Chesapeake Financial Shares, Inc. and Chesapeake Bank’s Jeff Szyperski to Give 2023 Community Banker Keynote Address

Jeff Szyperski, chairman, president and CEO of Chesapeake Financial Shares, Inc. and Chesapeake Bank, Kilmarnock, Va., will be the community banker keynote speaker for the 2023 Community Banking Research Conference, which will be held Oct. 4 - 5, 2023. Co-sponsored by the Federal Reserve, the Conference of State Bank Supervisors (CSBS) and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. (FDIC) the 2023 conference will be the eleventh annual gathering of community bankers, academics, policymakers and bank regulators to discuss the latest research on community banking.

Jeff is a past chairman of the American Bankers Association (2018-2019), a past ABA executive committee member, a past ABA board of directors member, a past ABA nominating committee chairman, a past chairman of the ABA’s audit committee, and a past chairman and member of the ABA’s Membership Council. He is also a past chairman of the Virginia Bankers Association (2012–2013), a past VBA executive committee member, a past VBA board of directors member, and immediate past chairman of the VBA Education Foundation.  He is a current member of the Federal Reserve Community Depository Institutions Advisory Council. 

Jeff is a former senior manager for KPMG Peat Marwick in Raleigh, NC, and is a former chairman and member of the Lancaster County Economic Development Authority. He is a graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; the Graduate School of Banking at Louisiana State University; and holds CPA (inactive) and CFP® (inactive) designations.

He is a past chairman and member of the Chesapeake Academy board of trustees, a past chairman and member of the Rappahannock Westminster-Canterbury, Inc. board of trustees, and a past member of the Saint Mary’s School board of trustees.  He is a current member of the GO Virginia Region 6 Council and Executive Committee and the Bon Secours Rappahannock General Hospital Campaign Committee.