Mr. James D. Witty, also known as Jim, has been an Executive Vice President of Howard Bancorp Inc. since April 26, 2016 and serves as its Chief Commercial Banking Officer. Mr. Witty has been the Chief Lending Officer of Howard Bancorp Inc. since April 26, 2016. He has been the Chief Commercial Banking Officer and Executive Vice President of Howard Bank, Inc. since May 2016. Mr. Witty is responsible for all commercial business development and relationship management in the Howard Bank footprint. Mr. Witty is well known and well respected as a leader in the banking community. Throughout his banking career across the Greater Baltimore market, Mr. Witty has been successful in building his reputation as a banker's banker with a long track record for developing differentiated team potential, proactive market leadership, sustainable business development and committed relationship management. Mr. Witty served as Maryland Regional President of BB&T Corporation since October 31, 2015 and served as its Regional President from August 2015 to October 31, 2015. While at BB&T, Mr. Witty was responsible for managing the commercial and retail operations for the Maryland Region including small business lending, commercial real estate, commercial and industrial lending and 98 retail locations. He served as the President of Greater Baltimore and Eastern Maryland Region at Susquehanna Bank since June 4, 2012. He joined Susquehanna from PNC Bank, where he served as Senior Vice President for Commercial Banking in the Baltimore region. A seasoned executive, Mr. Witty has over twenty-seven years of banking experience. He spent 24 years in banking with PNC. Before that, he served at Mercantile-Safe Deposit & Trust Co., where he headed asset-backed lending. He joined Susquehanna Bank in 2012 as Regional President in Baltimore. He has more than 27 year of experience in the banking industry. He also was Commercial Banking Unit Manager for PNC Bank in Baltimore and held a number of roles at Mercantile-Safe Deposit & Trust Co., including Manager of The Asset Based Lending Department, Commercial and Industrial Unit Banking Manager, Commercial Relationship Manager and Credit Analyst. Mr. Witty earned a Bachelor's Degree in Finance from Lehigh University in 1988.