Walter C. Teagle, III retired from the Board of Directors after over 40 years of outstanding service (1981-2024) and became Chair Emeritus and Director Emeritus of The Teagle Foundation in July 2022 and July 2024 respectively. He is the president of Teagle Management Company, a private investment consulting firm. Previously he was the founder and general partner of Groton Partners, a small merchant banking firm. Over the last 25 years he has been a founder, director and officer of several entrepreneurial companies. He started his investment career at Exxon Mobil Corporation in the treasurer’s office. After attending graduate school he became a portfolio manager at Brown Brothers Harriman & Co. He currently serves as the non-executive chairman of the First National Bank of Long Island. He also serves as a director, trustee and/or advisor to a number of philanthropic organizations. He graduated from the University of Maryland with a B.S. degree in economics and received a Master of Business Administration degree from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.