Jeff Vickers, senior vice president of lending at First National Bank, recently received an appointment by Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin to serve as Board of Director on the West Virginia Economic Development Authority. The WVEDA is charged with the responsibility to develop and advance the business prosperity and economic welfare of the State of West Virginia by providing financial Assistance in the form of loans and direct financing and operating leases to industrial development agencies and enterprises for the promotion and retention of new and existing commercial and industrial development. Vickers expressed his appreciation, “I am honored by the governor’s appointment to this board and will work to ensure the lending needs for business growth in West Virginia continue.”