Christopher E. French has served as Executive Chairman of the Company since September 2025, and has served as Chairman of the Board of Directors since 1996. He also served as President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company and its subsidiaries from 1988 to September 2025. Prior to his appointment as President, he held a variety of positions with the Company, including Executive Vice President and Vice President - Network Service. Mr. French served on the Board of Directors of First National Corporation until May of 2018. Mr. French brings to the Board significant experience, qualifications, attributes and skills, including his engineering and business education, telecommunications industry experience, knowledge of and history with the Company, and public company knowledge, including knowledge gained from his past service as a director of First National Corporation. In addition, his substantial ownership of the Company’s common stock serves to align his interests with the Company’s shareholders.

Thomas A. Beckett has served as the Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of American Public Education, Inc. (APEI), a publically traded provider of online and on-campus postsecondary education headquartered in Charles Town, West Virginia since 2016. Mr. Beckett also serves as the General Counsel and Secretary of American Public University System, Inc. (APUS), a wholly owned subsidiary of APEI, and has held various other positions with APUS since joining the company in 2011. From 2007 to 2010, Mr. Beckett was the General Counsel and Chief Operating Officer of InnoZen, Inc. (now CURE Pharmaceutical) and HealthSport, Inc., pharmaceutical and dietary supplement technology companies located in California. Mr. Beckett also held various other leadership positions at these companies. Prior to this work, Mr. Beckett was an attorney at the international law firms King & Spalding LLP and Holland & Knight LLP. Mr. Beckett began his career as a banking officer with First Union National Bank. Mr. Beckett brings to the Board additional qualifications, including his significant experience providing advice and guidance to Boards of Directors and executive management, his expertise in corporate governance, and his experience as an executive officer of a public company.

Victor C. Barnes is an author, executive coach and provides consultancy and advisory services to businesses. Previously, Mr. Barnes served as Chief of Connected Planning at Anaplan, a business planning software company, from 2021 to September 2022. Prior to joining Anaplan, Mr. Barnes spent over 25 years (1994-2020) at The Coca-Cola Company, an international beverage company, in various capacities, including most recently, Vice President, Global Chief Financial Officer, McDonald’s Division. While serving at The Coca-Cola Company, Mr. Barnes led merger integration for the Company's Glaceau business unit managing the Vitaminwater and Smartwater brands acquired in 2007. In 2015, Mr. Barnes served as the Chief Financial Officer for Coca-Cola Canada until 2018, when he took on his subsequent role. He is also a Certified Public Accountant. Mr. Barnes brings to the Board significant experience, qualifications, attributes and skills, including extensive financial leadership experience and an in-depth knowledge of critical accounting, tax and treasury issues, along with a deep appreciation for the technology sector, both from his experience at The Coca-Cola Company and at Anaplan.

Matthew S. DeNichilo is a Partner at Energy Capital Partners (ECP), which he joined in 2008. He is a member of ECP’s Partnership, Investment and Valuation Committees. Mr. DeNichilo currently serves on the board of Triple Oak Power and Terra-Gen, LLC. Prior to joining ECP, Mr. DeNichilo worked at JP Morgan in the Energy Investment Banking Group. While at JP Morgan, he focused on leveraged finance and mergers and acquisition transactions among independent power producers. Mr. DeNichilo received a B.S.E. in Operations Research and Financial Engineering from Princeton University. Mr. DeNichilo brings to the Board additional qualifications including his financial background and expertise in mergers and acquisitions and strategic planning. Mr. DeNichilo also serves as an audit committee financial expert.

James F. DiMola is Managing Director, Infrastructure Investments, at GCM Grosvenor where he focuses on direct infrastructure investments. His responsibilities include originating, executing, and managing investments, including board-level duties. Prior to joining GCM Grosvenor, Mr. DiMola served as Vice President at Cooper Investment Partners, where he focused on middle-market infrastructure investments. Previously, Mr. DiMola was an Associate with First Reserve Corporation, where he focused on investments in the energy equipment and services sectors. Mr. DiMola began his career as an Analyst in the investment banking division of Barclays Capital (formerly Lehman Brothers), where he assisted in acquisition and capital raising advisory for companies in the regulated utility and power generation industry. Mr. DiMola received his Bachelor of Science in Finance and Bachelor of Science in Accounting from New York University. Mr. DiMola brings to the Board additional qualifications, including his financial background and expertise in analyzing all aspects of companies in the infrastructure space, particularly telecommunications companies.

Richard L. Koontz Jr. has served as President of Holtzman Oil Corp., a supplier and distributor of petroleum products located in Mt. Jackson, Virginia, since 2022, and previously served as Vice President since 1988. He also serves as Chairman of Virginia Petroleum & Convenience Marketers Association, Chairman of the Mt. Jackson Economic Development Authority, and Secretary of the Northern Virginia Petroleum Association. Mr. Koontz brings to the Board significant experience, qualifications, attributes and skills, including his experience as a member of senior management of a successful regional business, with substantial budget authority and finance responsibilities, his community service through membership on the Shenandoah County Public Schools Board, and his knowledge of the Company’s extensive local shareholder base. 

Kenneth L. Quaglio has served as a Partner at the consulting firm A.T. Kearney, Inc. since 2022, where he leads Americas Communications, Media and Technology practice. From 2017 through 2022, Mr. Quaglio was CEO and President of Celerity IT, LLC (now part of Randstad Technology), a business acceleration consulting group that specializes in developing digital business solutions, including mobile applications. From 2014 through 2017, Mr. Quaglio was CEO and President of Siteworx, LLC (now part of Merkle), a leading digital marketing consultancy. From 2012 through 2014, Mr. Quaglio served as Chief Operating Officer of 3Pillar Global, Inc., a global software product development company. From 2009 through 2012 he was Partner/Principal, Advisory Services Performance Improvement for Ernst and Young, LLP. Mr. Quaglio brings to the Board significant experience, qualifications, attributes and skills, including his experience as a CEO, and his expertise in strategy, planning and execution, mergers and acquisitions, leadership and management, new business development, and technology services. Mr. Quaglio also serves as an audit committee financial expert.

Michael A. Rhymes is the Chief Information Officer at Entergy Corporation (NYSE: ETR), which he joined in 2021. He is responsible for all of Entergy’s information technology systems with a focus on delivering high value and innovative Digital and AI solutions via reliable, cost effective and secure technology services. Prior to joining Entergy, Mr. Rhymes was the Chief Information Officer at Gates Corporation from 2015 through 2021, where he developed the global information technology strategy and built the global IT organization required to implement and support the strategy. Before Gates, Mr. Rhymes held leadership positions at Eaton, Cooper Industries, Ernst & Young and Anderson Consulting (now known as Accenture). Mr. Rhymes received both a Bachelor of Science in Economics and a Master of Business Administration from Texas A&M University. Mr. Rhymes brings to the Board additional qualifications, including strategic planning, large-scale business transformation and organizational development as well an in-depth understanding of a wide spectrum of relevant technology and cyber security issues in a highly regulated industry.

Leigh Ann Schultz has served as the CFO of Big B Corporation (dba Lahzo), an integrated AI and marketing company, since July of 2025.  Ms. Schultz was previously the CFO of Harvest Hosts Opco, LLC, a membership-based travel and recreation company, since March of 2021, and CFO of Streetsense, LLC, a strategy and design consultancy, from May 2017 to February 2021. Prior to this, she worked in consulting for AlixPartners and MorganFranklin Consulting, strategy and execution-focused business consulting firms. Ms. Schultz also brings significant relevant experience, qualifications, attributes and skills, including financial leadership roles in the telecommunications industry, service in the Division of Corporation Finance of the Securities and Exchange Commission, and public accounting experience with Ernst & Young. Ms. Schultz is a certified public accountant and a National Association of Corporate Director Board Leadership Fellow. Ms. Schultz also serves as an audit committee financial expert.