Middleburg Financial Corporation has elected Jan Neuharth to its Board of Directors. Ms. Neuharth is President of Paper Chase Farms, Inc., Chairman of the National Law Council at Vanderbilt University School of Law, a noted Hunt Country suspense author and well known local community leader. She will take her seat on the Middleburg Financial Corporation Board of Directors immediately.

Joe Boling, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Middleburg Financial Corporation commented, "We're thrilled Jan is joining the board. Like our other board members, she's achieved amazing personal success while still giving a lot back to the community. Her intelligence, energy and community focus are going to be great assets."

Ms. Neuharth is the Founder and President of Paper Chase Farms. She established its equestrian center in 1985 and later expanded the company to include equestrian consulting, the development and sales of horse products such as custom horse jumps and the Paper Chase Cup Jump Cup, and book publishing. She has published two successful novels, The Hunt and The Chase. The Hunt was a finalist for the Benjamin Franklin Award in the Mystery/Suspense category. The Chase is now in its second printing.

Heavily involved in the local community, Ms. Neuharth serves on the boards of various not-for-profit organizations throughout the area. She is on the Board of Trustees for The Freedom Forum, the Loudoun Healthcare Foundation, The Newseum, the United States Equestrian Team Foundation, Marion duPont Scott Equine Medical Center and the Westmoreland Davis Memorial Foundation.

Ms. Neuharth received her Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Florida and her law degree from Vanderbilt University School of Law. She resides in Loudoun County with her husband and two children.