Board of Directors

C. Todd Brown – Chairman of the Board

Mr. Brown is a retired Vice President of Bank of America and its predecessor banks after a 38 ½ year career. He served in a variety of capacities during his employment with the Bank such as; Business Banker, Business Development Officer, Loan Officer, and Branch Group Leader. His education includes a BS in Business Administration from Bridgewater College, in Virginia and a graduate degree from Stonier Graduate School of Banking, Rutgers University. Mr. Brown served on the Board of Carroll Hospital Center for 15 years and was Chairman of the Board for 4 years.Mr. Brown still serves on a number of committees at the Hospital. Also he served as President and Board Member of Sykesville South Carroll Rotary Club. Currently he is President of The Springfield Cemetery Company, Sykesville. He also served in a variety of capacities at St. Paul’s United Methodist Church. Additionally he has been active in Masonic activities, serving Boumi Temple AAONMS, Baltimore as Trustee and Treasurer. Professionally he served as Chairman of Group II Maryland Bankers Association and President of Blue Ridge Chapter, Bank Administration Institute. During the Berlin Crisis he served in the US Army and was stationed in Germany while assigned to the Finance Corp. 

Mr. Brown has been a director of Carroll Community Bank since 2004 and became Chairman of the Board in January 2011.

Brian L. Haight – Vice Chairman of the Board

Mr. Haight has been President of Haight Funeral Home & Chapel, in Sykesville, Maryland since 1987.  He has also been the owner and President of All County Cremation Services, Inc. and owner and President of Grandview Associates, Inc., an insurance agency, since 1997.  Mr. Haight is a life long resident of Carroll County and graduated from Western Maryland College with a degree in Business Administration and Economics. He has previously served as an Advisory Board member of Union National Bank then became a Director of Carroll County Bank & Trust until its acquisition by BB&T in July 1999 and served on the Advisory Board of BB&T. Mr. Haight provides the board significant management, strategic and operational knowledge acquired through his experience in operating small local businesses.

Mr. Haight has been a director of Carroll Community Bank since 2006 and became Vice-Chairman of the Board in January 2011.  

R. Wayne Barnes - Director

Wayne Barnes is a self employed insurance broker specializing in Life and Long Term Care Insurance with over thirty years of industry experience.  He was an owner and Past President of Barnes-Bollginger Insurance Services, Inc., in Westminster, Maryland, from 1984 until 2004 when he retired.  Mr. Barnes holds professional designations of (CLU) Chartered Life Underwriter and (CLTC) Certified in Long Term Care and has a BS degree from Juniata College.  He currently is a director of the following organizations: Carroll County Planning & Zoning Commission, Carroll Lutheran Village, Carroll County Chamber of Commerce, Westminster Town Center Corp., Access Carroll and Treasurer of St. Luke’s Lutheran Church.  Additionally, Mr. Barnes is a past director of Greater Westminster Development Corp., Carroll Hospital Foundation, Carroll County Farm Bureau and Grace Lutheran Church.  Mr. Barnes served in the military and is a retired Major and lives in Westminster, Maryland.

Mr. Barnes joined the Board of Directors of Carroll Community Bank in January 2011.

Gilbert L. Fleming – Director

Mr. Fleming has been a principal at Fleming Petroleum Services, Inc., a family owned-business in Carroll County for over 45 years. Mr. Fleming is currently an advisor to Carroll Community College, Vocational Department Heating and Air Conditioning board. He holds a master electrician’s license and a refrigerant transition and recovery license. Mr. Fleming has served as a director of the bank since 1988 and has served on numerous committees including Strategic Planning, Loan and the Audit Committee as well. Mr. Fleming is a past President of Carroll County Fuel Oil Dealers and served as a volunteer for the Sykesville Fire Department, The Gate House Museum, Wesley Freedom Church and Fairhaven. Mr. Fleming served in the US Army and Lives in Finksburg, Maryland. 

Russell J. Grimes, Jr. is Director / President and Chief Executive Officer of Carroll Community Bank since October 2008.

Prior to joining the bank, Mr. Grimes was President and Chief Executive Officer of First Liberty National Bank and First Liberty Bancorp in Washington DC. Prior to that, Mr. Grimes was President and Chief Executive Officer of Fidelity & Trust Bank in Bethesda, Maryland, then a newly-formed state chartered commercial bank and Chief Banking Officer and Director of its holding company.

In addition, he has served in senior management positions at large and small community banks for over 29 years, with management responsibility for financial, operations and control functions, and for major strategic initiatives.In addition to his functional management experience, Mr. Grimes has managed four bank public offerings or SEC merger registrations, several non-bank venture capital financing, merger integration for the acquisition of a state chartered commercial bank, the mutual-to-stock conversion and mutual holding company formation, a number of major systems vendor changes and conversions, complex contract negotiations, and establishment of accounting and other control systems. Mr. Grimes holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Business and Accounting from the University of Maryland.

A resident of Carroll County for more than twenty seven years, he sits on the Board of the Carroll County Chamber of Commerce, the Carroll County Chapter of the American Red Cross, is an Advisory Board Member of Maryland Financial Bank, Membership Chair of the Sykesville/South Carroll Rotary Club and a member of the Leadership Carroll Alumni Association.

Nancy L. Parker – Director

Mrs. Parker is President of NLP Appraisal Services, LLC, since 1992, and holds her certification as a residential appraiser and SRA designation with the Appraisal Institute.  Mrs. Parker is also a licensed realtor. Additionally, Mrs. Parker is a member of the National Association of Realtors and the Appraisal Institute. Mrs. Parker is a member of the Sykesville South Carroll Rotary as well as a member of the Finance Committee and Church Council of Wards Chapel United Methodist Church. Mrs. Parker also serves on the R. Wayne Feezer Scholarship Committee and is a Trustee of the R. Wayne Feezer Foundation. Mrs. Parker was a resident of Carroll County for more than 20 years and currently resides in Howard County.  She joined the Board of Directors of Carroll Community Bank in early 2010.

Charles E. Wehland – Director

Mr. Wehland has operated Charles E. Wehland Management of Residential and Commercial Real Estate, a real estate management firm co-owned with his wife, since 2004 and has also been an associate broker with In Your Interest Real Estate in Elkridge, Maryland since 2004.  Mr. Wehland is also a retired attorney.Mr. Wehland has developed an extensive understanding of the markets in which Carroll Community Bank originates mortgage loans as a result of his ownership and operation of a real estate management company and his position as an associate broker. 

He has served on the Board of Directors of Carroll Community Bank since 1980.