Benchmark Bankshares, Inc. announced the addition of Emporia resident Clifton Threat to its Board of Directors. A Greensville County native, Threat has lived in the Emporia-Greensville area most of his life and is a graduate of Greensville County High School. He demonstrates his passion for the community by serving on the Emporia City Council for which he serves as Vice Mayor and President of the Council.

He is Manager of the Emporia Food Lion, as well as Co-Owner of "The Bank" restaurant in downtown Emporia. In the community, Threat is past-President of the Emporia Boys and Girls Club, pastor of Oak Grove and Mt. Hermon Baptist Churches, and is an Assistant Coach for the Greensville County High School football team.

With the addition of Threat, the Benchmark Bankshares, Inc. Board of Directors numbers eleven members representing the bank's geographic service footprint.