior Vice President, Counsel, and Corporate Secretary on April 1, 2024. As Corporate Secretary for both the Company and the Bank, Ms. Miller manages board and committee meetings, advises on corporate governance matters, and provides legal counsel. Prior to joining the Company and the Bank, Ms. Miller worked at the law firm Jones Day in the firm’s Government Regulation Practice from 2021 to 2024. In this capacity, she advised clients on campaign finance, election laws, corporate governance, entity formation, and compliance matters. Ms. Miller also served as a Law Clerk to the Honorable Chad A. Readler of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit for the 2020 judicial term.

Ms. Miller earned her Juris Doctor, summa cum laude, from the University of Notre Dame Law School and received her Bachelor of Arts degree double-majoring in Economics & Government from The University of Texas at Austin. During her time at Notre Dame Law School, Ms. Miller served as an Articles Editor for the Notre Dame Law Review. Ms. Miller is admitted to practice law in the State of New York, the District of Columbia, and before the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. She is also admitted as a Corporate Counsel Registrant in the Commonwealth of Virginia.

Mr. James R. Pollock joined the Company on August 12, 2024 as Senior Vice President, Corporate Development Officer of the Company and Chief Commercial Lending Officer of the Bank. Previously, Mr. Pollock worked at Wilmington Trust, a provider of wealth and institutional services and a subsidiary of M&T Bank Corporation, from 2015 until August 2024. Mr. Pollock most recently served as Senior Vice President and Head of Relationship Management where he led consolidated relationship management teams in corporate fiduciary services. Mr. Pollock also served as Senior Vice President and Head of Sub-Agency, where he led a component of the loan markets business and managed large-scale projects such as the LIBOR transition to replacement benchmarks. His earlier roles at the firm included Vice President of Product Development and Business Lead for a multi-year international expansion initiative. He began his financial services career at PNC Bank as a business banker.

Mr. Pollock earned his Master of Business Administration from Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business, where he graduated as Salutatorian and was recognized as a McDonough Scholar. He received his Bachelor of Arts degree, summa cum laude, in Philosophy from Gettysburg College. Mr. Pollock is actively involved in his community, and has served as a Deacon of the Georgetown Presbyterian Church.