DAVID H. WILKINS - Corporate Board Profile

UNITED COMMUNITY BANKS INC

Filing Date	Source Excerpt
2017-03-24	Ambassador Wilkins is a partner at Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP in Greenville, South Carolina and chairs the Public Policy and International Law practice group with a special focus on U.S. - Canada interests. He proudly served as U.S. ambassador to Canada from June 2005 to January 2009, appointed by President George W. Bush. Since returning to South Carolina from Canada, Ambassador Wilkins spent six years chairing the Clemson University Board of Trustees and remains an active member of that board. He is on the Board of Directors of the Greenville Chamber of Commerce and is a member of both the South Carolina Bar Association and the American Bar Association. Additionally, he sits on the boards of Porter Airlines, Mattamy Homes and Resolute Forest Products. In 2010, then South Carolina's Governor-elect Nikki Haley tapped Wilkins to chair her government transition team. First elected in 1980, Ambassador Wilkins served 25 years in the South Carolina House of Representatives. He was elected speaker in 1994 – a position he held for 11 years until he resigned for his ambassadorship post. He is the recipient of numerous awards including the state's highest honor, the Order of the Palmetto. Mr. Wilkins received his bachelor’s degree from Clemson University and his J.D. degree from University of South Carolina School of Law. Mr. Wilkins has extensive legal, regulatory and governance experience, having served in a senior position in a law firm, U.S. Ambassador and State House of Representatives. Mr. Wilkins’ legal and governance experience provides a valuable perspective to United’s Board making him well suited to serve on the Board. The following table provides information regarding 2016 compensation for non-management directors that served in that capacity during 2016. The Company also reimburses directors for expenses incurred in conjunction with their Board service, including the cost of attending Board and committee meetings, although such reimbursements are not included in the table below. No management directors received compensation for their Board service during 2016. David H. Wilkins 16,035 21,653 - 83 37,771
2018-03-30	Ambassador Wilkins is a partner at Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP in Greenville, South Carolina and chairs the Public Policy and International Law practice group with a special focus on U.S. - Canada interests. He proudly served as U.S. ambassador to Canada from June 2005 to January 2009, appointed by President George W. Bush. Since returning to South Carolina from Canada, Ambassador Wilkins spent six years chairing the Clemson University Board of Trustees and remains an active member of that board. He is on the Board of Directors of the Greenville Chamber of Commerce and is a member of both the South Carolina Bar Association and the American Bar Association. Additionally, he sits on the boards of Porter Airlines and Mattamy Homes. In 2010, then South Carolina's Governor-elect Nikki Haley tapped Wilkins to chair her government transition team. First elected in 1980, Ambassador Wilkins served 25 years in the South Carolina House of Representatives. He was elected speaker in 1994 – a position he held for 11 years until he resigned for his ambassadorship post. He is the recipient of numerous awards including the state's highest honor, the Order of the Palmetto. Mr. Wilkins received his bachelor’s degree from Clemson University and his J.D. degree from University of South Carolina School of Law. Mr. Wilkins has extensive legal, regulatory and governance experience, having served in a senior position in a law firm, U.S. Ambassador and State House of Representatives. Mr. Wilkins’ legal and governance experience provides a valuable perspective to United’s Board making him well suited to serve on the Board. The following table provides information regarding 2017 compensation for non-management directors that served in that capacity during 2017. The Company also reimburses directors for expenses incurred in conjunction with their Board service, including the cost of attending Board and committee meetings, although such reimbursements are not included in the table below. No management directors received compensation for their Board service during 2017. David H. Wilkins Fees Earned or Paid in Cash $47,125 Stock Awards $40,028 Change in Pension Value and Non-Qualified Deferred Compensation Earnings $- All Other Compensation $- Total $87,153.
2019-03-29	David H. WilkinsAge 72Director since 2016Risk Committee ...The following table provides information regarding 2018 compensation for non-management directors that served in that capacity during 2018. ...David H. Wilkins $50,000 Fees Earned or Paid in Cash, $40,024 Stock Awards, Total $90,024.
2020-03-24	David H. Wilkins Director since 2016 Committee Membership Risk...Ambassador Wilkins is a partner at Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP...The following summarizes the compensation earned by or paid to each person who served as a nonemployee member of our Board of Directors during all or any part of 2019...David H. Wilkins $50,000 Fees Earned or Paid in Cash, $50,018 Stock Awards, $0 All Other Compensation, Total $100,018.
2025-04-02	Ambassador David H. Wilkins, Age: 78, Director since: 2016, Committees: Risk, Fees Earned or Paid in Cash: $64,167, Stock Awards: $65,006, Total: $129,173