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City Holding adds Jessica Alsop (WVU Health System) and Vonda Huss (Brighthouse) to board, effective Sept 30, 2026
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- Alsop appointed Class I director (term expires at 2030 annual meeting); Huss appointed Class II director (term expires 2028); both stand for election at the April 2027 annual meeting.
- Alsop has been senior vice president and chief legal officer of WVU Health System since 2019; earlier in-house counsel at Noble Energy and 12 years in private practice at Jackson Kelly.
- Huss has been executive vice president and chief human resources officer at Brighthouse Financial since 2017; previously spent 29 years at Wells Fargo, starting as a bank teller.
- Neither appointee has been placed on any Board committee; compensation will match the standard non-employee director arrangements described on page 14 of the 2026 proxy statement.
- City National Bank of West Virginia, a City Holding affiliate, also appointed Alsop and Huss to its board; City Holding is a $6.8 billion holding company with 95 branches in WV, KY, VA and OH.