EGBN Eagle Bancorp Inc

BETHESDA, Md., March 29 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- EagleBank has recently added Matthew Leydig and James Walker to serve as Vice Presidents and Commercial Real Estate Lenders at the bank's new Lending Center on Old Georgetown Road in Bethesda, Maryland. (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20050927/EAGLEBANKLOGO ) Leydig, a graduate of Penn State University, was a Commercial Real Estate Lender for Adams Bank prior to joining EagleBank. He is a DC native and was raised in Montgomery County, MD. Walker's rich financial background includes Marriott Corporation, Fannie Mae, the House of Representatives, National Cooperative Bank, ESIC Realty Partners and Adams Bank. He serves on the Board of Directors of the Greater Silver Spring Chamber of Commerce and is a member of the Leadership Committee for Manna, Inc., a non-profit housing group. He has lived in the DC area since 1980, and resides in Chevy Chase. "We are excited to welcome these two financial professionals to our team of Commercial R.E. lenders," commented Martha Foulon-Tonat, Executive Vice President and Chief Lending Officer for the Bank. "We have not only added this new, local talent to our constantly expanding lending group, but we recently consolidated all of our lending offices, previously housed at several Bethesda locations, to 7830 Old Georgetown Road, near our Corporate Headquarters (7815 Woodmont Avenue). This new Lending Center brings all of our lending specialists and divisions under one roof and allows us to better serve our customers' business and personal lending needs," she concluded. About EagleBank and Eagle Bancorp, Inc ... Eagle Bancorp, Inc. (NASDAQ:EGBN) is the holding company for EagleBank, which commenced operations in 1998. The Bank is headquartered in Bethesda, Maryland, and conducts full service commercial banking services through nine offices, located in Montgomery County, Maryland and Washington, DC. The Company focuses on serving the financial needs of commercial and real estate customers, small businesses, professionals, and non-profit organizations in its marketplace. With a dedicated commitment to community service, the bank established a charitable foundation, The EagleBank Foundation, in 2006. A subsidiary of Eagle Bancorp, Inc., Eagle Commercial Ventures provides commercial and residential real estate mezzanine financing in the Washington Metro area. http://www.eaglebankmd.com/ EAGLEBANK CONTACT: Tom Murphy, 301.986.1800 http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20050927/EAGLEBANKLOGO http://photoarchive.ap.org/ DATASOURCE: EagleBank CONTACT: Tom Murphy of EagleBank, +1-301-986-1800 Web site: http://www.eaglebankmd.com/

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