Alexandria, VA – Burke & Herbert Bank is pleased to announce that at its most recent meeting, the Board of Directors elected Mark G. Anderson as a new Director. Mr. Anderson is a lifelong Alexandrian, and an experienced business leader, having started and built two significant businesses. He is the founder and president of MGAC, Inc., a Washington, D.C.-based organization that provides project management leadership, cost advice, procurement support and technology integration for complex design and construction projects across the United States and six continents.
“We are fortunate to have a business leader of Mark’s caliber join our Board of Directors,” said E. Hunt Burke, the Bank’s Chairman & Chief Executive Officer. “He is a highly skilled and successful executive who brings a wealth of experience to our Board. In addition, as a long-time resident of Alexandria, Mark has deep knowledge of the Northern Virginia market, and a passion for helping local businesses, such as ours, to grow and thrive. He is a welcome addition to our team.”
“I am honored to take on this new challenge, and am excited about my role on the Board of Directors of Burke & Herbert Bank,” said Mr. Anderson. “I have known the Bank for many years as a customer and member of the local community, and have experienced first-hand the Bank’s deep commitment to customers and the community. I am honored to have this opportunity to contribute to the Bank’s continued growth and success.”
Mr. Anderson joins the Board of Directors of Burke & Herbert Bank with substantial prior experience as a board member, serving on the Haverford College Board of Managers, Scholarship Fund of Alexandria Board of Trustees, Virginia Theological Seminary Board of Trustees, and Calvary Women’s Services Board of Directors. He is a graduate of Haverford College, where he earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Physics and undertook postgraduate studies in Engineering Administration at George Washington University. Mark is married to Cynthia Anderson, also a lifelong Alexandrian and the elected co-Chair of the Alexandria City School Board. They have two sons, Henry and Lee.
Burke & Herbert Bank, established in 1852, is the oldest bank in the Commonwealth of Virginia and the oldest continuously operating bank in the Washington, D.C. area. The Bank offers a full range of personal and business banking products and services designed to meet customers’ banking, borrowing, and investing needs. Burke & Herbert Bank is headquartered in Alexandria and operates 25 branches in Northern Virginia.
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