Sam Poole

Sam Poole is a Senior Vice President and the Chief Retail Officer for Chesapeake Bank. He shares over 25 years of banking experience with his team and our customers. Sam earned his A.S. in Education from Becker College in Worcester, MA in 1993. He is a 2004 graduate of the VBA Virginia Bankers School of Bank Management where he served as Class Vice President. He graduated in 2013 from LEAD Historic Triangle, a Greater Williamsburg Chamber & Tourism Alliance sponsored program. In 2019 he completed The Center for Creative Leadership’s Leadership Development Program and graduated from The Virginia Banker’s Association Executive Leadership Institute. He is currently enrolled in the American Bankers Association Stonier Graduate School of Banking at the University of Pennsylvania. Sam currently serves on the Board of Directors for The Relationship Foundation of Virginia. He is a past Board Chair of The Greater Williamsburg United Way and former Treasurer and Executive Committee member of the R. F. Wilkinson YMCA Board of Directors. Active in community life, he spent many years as a Recreational and Middle School football coach. Sam currently announces High School football games for Atlee High School in Mechanicsville, VA during evenings in the fall. "It’s been said that your corporate culture is your brand. If that’s true, then our brand here at Chesapeake Bank is one of community support, volunteerism, and compassion for our customers, employees and their families. I’m so very proud to be a part of something so wonderful.”