Edwin F. Hale

EDWIN F. HALE, SR., is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of First
Mariner Bancorp. Mr. Hale purchased controlling interest in the company
in January 1995. He is the former Chairman of the Board and CEO of
Baltimore Bancorp, a major commercial bank in the Baltimore/Washington,
DC, area. Mr. Hale was elected Chairman in September 1991, following a
successful proxy contest launched by the Baltimore Bancorp Stockholders
Committee, a shareholders group of which he was a member. Mr. Hale is
Chairman and CEO of Hale Intemodal Trucking Co., Inc., and Hale Trans,
Inc., private Baltimore-based trucking and shipping companies, which he
founded in Baltimore. Mr. Hale began his business career in 1968 with
Atco Trailer Rentals. Originally hired as a clerk, he worked his way up
to Vice President. In 1975, he resigned to begin Port East Transfer. Mr.
Hale is involved in a number of joint ventures and other private
investments including apartment complexes throughout the United States,
and various industrial and commercial real estate ventures. Mr. Hale has
been honored with a number of civic awards including ‘Businessman of the
Year’ from the Baltimore Business Journal in 1986 and 1988; ‘1990
Humanitarian of the Year’ from Save-a-Heart and Big Brothers and Big
Sisters of Baltimore, and ‘1991 Outstanding Citizen of the Year’ from
the Advertising and Professional Club of Maryland. He attended Essex
Community College in Baltimore and the American International College in
Springfield, Massachusetts. He served two years in the United States Air
Force (Strategic Air Command) as a Medic.