Corporate Board Profile
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| 2020-04-27 | James B. Miller, Jr. Age: 80 Ameris Bancorp director since July 2019 Ameris Bank director since July 2019 Board Committees: Executive Mr. Miller has served as the Chairman of the Board since July 2019. Prior to the Company’s acquisition of Fidelity, Mr. Miller served as Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Fidelity since 1979. |
| 2021-04-26 | Mr. Miller has served as the Chairman of the Board since July 2019. Prior to the Company’s acquisition of Fidelity, Mr. Miller served as Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Fidelity since 1979, as President of Fidelity from 1979 to April 2006, as a director of Fidelity Bank since 1976, as President of Fidelity Bank from 1977 to 1997 and from December 2003 through September 2004, as Chief Executive Officer of Fidelity Bank from 1977 to 1997 and from December 2003 until to April 2017, and as Chairman of Fidelity Bank since 1998. Mr. Miller also has served as Chairman of Berlin American Companies and other family investment companies since 1977; as a director of Interface, Inc., the world’s largest carpet tile manufacturing company, since 2000; and as a director of American Software Inc., a software development company, since 2002. Mr. Miller’s education and experience as an attorney and his years of experience employed as an executive officer of Fidelity, serving on Fidelity’s board of directors, as well as serving on the boards of various community organizations and public companies, qualify him to serve as a director. |
| 2022-04-25 | Mr. Miller has served as Chairman of the Board since July 2019. Prior to the Company’s acquisition of Fidelity, Mr. Miller served as Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Fidelity since its inception in 1979. He graduated from Florida State University and Vanderbilt Law School. Mr. Miller served as a civilian army lawyer at Redstone Arsenal Facility in Huntsville, Alabama. He clerked at the Florida Supreme Court and served as Chairman of Ageka Wohnungsbau GmbH in Berlin, Germany, and other family investment companies since 1971. Mr. Miller was elected a director of Fidelity Bank in 1976. He has served on many community boards including serving as Chairman of the Dekalb County pension board for 20 years. He previously served as a director of Interface, Inc. and now serves as a director of American Software, Inc. |
| 2023-04-24 | Mr. Miller has served as Chairman of the Board since July 2019. Prior to the Company’s acquisition of Fidelity, Mr. Miller served as Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Fidelity since its inception in 1979. He graduated from Florida State University and Vanderbilt Law School. Mr. Miller served as a civilian army lawyer at Redstone Arsenal Facility in Huntsville, Alabama. He clerked at the Florida Supreme Court and served as Chairman of Ageka Wohnungsbau GmbH in Berlin, Germany, and other family investment companies since 1971. Mr. Miller was elected a director of Fidelity Bank in 1976. He has served on many community boards including serving as Chairman of the Dekalb County pension board for 20 years. He previously served as a director of Interface, Inc. and now serves as a director of American Software, Inc. Mr. Miller’s employment agreement with the Company provides that Mr. Miller will serve as Chairman and a member of the boards of directors of the Company and the Bank until June 30, 2022 (which is the date his employment with the Company ended in accordance with his employment agreement) and that any age restrictions relating to membership on such boards shall be waived for Mr. Miller. Accordingly, in connection with the Company’s acquisition of Fidelity, the Board determined to exclude Mr. Miller from the Company’s requirement for directors to retire from the Board at the annual meeting of the shareholders following the date that the director reaches age 75. |
| 2024-04-23 | Mr. Miller has served as Chairman of the Ameris Board of Directors. |
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| 2012-04-05 | Mr. Miller was elected as a director in May 2000. Since 1979, Mr. Miller has served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Fidelity Southern Corporation, the holding company for Fidelity Bank. He also has served in various capacities at Fidelity Southern Corporation’s affiliated companies, including as Chief Executive Officer of Fidelity Bank from 1977 to 1997 and from 2003 to the present, Chairman of Fidelity Bank from 1998 to the present, Chairman of Fidelity Bank National Capital Markets, Inc. from 1992 to 2005, and Chairman of LionMark Insurance Company since 2004. Prior to his banking experience, Mr. Miller practiced law. Mr. Miller has served on the board of American Software, Inc. since 2002, and currently serves on the boards of four private companies and seven nonprofit organizations. Mr. Miller brings to the Board extensive executive level experience at a publicly traded company, particularly in the areas of banking, capital markets, corporate finance and accounting. |
| 2013-04-02 | James B. Miller, Jr. (72) Mr. Miller was elected as a director in May 2000. ... Nominating & Governance Committee ... 2012 Director Compensation ... James B. Miller, Jr. 50,000 Fees Earned, 52,640 Stock Awards, Total 103,055. |
| 2014-04-01 | James B. Miller, Jr. (73) ... 2013 Director Compensation ... James B. Miller, Jr. Fees Earned or Paid in Cash ($) 65,000, Stock Awards ($) 64,240, Total ($) 129,950 |
| 2015-04-01 | James B. Miller, Jr. (74) Mr. Miller was elected as a director in May 2000. ... Mr. Miller brings to the Board extensive executive level experience ... The following table lists the members of each committee: ... Audit Committee: Carl I. Gable (Chair), James B. Miller, Jr., Harold M. Paisner ... 2014 Director Compensation: James B. Miller, Jr. total 136,059 |
| 2016-04-05 | James B. Miller, Jr. (75) Mr. Miller was elected as a director in May 2000. ... The following table provides information about the compensation paid to the Company’s directors in 2015 ... James B. Miller, Jr. 127,285 |
| 2017-04-04 | James B. Miller, Jr. (76) Mr. Miller was elected as a director in May 2000. ... Audit Committee ... Executive Committee ... 2016 Director Compensation ... James B. Miller, Jr. Fees Earned or Paid in Cash: 85,000, Stock Awards: 79,911, Total: 166,365 |
| 2018-04-03 | James B. Miller, Jr. Age: 77 Director since 2000 Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Fidelity Southern Corporation Audit Committee Fees Earned or Paid in Cash: 85,000 Stock Awards: 78,065 Total: 164,757 |
| 2019-04-02 | James B. Miller, Jr. Age: 78 Director since 2000 Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Fidelity Southern Corporation 2018 Director Compensation James B. Miller, Jr. Fees Earned or Paid in Cash: 85,000 Stock Awards: 80,004 Total: 166,385 |
| 2020-04-10 | James B. Miller, Jr. 2019 Director Compensation James B. Miller, Jr. Fees Earned or Paid in Cash: $87,500 Stock Awards: $99,996 All Other Compensation: $1,887 Total: $189,382 |
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| 2012-07-30 | The Board of Directors has an Audit Committee, which presently consists of Messrs. Miller (Chairman), Hogue and Jarvis... The following table provides compensation information for non-employee members of our Board for the fiscal year ended April 30, 2012... James B. Miller, Jr. Fees Earned or Paid in Cash ($) 21,050, Option Awards ($) 38,156, Total ($) 59,206. |
| 2013-07-25 | The Board of Directors has an Audit Committee, which presently consists of Messrs. Miller (Chairman), Hogue and Jarvis... The following table provides compensation information for non-employee members of our Board for the fiscal year ended April 30, 2013. James B. Miller, Jr. Fees Earned or Paid in Cash ($) 22,400 Option Awards ($) 32,388 Total ($) 54,788. |
| 2014-07-25 | The following table provides compensation information for non-employee members of our Board for the fiscal year ended April 30, 2014. James B. Miller, Jr. Fees Earned or Paid in Cash ($) 22,400, Option Awards ($) 34,975, Total ($) 57,375. The Board of Directors has an Audit Committee, which presently consists of Messrs. Miller (Chairman), Hogue and Jarvis. Dr. Jarvis and Mr. Miller have been selected by the Board of Directors to serve on the Compensation Committee. |
| 2015-07-27 | James B. Miller, Jr. 75 Founder, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Fidelity Southern Corporation, the parent company of Fidelity Bank 2002 The Board of Directors has an Audit Committee, which presently consists of Messrs. Miller (Chairman), Hogue, Jarvis and Newberry. The Board has a Compensation Committee, consisting of John J. Jarvis and James B. Miller. The following table provides compensation information for non-employee members of our Board for the fiscal year ended April 30, 2015. James B. Miller, Jr. Fees Earned or Paid in Cash ($) 26,250, Option Awards ($) 22,577, Total ($) 48,827. |
| 2016-07-27 | The Board of Directors has an Audit Committee, which presently consists of Messrs. Miller (Chairman), Hogue and Newberry. ... The Chairmen of the Audit and Compensation Committees each received an additional $4,000. ... James B. Miller, Jr. ... received option grants valued at $23,317 in fiscal 2016. ... The following table provides compensation information for non-employee members of our Board for the fiscal year ended April 30, 2016. James B. Miller, Jr. 30,150 Fees Earned or Paid in Cash, 23,317 Option Awards, Total 53,467. |
| 2017-07-27 | The following table provides compensation information for non-employee members of our Board for the fiscal year ended April 30, 2017. James B. Miller, Jr. Fees Earned or Paid in Cash ($) 46,700 Option Awards ($) 23,768 Total ($) 70,468. The Board of Directors has an Audit Committee, which presently consists of Messrs. Miller (Chairman), Hogue and Newberry. The Compensation Committee consists of Messrs. Miller (Chairman), Hogue and Newberry. |
| 2019-07-26 | For fiscal 2019, the Company compensated the directors who are not employed by the Company at the rate of $50,000 per annum, plus $1,200 for each half-day or $2,400 for each full day meeting of the Board of Directors or any committee of the Board that they attended. The Chairmen of the Audit and Compensation Committees each received an additional $5,000. For fiscal 2020, the Board annual compensation has remained the same. In fiscal 2019, W. Dennis Hogue, James B. Miller, Jr., Thomas L. Newberry, V and Matthew G. McKenna each received option grants valued at $32,078. The following table provides compensation information for non-employee members of our Board for the fiscal year ended April 30, 2019. Name: James B. Miller, Jr., Fees Earned or Paid in Cash: $70,800, Option Awards: $32,078, Total: $102,878. |
| 2020-08-04 | James B. Miller, Jr. Age: 80 Director Since: 2002 Executive Chairman and Director of Ameris Bancorp Chairman of the Audit Committee and Compensation Committee In fiscal 2020, James B. Miller, Jr. received option grants valued at $48,836, in the aggregate. For fiscal 2020, the Company compensated the directors who are not employed by the Company at the rate of $50,000 per annum, plus $1,200 for each half-day or $2,400 for each full day meeting of the Board of Directors or any committee of the Board that they attended. The Chairmen of the Audit and Compensation Committees each received an additional $5,000. James B. Miller, Jr. received total compensation of $102,878 in fiscal 2020. |
| 2021-07-27 | James B. Miller, Jr. 81 Executive Chairman and Director of Ameris Bancorp Yes 2002 AC±† CC± ... The Board of Directors has an Audit Committee, which presently consists of Messrs. Miller (Chairman), Hogue, McKenna and Newberry and Ms. Thomas. ... The Board of Directors has determined that James B. Miller, Jr., Chairman of the Audit Committee, is an “audit committee financial expert” ... The Compensation Committee, consisting of Messrs. Miller (Chairman), Hogue, McKenna and Newberry and Ms. Thomas. ... For fiscal 2021, the Company compensated the directors who are not employed by the Company at the rate of $50,000 per annum, plus $1,200 for each half-day or $2,400 for each full day meeting of the Board of Directors or any committee of the Board that they attended. The Chairmen of the Audit and Compensation Committees each received an additional $5,000. ... In fiscal 2021, ... James B. Miller, Jr. each received option grants valued at $75,293, in the aggregate. |
| 2022-07-29 | James B. Miller, Jr. is Executive Chairman and Director of Ameris Bancorp... He serves as Chairman of the Audit Committee and Compensation Committee. The Board has determined that Mr. Miller is an audit committee financial expert. For fiscal 2022, Mr. Miller received total compensation of $185,591. |
| 2023-07-27 | Mr. Miller is currently the Executive Chairman and a member of the board of directors of each of Ameris Bancorp, a publicly held bank holding corporation, and its wholly-owned subsidiary, Ameris Bank. ... The Audit Committee has a written charter, which can be found on our website at www.amsoftware.com. The Audit Committee held five meetings during fiscal 2023, in addition to its consultations with our independent registered public accounting firm and management in connection with review of interim financial statements. ... The Board has a Compensation Committee, consisting of Messrs. Miller (Chairman), Hogue, McKenna and Newberry, Ms. Thomas and Ms. Wu. |
| 2024-07-08 | Mr. Miller holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree from Florida State University and an L.L.B. from Vanderbilt University Law School. Mr. Miller’s extensive leadership experience at two publicly traded bank holding corporations and their wholly-owned subsidiary banks, as well as his board experience with other companies in a variety of industries, bring to the Board the business and financial acumen of an experienced senior executive. |
Data sourced from SEC filings. Last updated: 2025-08-30