Jefferson Security Bank announced the election of new independent directors Archibald R. (Rob) Hoxton IV, CFP and Kelvin L. Upson. The Board of Directors regularly evaluates its composition to ensure it includes the appropriate skills, experience and perspective necessary to position for the future. Mr. Hoxton joins the Board with 30 years of experience in financial planning which includes more than 20 years as a Certified Financial Planner (CFP).

Mr. Hoxton is currently the managing member of Hoxton Planning & Management LLC, a Shepherdstown based investment advisory firm. Previously, he served as Vice President, Head of Office in Shepherdstown for Goldman Sachs PFM from April 2016 through March 2022. In 2020, Mr. Hoxton co-founded the Center for Financial Education at Shepherd University.

Mr. Hoxton graduated from North Carolina State University with a Bachelor of Arts in English and earned the designation of Certified Financial Planner from the College for Financial Planning. Mr. Hoxton lives in Shepherdstown, WV with his wife Mary-Logan and dog Muffin. Mr. Upson is a Senior Cybersecurity Professional and Engineer and a Combat Veteran with 24 years of senior military leadership and management.

He is an industry Certified Information Security Manager with over six years of systems engineering and cybersecurity expertise as a Senior Defense Contractor with the Department of Defense. In his current role, Mr. Upson is the Cyber Supply Chain Risk Management Engineering Lead for Vertex Company and has held a senior cyber engineering role at Raytheon since 2016. His extensive experience also includes 20 years as a Certified Advanced Instructor with University of Phoenix, where he has taught courses in the areas of operating systems, networking, network defense and cybersecurity.

Mr. Upson earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science from the United States Naval Academy, a Master of Science in Systems Engineering from the Naval Postgraduate School and is a Certified Information Security Manager (CISM). Mr. Upson lives in Charles Town, WV with his wife Jill, son DJ, dog Tiki, cat Bigly and snake Zeus.