James P. Geary II serves as Independent Director of the Company. Mr. Geary has served as a member of the Board of Directors of the Company since 2007 and served as a member of the Board of Directors of Summit’s banking subsidiary from 2007 to 2008. Mr. Geary was reappointed as a member of the Board of Directors of Summit’s banking subsidiary in May, 2011. Mr. Geary earned his bachelor of science degree in accounting from the West Virginia University School of Business and received his law degree from the West Virginia University College of Law. Mr. Geary is a Partner of the law firm Geary & Geary and is a real estate broker for Landimer, Inc. Mr. Geary is a title insurance agent for Old Republic Title Insurance Company and First American Title Insurance Company and is the Managing Member of Allegheny Highlands, LLC, a real estate sales and development company. Mr. Geary is a current member of the West Virginia Forestry Association. Mr. Geary has served as a mediator in the 21st and 22nd West Virginia Judicial Circuits and serves as the Mental Hygiene Commissioner in the 21st West Virginia Judicial Circuit. Mr. Geary is a charter member of the Grant and Hardy County Gideons and is the Membership Regional Program Leader of the West Virginia Gideons International. Mr. Geary was also a professor at Shepherd College, Shepherdstown, West Virginia.
As the Independent Director of Summit Inc, the total compensation of James Geary at Summit Inc is $17,550. There are 17 executives at Summit Inc getting paid more, with H. Charles Maddy having the highest compensation of $1,140,710.
James Geary is 64, he's been the Independent Director of Summit Inc since 2007. There are 9 older and 16 younger executives at Summit Inc. The oldest executive at Summit Financial Group Inc is Dewey Bensenhaver, 73, who is the Independent Director.
James's mailing address filed with the SEC is PO BOX 218, , PETERSBURG, WV, 26847.
Over the last 22 years, insiders at Summit Inc have traded over $4,773,269 worth of Summit Inc stock and bought 227,671 units worth $6,377,691 . The most active insiders traders include Gary L Hinkle, Jeffrey E. Hott a H Charles Iii Maddy. On average, Summit Inc executives and independent directors trade stock every 21 days with the average trade being worth of $74,556. The most recent stock trade was executed by Charles Piccirillo on 3 May 2024, trading 7,793 units of SMMF stock currently worth $200,280.
summit financial group, inc. is a financial holding company which provides community banking and insurance services . summit’s community banking operations consist of 15 banking offices located in the eastern panhandle and south central regions of west virginia and in the shenandoah valley and northern regions of virginia. summit financial group inc.’s affiliate entities are: summit community bank, a state chartered community bank , and summit insurance services, llc, a full lines insurance agency.
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