Thomas L. Edwards

Mr. Edwards has a long business career primarily focused on food processing, manufacturing, and distribution businesses and on banking/investment businesses. He is chairman of the board, president and CEO of Carolina Ice Company, and holds senior leadership roles in Coastal Wholesale Grocery, Edwards Development Company, Edwards Investment Group, the E. Merle and Ollie W. Edwards Foundation, and Edwards Property Group, all based in Kinston, NC. He formerly served as chairman of the board, president and CEO of The Little Bank, chairman of the board of Carolina Dairies Corporation, and as president of Carolina Industrial Vending.