Brian D. Schmitt served as Executive Vice Chairman of Colony Bank and Colony Bankcorp from August 2021 until his retirement in August of 2023. Since August 2021, Mr. Schmitt has also been a Director of the Company. Previously, he was President & Chief Executive Officer at SouthCrest Bank, President & Chief Executive Officer at The PrivateBank (Atlanta, Georgia), Executive Vice President at Premier Bank (Atlanta, Georgia) and Executive VP, Director-Mergers & Acquisitions at Heritage Financial Group, Inc. (Georgia).