Mr. Guinter has served as the president and chief executive officer of the Company since March 2007. Mr. Guinter also served as the president and chief executive officer of the Bank until his retirement from that position in September 2010. Prior to being appointed president and chief executive officer, Mr. Guinter served as the chief lending officer of the Bank. He was born in Baldwin, New York in 1949. In 1972 he graduated from Wake Forest University with a BBA in Finance.

Upon graduation, Mr. Guinter began his banking career at First National Bank of Atlanta. Mr. Guinter spent the next 23 years in the areas of commercial lending and commercial credit with various banking institutions in the Atlanta, Georgia market, including National Bank of Georgia, Bank South, First Union National Bank and Georgia Federal Bank. In 1994, Mr. Guinter and his family moved to Calhoun, Georgia, where he accepted a position as President of Calhoun First National Bank. In 1995, Mr. Guinter left Calhoun First National to develop a residential subdivision in Calhoun. In 1996, Mr. Guinter reentered banking as SVP/Area Credit Officer for Amsouth Bank in Chattanooga, Tennessee, a position he held until 2000 when he was appointed Amsouth City President for Calhoun and Dalton, eventually to include Lafayette and Ft. Oglethorpe. In 2004, Mr. Guinter accepted a newly created position with Amsouth Bank of SVP and Commercial Real Estate lender covering northwest Georgia and southeast Tennessee. On May 31, 2005, Mr. Guinter took early retirement from Amsouth Bank and joined NorthSide Bank.

Mr. Guinter has served as the campaign chairman and president of the Calhoun/Gordon County United Way, board member and finance head of the Gordon County Arts Council, member of the finance committee of the Calhoun First United Methodist Church, Rotarian, board of Trustees for Dalton College, and board of trustees for the Whitfield Healthcare Foundation.

Mr. Beckham attended Young Harris College from September 1961 until June of 1963, at which time he moved to Atlanta, Georgia. He received his BBA from Georgia State University in 1968, with a major in accounting. He also was a member of the United States Army Reserves from 1964 until 1970. Upon graduation from Georgia State University, Mr. Beckham was employed by Southern Airways, Inc. He left Southern Airways in 1969 and joined Turner Advertising Company as its controller. Mr. Beckham was elected a vice president of Turner in 1973 and has held several positions with Turner over the years, including VP and Controller and Senior Vice President of Finance and Administration. Mr. Beckham was involved in all major transactions of Turner during this period, including the purchase of the Atlanta Braves, the Atlanta Hawks, more than one soccer team, the formation of Cable News Network and its siblings Headline News and CNN International, the Cable Music Channel, and TNT. Mr. Beckham also was responsible for Ted Turner's personal investments in real estate and ranches while focusing on Turner's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Internal Revenue Service.

In 1989, Mr. Beckham moved his focus from the corporate fiscal and administrative areas and served as President of the Goodwill Games, the entity he helped Ted Turner form to promote goodwill with the Soviet Union. Upon completion of the 1990 Goodwill Games, Mr. Beckham became President of Turner Cable Sales, Inc., a sales organization focusing on the sale of Turner products to the cable industry. In addition, Mr. Beckham served as the CEO of SportsSouth, a startup cable sports network, and several place-based services such as the Airport Channel and the Check-out Channel.

In 1994, Mr. Beckham left Turner to form Hope Beckham, Inc. Hope Beckham, Inc. is a public relations and events company currently employing 20 persons in metropolitan Atlanta. The firm has been recognized as one of the top ten boutique public relations firms in the nation by the Paul Holmes Group in New York and is considered one of the most influential medium sized firms in the Southeast .

Glenn Burns is the chief meteorologist and science editor for WSB-TV's Channel 2 Action News' Severe Weather Team 2 in Atlanta, Georgia. He is an AMS certified meteorologist with the distinguished CBM seal of approval. Glenn has been with WSB-TV since 1981, and appears on the 5, 6, and 11 p.m. newscasts Mondays through Fridays.

After graduating from the University of Florida with a BS in Communications and Broadcasting, Mr. Burns was the Chief meteorologist and science editor for WPTV-TV in West Palm Beach, Florida from 1975-1978. He did his post-graduate work in astrophysics at the University of Minnesota and was chief meteorologist and science editor for KARE-TV in Minneapolis, Minnesota from 1978-1981.

A certified meteorologist by the American Meteorological Society, Glenn is a member of both the national and the Atlanta chapter of the AMS. He also is a member of the Scientific Advisory Board for the Lake Allatoona Preservation Authority, and a board member of the Earth and Atmospheric Sciences Department at Georgia Tech University in Atlanta.

Glenn has had extensive experience in the science community, working on the Quasar Project at the VLA Radio Telescope in New Mexico with project manager Dr. Butler Burton from the University of Minnesota; working with Dr. Josh Wurman and his Doppler On Wheels project at the University of Oklahoma during several tornado seasons as storm chaser, radar monitor and documentarian; documenting the CAMEX Hurricane Project in Jacksonville, Florida; and assisting in development of hyper-local computer weather modeling with Atmospheric Prediction Systems in Tallahassee, Florida.

He has received numerous awards from the American Red Cross, Civil Defense, Coast Guard, Associated Press Weathercaster of the Year, Best of Atlanta Magazine, Best of Cobb Magazine, Best of Gwinnett Magazine, and has been nominated for numerous Emmy Awards.

Glenn and his wife, Susan, live in Marietta, Georgia and have two grown children and three grandchildren. They both work for numerous area non-profits, including The Center for Family Resources, March of Dimes, Boys and Girls Clubs, Sheltering Arms, and the YWCA. They are members of St. Peter and St. Paul Episcopal Church in Marietta. Georgia.

Dr. Carman was born in Atlanta, Georgia. Upon finishing high school in Calhoun, he attended college at Southern Adventist University. Dr. Carman continued his education at Loma Linda University School of Dentistry, graduating in 1977 with his Doctor of Dental Surgery degree.

Dr. Carman taught on the staff of the dental school at Loma Linda University before continuing his dental education in Endodontics. Dr. Carman received a Masters of Science degree in Endodontics from Loma Linda University in 1980.

In July of 1980, Dr. Carman started his endodontic practice, West Georgia Endodontics, in Austell, Georgia, where he currently practices. Dr. Carman is a member of the American Association of Endodontics and in 1979 was the student representative to its Board of Directors.

Dr. Carman has been involved with overseas dental mission work and is an active member in his local church. Dr. Carman was the President of the National Association of Seventh-Day Adventist Dentist in 1996.

Dr. Carman and his wife have four children and reside in Adairsville, Georgia.

Mr. Cox was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Upon finishing high school, Mr. Cox signed with the Los Angeles Dodgers and attended Reedley Junior College in the off season. Mr. Cox played with the New York Yankees in 1968 and 1969. Mr. Cox was forced to retire after the 1970 season due to injuries. Mr. Cox began his managerial career in 1971. Mr. Cox managed in the minor leagues until 1976, and was called back up to the major leagues as a coach in 1977. Ted Turner hired Mr. Cox as the Atlanta Braves Manager in 1978.

Mr. Cox managed the Atlanta Braves through 1981, and then signed with the Toronto Blue Jays in 1982 leading them to the team's first American League Division Championship in 1985. He returned to the Atlanta Braves in 1986 as General Manager. After five years, his heart led him back to the field as manager where he remained until his retirement at the end of the 2010 season.

Mr. Cox has served on the Braves Board of Directors for a number of years. He has won Manager of the Year in both the American and National Leagues, and led the Braves to 14 consecutive National League Division Titles between 1991 and 2005, winning one World Series Championship in 1995. He is one of the top five "winningest" managers of all time.

Mr. Cox resides in Marietta Georgia, but spends much of his free time in his country home located for the past 14 years in Adairsville, Georgia.

Mrs. Doyle was born in Carrollton, Georgia. Upon finishing High School, she earned a BBA with a major in marketing from West Georgia College, summa cum laude, in 1983. Mrs. Doyle started AJS Outdoor Advertising in 1988 and sold all of its assets to Eller Media of Chattanooga in 1999. She served on the Board of the Outdoor Advertising Association of Georgia during this time. Mrs. Doyle served on the Board of Premier Bank for 5 years where she served on the asset/liability committee and was later appointed chairman of the marketing committee. Mrs. Doyle served on the Board of the League of Women Voters as Vice-President. Mrs. Doyle is very active in commercial real estate development with her husband, Jimmy. They currently reside in Dalton, Georgia where they are very active in the community.

Mr. Lester enlisted in the United States Marine Corps in 1963 and was honorably discharged in 1967. He attended Georgia State College and was granted a BBA in 1968. He also attended the Georgia Institute of Technology and did post graduate studies at Georgia State. Mr. Lester received his designation as a Certified Public Accountant from the State of Georgia in May 1971. He has over 25 years experience in the accounting and financial management field. After a four-year tenure with a national CPA firm, Mr. Lester was employed as the corporate controller of manufacturing companies in Tucker and Calhoun, Georgia. In 1985, he opened his CPA practice. His clients consist of small and medium size businesses from a wide variety of industries and individuals. He has served his profession through the American Institute of CPAs and the Georgia Society of CPAs. Mr. Lester has been actively involved in his community and has been a member of the Cherokee County Chamber of Commerce since 1988. He has served his community through involvement in numerous business, civic and benevolent organizations such as the Rotary, United Way, Woodstock Business Association and others.

Mr. Shultz is a 1972 graduate of the School of Business at Miami University, Oxford, Ohio. The majority of Mr. Shultz's working career has been spent in the entertainment industry. He joined Cosmos Broadcasting Corp. in 1972 as Accounting Manager of a Toledo, Ohio television station. In 1974 he was promoted to Business Manager of the company's radio and television stations in Columbia, South Carolina. He joined Rounsaville Radio, Inc., Atlanta, Georgia, in 1976 as a financial vice president. In 1979 Mr. Shultz began a 22 year association with Turner Broadcasting System when he became Controller of SuperStation TBS. His responsibilities later included financial accounting and budgetary oversight of Turner's advertising sales, program sales, and programming divisions. In 1984 he was named Vice President Business Affairs, Entertainment Companies and began to travel extensively, working with the company's programming and production partners in the United States and abroad. He was deeply involved with the 1986 Moscow and the 1990 Seattle Goodwill Games. Later he was named Senior Vice President of Business Affairs for the company's music production, publishing and soundtrack distribution interests.

In 2001, Mr. Shultz retired from Turner Broadcasting. He is presently the owner and president of Summit Business Services, LLC, Milton, Georgia and the chairman of NorthSide Holdings, LLC, Adairsville, Georgia. Over the years Mr. Shultz has been active in a number of professional organizations including serving as chairman of the Cable Committee of the Broadcasting/Cable Financial Management Association and as a director of the Atlanta Chapter of the Institute of Management Accounting.

Mr. Wilson served as Chairman of the Board of the Company and the Bank from its inception until his retirement in June of this year. Mr. Wilson has been a resident of Adairsville, Georgia since 2000. Early in his career, Mr. Wilson became involved in land development and the construction industry. Beginning in 1975, the focus of Mr. Wilson's career turned to mass media pursuits including print media, television production, talent management and hosting television programs. From 1975 through 1980 he was the publisher of two outdoor magazines. Following that, Mr. Wilson went on to host his own local and later national fishing program which ran until 2000 when he retired as a television personality. During his years in media Mr. Wilson founded and managed a talent agency for sport fishing personalities and a production company which produced his program and other outdoor programs. Mr. Wilson sold his production company to a national cable television network in 1996. Following the sale of his television production company and his retirement as a television personality, Mr. Wilson again turned his full time attention to real estate investment and land development. Among other projects, he is presently developing an upscale residential subdivision in Adairsville, a business and commercial park adjacent to the Interstate 75 / Georgia Route 140 interchange, and a mixed-use project in Gordon County just north of Adairsville. In 1988 Mr. Wilson played an instrumental role in the organization of North Georgia National Bank, now Bank of North Georgia. He served as a director of that bank until it was sold in 1997. Mr. Wilson was also an organizer and, until June 2009, a director of several other metro Atlanta community banks. In addition to his substantial business experience, Mr. Wilson is well recognized in his community and has been heavily involved with local, state and national organizations such as the Georgia Special Olympics, the Leukemia Society, the Cancer Society, the Spina Bifida Society, the Dream Come True Organization and the Fish America Foundation.

Mr. Hix has his own real estate development company WBH Contracting, Inc. which has been developing in Bartow County since 1993. Mr. Hix has developed and constructed five single family subdivisions and five multi-family communities. Mr. Hix has been active with the Georgia Home Builders Association serving as Bartow County President in 1990 and 1994. He also served on the Board of Directors for the State Home Builders Association's Executive Committee and Governmental Affairs Committee. Mr. Hix was Builder of the Year in 1995 and again in 2000 and is a lifetime Director for the Bartow County Home Builders Association. Mr. Hix has been the Chairman of the Bartow County Planning and Zoning Board since 1999 and overall member since 1993. Mr. Hix also serves on the Variance Board for Bartow County and is a member of the Chamber of Commerce. Mr. Hix attended Reinhardt College 1976-1978 studying Business Administration. Mr. Hix and his family are members of Trinity United Methodist Church in Cartersville.

Mr. Shropshire was born in Cartersville, Georgia in 1938. He attended Cartersville Schools and graduated from Riverside Military Academy in Gainesville, Georgia. Mr. Shropshire attended Young Harris College and graduated from Atlanta Law School in 1961. In 1965, Mr. Shropshire took over management of the family road construction and real estate businesses. In 1967, he was appointed as a Director of The First National Bank of Cartersville, serving twenty-one years through three mergers which ended with Wachovia Bank. Mr. Shropshire served as a Director and major stockholder of Taylorsville Bank until its sale in 1972. Mr. Shropshire also served as a Director and major stockholder of the Bank of Acworth until its sale to Regions Bank. Mr. Shropshire served as a Director of Bartow County Bank from 1988 through 2004. He is currently a director of CreekSide Bank, Woodstock, Georgia, where he also serves as chairman and WestSide Bank, Hiram, Georgia. With his three sons assuming control of Bartow Paving Company, Inc. Mr. Shropshire has retired from the family road construction business. A lifelong member of Sam Jones Memorial United Methodist Church, Mr. Shropshire served on the Board of Trustees and Financing Committee. Mr. Shropshire is a member of the Cartersville Country Club and Founding Member of the Sea Island Club.

Mr. Smith has lived in Adairsville, Georgia since August 1963. Upon his graduation from high school, Mr. Smith attended Berry College in Rome, Georgia where he earned a degree in Animal Science and Business. Following his graduation, Mr. Smith became involved in the cattle business on a part time basis and performed general contracting services focusing primarily upon the agriculture sector. Eventually, the cattle business became Mr. Smith's full time career and he began purchasing feeder cattle in the southeastern United States and marketing these cattle to large cattle feeding companies in Texas, Oklahoma, and Kansas. Mr. Smith's company is South to West Land and Cattle Company and provides its service in Georgia and in the panhandle of Texas. This company has grown from 400 head of cattle annually in 1993 to 20,000 head of cattle annually in 2004. South to West Land and Cattle Company also farms 1,200 acres of wheat for grain. Mr. Smith is a member of the Adairsville Church of Christ. Mr. Smith served on the advisory board for United Community Bank of Adairsville for 7 years.

Mr. Taylor served as a director of the Company and the Bank from its inception until his retirement in December 2008. Mr. Taylor was born in Plainville, Georgia, in Gordon County. After graduating from Plainville High School, he entered North Georgia College in Dahlonega. His college education was interrupted in 1943 when he entered the Army Air Corps as an aviation cadet. Mr. Taylor completed the fighter pilot training program and served during World War II until his honorable discharge in 1946. Mr. Taylor was released from the Air Force reserve with the rank of Captain. After working a short time as a commercial pilot and flight instructor, Marvin entered the field of education. Mr. Taylor worked as a high school math and science teacher and served as principal for three years at his alma mater of Plainville High School. He was director of training in a private school of business administration, a position he held for five years. Still in an administrative capacity, Marvin assumed the responsibility as administrator of the Gordon County Hospital in Calhoun, Georgia for eight years. In 1965, Mr. Taylor entered the field of banking, becoming managing officer of Calhoun Federal Savings and Loan in Calhoun. In 1969, he joined The Calhoun First National Bank as an assistant vice president and was appointed president in 1980. He left Calhoun First National in early 1985 to serve as a financial and business consultant to Bio Tech, a medical subsidiary of Southeastern Pathology in Rome, Georgia. He then decided to re-enter the banking field, and Mr. Taylor became the chief organizer and Chairman of Georgia Bank and Trust in Calhoun. During his banking career, he pursued graduate studies at Georgia State University and various other institutions including the Senior Bank Officers Program at the Graduate School of Business at Harvard University. Marvin retired from banking in 1996. Mr. Taylor has served as chairman of the Gordon County Board of Education, President of the Calhoun Rotary Club, Calhoun-Gordon County Chamber of Commerce and other endeavors. He has served as a member of the Calhoun-Gordon County Airport Authority for more than 20 years. Mr. Taylor is a member of Belmont Baptist Church.