Financial Services >> CEO Interviews >> September 8, 2003
TONY W. WOLFE has been employed by Peoples Bancorp of North Carolina,
Inc., Newton, North Carolina, since 1990 and has served as President and
CEO since 1993. He was employed by First Union National Bank, South
Carolina National Bank, and Northwestern Bank prior to joining Peoples
Bank. Mr. Wolfe is a graduate of Wingate College and Lenoir-Rhyne
College, the Carolina School of Banking at the University of North
Carolina at Chapel Hill, and the School of Banking of the South at
Louisiana State University-Baton Rouge. He serves on the Board of
Directors of the Piedmont Foundation at Lenoir-Rhyne College, the Board
of Directors of Catawba Valley Medical Foundation, the Board of
Directors of United Way, and the Board of Directors of Community
Financial Services, The Bankers Bank. He is a member of the Newton-
Conover Rotary Club and Catawba Country Club. Mr. Wolfe has previously
served on the Board of Directors and as Treasurer of the Catawba Valley
Rotary Club; Board of Directors of Catawba County Chamber of Commerce;
Board of Advisors for the Volunteer Center; Board of Directors and
Treasurer of the Catawba Country Club; Board of Directors of the Boy
Scouts Newton-Conover District and Chairman of the Capital Campaign;
Captain of Commercial Division, member of the Newton-Conover Budget
Committee, and as a Loaned Executive for United Way. Profile
A. JOSEPH LAMPRON has served as Executive Vice President, Chief
Financial Officer, Peoples Bank, Executive Vice President, Chief
Financial Officer and Corporate Treasurer, of Peoples Bancorp since
December 2001. From 1996 to 2001, he was a Vice President/Change
Manager in the Finance Department at Bank of America. His previous
banking experience was as Controller/CFO of Citizens Savings Bank before
it was acquired by BB&T. Mr. Lampron is a CPA and also has 11 years
experience in public accounting with RSM McGladrey, formerly McGladrey
and Pullen. He is a graduate of the University of North Carolina at
Chapel Hill. Mr. Lampron serves on the Board of Directors as President
of the Denver/Lake Norman Rotary Club. Profile
Mr. Wolfe: Our holding company, Peoples Bancorp of North Carolina, was
founded in 1999. The principal asset of the holding
