---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000950170-24-115475"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "NKSH"
cik: "0000796534"
company_name: "NATIONAL BANKSHARES INC"
filed_at: "2024-10-18T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-30T12:56:55.867607+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# National Bankshares appoints Lara E. Ramsey as President effective Jan 1, 2025

## Summary
- Lara E. Ramsey appointed President of National Bankshares Inc. and The National Bank of Blacksburg.
- Effective January 1, 2025; Ramsey previously served as EVP/COO and SVP of Administration.
- Current President/CEO F. Brad Denardo continues as Chairman and CEO of bank and holding company.
- Ramsey holds degrees in Economics, Psychology, and Industrial/Organizational Psychology from Radford University.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000950170-24-115475
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: NKSH
- cik: 0000796534
- company_name: NATIONAL BANKSHARES INC
- filed_at: 2024-10-18T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/796534/000095017024115475/0000950170-24-115475-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/796534/000095017024115475/nksh-20241018.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-24-115475
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-24-115475.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-24-115475.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Lara E. Ramsey was appointed as President at NATIONAL BANKSHARES INC.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: President
  source text: The Board of Directors of National Bankshares, Inc. and The National Bank of Blacksburg announced the appointment of Lara E. Ramsey as the Holding Company and Bank’s President effective January 1, 2025.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/796534/000095017024115475/0000950170-24-115475-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.