Mr. R. Roderick Porter, also known as Rod, Co-founded Southern National BanCorp of Virginia Inc., in July 2004 and has been its Executive Vice Chairman since July 2004. Mr. Porter served as Vice Chairman, President and Chief Operating Officer of Sona Bank, a subsidiary of Southern National Bancorp. since July 2004 until June 23, 2017. He served as an Executive Officer of SouthCorp. Ltd. He served as the President and Chief Operating Officer at Southern National BanCorp of Virginia Inc. since July 2004 until June 23, 2017. Mr. Porter served as the President and Chief Operating Officer of Southern Financial BanCorp. Inc. from April 1998 to April 2004. He served as President of FX Concepts, Ltd., an international money management firm from 1994 to 1998. Prior to that, he served as Managing Director of West Capital, Inc., a Real Estate Advising Firm. He spent 15 years at Chemical Bank, where he served as Senior Vice President for Treasury Department. In Chemical's treasury, he was responsible for asset liability management, the U.S. government and municipal security portfolio, all U.S. dollar denominated funding for the bank and holding company, money market trading and discount brokerage. He served as Vice President and General Manager of northern Europe based in London and for Chemical Japan based in Tokyo. He served as Principal of Morgan Stanley. Mr. Porter served as Chairman of Newmarket Capital Corp. He has been Executive Vice Chairman of Eastern Virginia Bankshares, Inc., since June 2017. He has been Vice Chairman of Southern National BanCorp. of Virginia Inc. since July 2004. He has been a Director of Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corp. since 1986 and also Southern National BanCorp. of Virginia Inc. and Sona Bank since July 2004. He served as Director of Southern Financial BanCorp. Inc. (VA) since 1986.