Gary D. McGaha has served as President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company and the Bank since their respective inceptions. He has been a resident of Fayette County since 1963 and has been a banker since then. He has served in a senior executive officer capacity at the National Bank of Georgia, Commercial Bank & Trust in Griffin, Citizens Bank & Trust of Fayette County and Heritage Bank prior to becoming the organizing President of Southern Community Bank. From 1991 to 1996, he served as Chief Operations Officer of Citizens Bank & Trust of Fayette County and on two occasions during that period as acting Chief Executive Officer. From 1996 to 1999, he served as County President and as a director at Heritage Bank. He has served as Chairman of the Fayette County Chamber of Commerce twice and has served as a director of Main Street Fayetteville and a member of the Fayetteville Downtown Development Authority. He has served as a member of the board of directors of the Joseph Sams School and the Community Bankers Association of Georgia. |