Ms. Covington joined as a director of the Company and the Bank in connection with the July 1 2007 completion of our acquisition of First Haralson Corporation. She holds the position of Vice Chairman of WGNB Corp. and also serves as Executive Vice President of the Company and the Bank. Before the merger she had been Executive Vice President of First National Bank of Georgia since 1991.
She began working for First National in 1980 and served as its director since 1983. She also served as President of First Haralson Corporation since 1990. Ms. Covington graduated with a BA degree from Florida State University. She obtained post-graduate degrees from the Graduate School of Banking of the South at Louisiana State University as well as an MBA from the State University of West Georgia. Ms. Covington is very active in the Community Bankers Association of Georgia and is presently the Chairman Elect. She also serves on the boards of Tanner Medical Center Carroll County Hospital Authority Carroll Tomorrow Economic Foundation Richards College of Business at the State University of West Georgia and the Community Foundation of West Georgia. She is a Trustee for the West Georgia Foundation.
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