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Kenneth P. Cherven age 47 is Chief Executive Officer President and Director of First Community and is Chief Executive Officer and Director of First Community Bank. Mr. Cherven also serves as an Advisory Director of the Pinellas Pasco Charlotte and Hillsborough County Regions. Mr. Cherven has been our Chief Executive Officer and President since July 2000 but has been in banking in Florida since 1981. Mr. Cherven has served as Chief Executive Officer and President of two local and regional banks - first at Gulf Bank where he served from 1989 to 1993 and then at Premier Community Bank where he served from 1994 to 1999. Mr. Cherven has a MBA degree in Business from the University of Tampa and a Bachelor’s degree in Finance from Florida Southern College. Mr. Cherven serves as an adjunct Professor for the Graduate School of Banking at Louisiana State University where he also serves as Trustee. Mr. Cherven is Chairman of the Foundation Board of St. Petersburg College and serves on the College’s Advisory Board for the Banking Program. | 