On December 19, 2019, the Summit Financial Group, Inc.’s Board of Directors increased the size of the Board to seventeen (17) members and appointed Ronald L. Bowling to serve on the Board to fill the vacancy created by that action. Mr. Bowling was also appointed to serve on the Board of Directors of Summit Community Bank, Inc., the Company’s wholly owned subsidiary bank. The appointment will be effective January 1, 2020. Mr. Bowling was the President and Chief Executive Officer of Peoples Bankshares, Inc. from 2003 until the Company’s acquisition of Peoples Bankshares, Inc. in 2018.