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Charles J. Thayer is Chairman and Managing Director of Chartwell Capital Ltd., a private investment firm providing specialized advisory services to the board of directors and executive management of banks, corporations and institutional investors. He was named Chairman of the American Association of Bank Directors in 2007. The AABD is the national non-profit organization dedicated to serving the information, education and advocacy needs of financial institution directors. Outside directors who are not professional bankers make up 95% of AABD membership. The National Association of Corporate Directors invited Thayer to be a founding board member of NACD Florida. The NACD is the premier source of corporate governance information, education and training for directors and CEOs who are committed to raising standards and improving boardroom performance. Thayer has been awarded the Certificate of Director Education by the NACD Corporate Directors Institute. Republic Bank , one of Florida's largest independent commercial banks, elected Thayer to the Board of Directors in October 1999 and to the Board of Republic Bancshares, Inc., St. Petersburg, Florida (NASDAQ) in May 2000. Republic was acquired by BB&T Corporation in 2004 and Thayer served on the board of BB&T Bank (Florida) until July 2006. The Louisville Community Development Bank in named Thayer to its Board in 1997. LCDB's shareholders include Kentucky's major banks and corporations and the bank is dedicated to job creation and home ownership in the Louisville metro area. | 