The Board of Trustees of the Richard A. Henson Foundation

Tom Evans retired in January 2010 as President of The Felton Bank, a subsidiary of Shore Bancshares, Inc. of Easton, Maryland. Evans graduated from Bonaventure University with a bachelor’s degree in business administration. Prior to joining The Felton Bank, he worked for Bank of America and its predecessor, Maryland National Bank, for 27 years. He previously served on the Board of United Way of the Lower Eastern Shore and is a past member of The Greater Salisbury Committee, the Rotary Club of Salisbury and past chairman of the Board of the Mid-Delmarva YMCA and American Cancer Society.

He currently serves on the Board of the YMCA of the Chesapeake and is on the finance committee and the fundraising committee. He also serves on the Board of the Recovery Resource Center in Wicomico County and the Lower Shore Advisory Council for the Del-Mar-Va Council of Scouting America.

Cynthia MacDonald practices law with her husband, Andrew, at MacDonald Law Office, LLC, in Salisbury, Maryland, concentrating in estate and business planning and civil and criminal litigation involving fiduciaries and other professionals. Cindy is active in the community, presently serving on the St. Francis de Sales Catholic School Endowment Committee, the Board of Directors for Hudson Health Services and as Chair of the John B. Parsons Foundation Board of Trustees. She also serves as an attorney coach for the Parkside High School Mock Trial Team. She lives with her husband, Andrew, and their two children in Salisbury, Maryland.

Victor Laws III is a partner in the law firm of Laws, Insley & Benson, P.A. and has been a practicing attorney since 1978, with a concentration in business, real estate, and civil litigation. He graduated from Wicomico County Schools, Brown University, and the University of Maryland School of Law. He is currently the Chairman of the Board of Directors for Hebron Savings Bank, and a member of the Salisbury Award Committee, Wicomico Rotary Club, and Asbury United Methodist Church. Previous community activities include service as a United States Magistrate Judge for the U.S. District Court of Maryland, Community Foundation of the Eastern Shore, Greater Salisbury Committee, Leadership Maryland, member of the advisory Board for Salvation Army and coach to the James M. Bennett High School mock trial team. Vic is a past President of the Salisbury Area Chamber of Commerce and past Chairman of the Wicomico County Task Force, which helped to bring minor league baseball to the Eastern Shore.

Jon Sherwell retired in 2016 from M & T Bank where he served as an Administrative Vice President. Jon is a life-long native of the Eastern Shore. Prior to its merger with M & T Bank, Jon worked for the former First National Bank of Maryland/Allfirst Bank. He served as President of the United Way of the Lower Eastern Shore, President of the Salisbury Area Chamber of Commerce, Chair of the Greater Salisbury Committee, now a lifetime member, and on the board member of the Wicomico County Board of Education. Past board memberships include Salisbury Wicomico Economic Development, Junior Achievement, Mid-Delmarva YMCA, the Salvation Army, and Wicomico County Executive’s Council of Economic Advisors. He is a graduate of Western Maryland College (McDaniel College), the Maryland Bankers School-College Park, attended classes at Salisbury University and completed the Columbia University Graduate School of Business Bank Leadership Executive Education Program.