Blair joined the C&N team as Southeast Region President in July 2020 at which time C&N acquired Covenant Bank. Blair joined the Covenant Bank team in April 2016 as President & Chief Operating Officer. Prior to this time, he was the Eastern Region President with National Penn Bank. The Eastern Region comprises the counties of Bucks and Eastern Montgomery County in PA as well as the counties of Mercer, Burlington and Ocean in New Jersey. He joined National Penn through their acquisition of FirstService Bank in February 2003. Prior to National Penn, Blair was an Executive Vice President with FirstService Bank. Blair was one of four original officers of the de nova FirstService Bank who opened for business in July 1995. Prior to FirstService Bank, Blair was a Vice President with CoreStates and Bucks County Bank where he started his forty-seven year banking career.
Blair enjoys being very active in his community serving on numerous boards & committees. Presently, Blair serves on the following boards & committees: Delaware Valley University, Board of Trustees, Chairman Audit & Risk Management Committee; Central Bucks County Chamber of Commerce, Immediate Past Chairman of the Board, Executive Committee Member; St. Luke’s University Health Network, Development & Public Affairs Committee Member, St. Luke’s Grandview Campus Hospital Chairman of the Board of Trustees & Grand View Campus Foundation Board Member; North Penn Valley Boys & Girls Club, Past Chairman of the Board; Washington Crossing Council – Boy Scouts of America Board, Past Chairman of the Board; PA Bankers Association, Federal GR Policymakers Committee, Direct Contact Bankers Committee; PA CDFI Network GRIT Fund Steering Committee member.
Blair is also a past member of the following organizations: Grand View Health Board Treasurer, Chairman of Finance Committee, Executive Committee Member, Quality Steering Committee Member; Grand View Health Foundation Board of Trustees; Covenant Bank Board of Directors; PA Bankers Association Board of Directors, past Chairman of the Government Relations Policy Committee and past Vice Chairman of the Advocacy Committee; St. Andrew’s U.C.C. of Perkasie, Chairman of Finance Committee; North Penn United Way Board of Directors, Past Campaign Chairman; Community Lenders Community Development Corporation, past Chairman of the Board; North Penn Rotary Club, past President; Pennridge Little League, past Treasurer and Coach; Pennridge Jaycees, past President with JCI Senatorship; North Penn Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors.
Blair has also served as a lay person member of the Committee on Ministry of the North Penn Association of the United Church of Christ and as a member of the Montgomery County Bankers Association Council of Administration. He is also a past member of the Risk Management Association.
Blair is a Rotary Foundation Paul Harris Fellow, a member of Delaware Valley University’s 1896 Society, Doylestown Country Club, and the Presbyterian Church of Deep Run.
Blair is a graduate of Delaware Valley University with a B.S. in Business Administration and the Pennsylvania Bankers Association’s Central Atlantic Advanced School of Banking. He is a lifelong resident of Upper Bucks County and a graduate of Pennridge High School.
Blair has been married for 41 years to Tamara Mosher Rush. He has three married adult children and four grandchildren. Blair is an enthusiastic sports fan, participant, and past coach. He has also enjoyed volunteer work for more than 45 years. He believes volunteering gives us an opportunity to change lives, including our own.