Peter Converse Named Business Leader of the Year by Alexandria Chamber of Commerce
2011年10月21日 - 9:20PM
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The Alexandria Chamber of Commerce honored Peter A.
Converse, President and Chief Executive Officer of Virginia
Commerce Bank, as the 2011 Business Leader of the Year. Mr.
Converse was recognized at the Chamber’s Business Awards Dinner on
October 6 at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
(C) Tisara Photo From left to right: Mike
Anderson, Chairman of the Board of Directors, Alexandria Chamber of
Commerce; Peter A. Converse, President and CEO, Virginia Commerce
Bank; and Tina Leone, President and CEO, Alexandria Chamber of
Commerce
The Chamber’s selection of Mr. Converse as the recipient of its
top business award was based on his dedication and exemplary
leadership in the business community. From the time he joined VCB
as its CEO in 1994, the Bank has grown under his leadership from
two branches with $54 million in assets to what is now Northern
Virginia’s largest community bank with over $2.9 billion in assets,
28 branches, a residential mortgage lending office and a wealth
management services department. Mr. Converse joins a distinguished
list of honored business leaders since the awards program began in
1994.
As the CEO of a publicly traded company, Mr. Converse has set
the tone for corporate philanthropy within the communities Virginia
Commerce Bank serves. In particular, he has been an ardent
supporter of the Small Business Development Council (SBDC), as
demonstrated by the Bank’s total contributions of $163,000 over the
past decade to foster business development in Alexandria.
Additionally, he has encouraged VCB employees to dedicate their
time and talents to non-profit organizations including Rebuilding
Together Alexandria, the Marine Corps Toys for Tots, the City of
Alexandria’s Sharing Program and SHARE, as well as Leadership
Alexandria. This is evidenced by employees contributing 2,785
volunteer hours to the Alexandria community in 2010. Mr. Converse’s
civic influence is manifested bank-wide, and this fiscal and social
commitment to its markets prompted the Washington Business Journal
to include VCB in its prestigious 2010 philanthropy awards
recognizing the achievements of Most Volunteer Hours, totaling over
7,500 hours, and Most Corporate Giving.
“I am deeply honored to receive this recognition from the
Alexandria Chamber of Commerce on behalf of all of the Bank’s
employees who so capably serve this community,” said Peter
Converse. “We remain dedicated to supporting Alexandria through our
delivery of business and personal financial solutions as well as
through our passion for community service and philanthropy, thereby
fulfilling our commitment to ‘Making the Difference’ in the
communities we serve.”
Mr. Converse is a 1972 graduate of Washington and Lee University
in Lexington, Virginia and completed banking programs at the
Stonier Graduate School of Banking at Rutgers University, and the
American Bankers’ Association National and Graduate Compliance
Schools. He has more than 37 years of banking experience in the
Washington Metropolitan Area. Mr. Converse is currently a Director
and member of the Employed Physicians Oversight Committee and the
Foundation Leadership Council for Virginia Hospital Center, as well
as a member of the Community Advisory Committee for the Arlington
Free Clinic.
For more information about the Alexandria Chamber of Commerce
and its annual Business Awards, visit www.alexchamber.com.
Established in 1988, Virginia Commerce Bank (NASDAQ:VCBI) is a
full-service, community bank headquartered in Arlington, Virginia,
with over $2.9 billion in assets. The Bank serves Northern Virginia
with twenty-eight branches, a mortgage lending office and a wealth
management services department. For further information about VCB’s
many services and a map of convenient locations, please visit our
Web site at VCBonline.com.
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Reserved.
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