Financial Services >> CEO Interviews >> December 31, 2015
Mary Ann Scully has served as a director and as the board Chairperson, President and Chief Executive Officer of Howard Bancorp, Inc., since December 2005, and has served as a director and as the board Chairperson, President and Chief Executive Officer of Howard Bank since the founding of the bank in 2004. Ms. Scully is also an organizing director of Howard Bank and the Chair of the executive committee of the boards of directors of both Howard Bancorp and Howard Bank. Ms. Scully was employed by Allfirst Bank — formerly known as The First National Bank of Maryland and now known as M&T Bank — from 1973 through April 2003. She served as Executive Vice President for Regional Banking from June 2001 through April 2003, Executive Vice President for Community Banking from January 2000 through June 2001, Senior Vice President for Strategic Planning from 1998 to 2000, Senior Vice President for Mergers and Acquisitions from 1996 to 1998 and Senior Vice President of International Banking from 1984 to 1996. Ms. Scully has been a Howard County resident since 1995. She is a past Chair of the Maryland Bankers Association and the Community Foundation of Howard County. She was appointed to the Baltimore branch of the Federal Reserve Bank in 2014. Ms. Scully was also appointed to the Maryland Legislature’s Augustine Commission on economic development in 2014 and the FDIC Council on Community Banking. She presently serves as the Vice President of the board and on the executive committee of Catholic Charities, and is the Co-Chair of the corporate campaign and a board member of Kennedy Krieger Institute. Ms. Scully was formerly a trustee and served on the Finance Committee and the Capital Campaign Council of the Howard Community College Foundation Board, as a trustee of the United Way of Central Maryland, as a board member of Howard County General Hospital and the Maryland Chamber of Commerce, as a trustee of the Horizon Foundation and as an advisory board member of Loyola University’s Sellinger School of Business. Profile
TWST: Could you provide a brief overview of the bank?
Ms. Scully: The bank is a $900 million institution, headquartered in Howard County, Maryland, and servicing small- and