EagleBank Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Ronald D. Paul Named a 2010 Washingtonian of the Year
10 January 2011 - 9:00PM
EagleBank Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Ronald D. Paul was
named a 2010 Washingtonian of the Year by the Washingtonian
magazine in its January 2011 issue.
For the past 39 years, the Washingtonian has honored men and
women who give their time and talent to make the Washington, D.C.
metropolitan area a better place. Paul is among 11 local leaders
honored, including U.S. Senator Barbara Mikulski, president of
Northern Virginia Community College Robert Templin and WTOP's vice
president of news and programming Jim Farley. The article
highlights some of Paul's commitments to our community. Over the
past 25 years, Paul has raised more than $3 million for kidney
research and has worked to enhance access to dialysis and other
therapies for kidney disease victims. In 2003, Paul started the
EagleBank Foundation golf classic, which has raised more than
$900,000 for local hospitals helping cancer patients. Paul states
that he lives by Winston Churchill's words, "You make a living by
what you earn. You make a life by what you give."
Paul is the Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chief
Executive Officer of Eagle Bancorp, Inc. and EagleBank, a community
bank established in 1998 in Bethesda, Maryland, and has been
involved in community banking for over 23 years. He is also
President of Ronald D. Paul Companies and RDP Management, which are
engaged in the business of real estate development and management
activities. Paul is very active in various charitable
organizations, including serving as Vice Chairman of the Board of
Directors of the National Kidney Foundation from 1996 to 1997, and
its Chairman from 2002 to 2003. He is a member of the Board of
Governors of the University of Maryland Alumni Association; and a
member of the Board of Trustees of the University of Maryland
College Park Foundation; and a member of the Executive Committee of
the Federal City Council, a non-profit, non-partisan organization
dedicated to the improvement of the Nation's Capital. Paul is also
a member of the Executive Committee of the Comptroller of Maryland
Business Council. In November 2009, Mr. Paul was appointed to the
Montgomery County Economic Advisory Council by Isiah Leggett,
County Executive for Montgomery County, Maryland. He was also
appointed to the Montgomery Business Development Corporation by the
Montgomery County Council in June 2010.
"We are proud that Ron has been recognized as a Washingtonian of
the Year, a very prestigious honor," said Robert P. Pincus, Vice
Chairman of EagleBank and a 1998 Washingtonian of the Year. "This
honor is so well-deserved, and we are pleased that Ron is being
publicly acknowledged for all his philanthropic
accomplishments."
ABOUT EAGLE BANCORP, INC. AND EAGLEBANK
Eagle Bancorp, Inc. is the holding company for EagleBank, which
commenced operations in 1998. The Bank is headquartered in
Bethesda, Maryland, and conducts full service banking services
through twelve offices, located in Montgomery County, Maryland,
Washington, D.C. and Northern Virginia. The Company focuses on
building relationships with businesses, professionals and
individuals in its marketplace.
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