Joseph Thomas

Joseph Janney Thomas is President, Chief Executive Officer & Director at The Freedom Bank of Virginia since 2018.
He holds the same titles at Freedom Financial Holdings, Inc. starting in 2018.
He is a Director at Virginia Bankers Association since 2021.
He is a Member of CFA Society Washington, D.C., a Trustee at St Stephen's & St Agnes School Foundation, and a Trustee-Emeritus at The College & Graduate School of Arts & Sciences.
Formerly, Mr. Thomas was Executive Chairman at Bay Bancorp, Inc. (Maryland) in 2014.
He was Managing Director at Wachovia Asset Securitization, Inc. from 1985 to 2005.
He served as Independent Director at Middlefield Banc Corp.
from 2015 to 2016 and at Old Line Bancshares, Inc. in 2018.
He was Chief Operating Officer at Financial Services Volunteer Corps in 2006.
Other former roles include Director positions at Bay National Corp., The Middlefield Banking Co., FirstAtlantic Financial Holdings, Inc., Sunwest Bank, FirstAtlantic Bank (Jacksonville, Florida), Optisure Risk Holdings, Inc., Old Line Bank, Bay Bank, FSB (Lutherville, Maryland), Sunwest Bancorp, Inc., and First Atlantic Bank Plc.
He was President, Chief Operating Officer & Director at H Bancorp LLC.
He was Managing Director at Wachovia Securities LLC and Hovde Private Equity Advisors LLC.
He was a Member of Independent Community Bankers of America.
Education includes an undergraduate degree from the University of Virginia in 1985 and an MBA from The Fuqua School of Business.