Cardinal Elects Sidney O. Dewberry Lead Director; Local Business Leade

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    TYSONS CORNER, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 8, 2005--Bernard H. Clineburg, Chairman, President, and CEO of Cardinal, has announced the election of Sidney O. Dewberry as lead outside director. Mr. Dewberry has served on the Board of Directors of Cardinal Financial Corporation and Cardinal Bank since 2002, and was elected lead director to chair meetings requiring only independent directors.
    Sidney O. Dewberry is Chairman and Founder of Dewberry, a 1700 employee firm, with 31 offices nationwide, and which includes Dewberry & Davis LLC, an award-winning architectural, engineering, planning, surveying and landscape architecture firm headquartered in Fairfax, Virginia. Dewberry serves on numerous boards and committees, which include the George Mason University Board of Visitors, of which he is the current Rector; the George Mason University Foundation Board of Trustees; the George Mason University Civil Engineering Institute Board of Directors; the Cardinal Financial Corporation Board of Directors and Executive Committee; the Northern Virginia Roundtable; the Northern Virginia Transportation Alliance; the Washington Airports Task Force; the Virginia Business-Higher Education Council; the Foundation for Virginia and the INOVA Health Systems Foundation Board and Executive Committee. He is chairman of the George Mason University Capital Campaign. Professionally he is a Fellow of the American Society of Civil Engineers, Member of the American Public Works Association, National Society of Professional Engineers, Virginia Association of Surveyors and the Surveyors Historical Society. He has previously been appointed by Governors of the Commonwealth of Virginia to serve on numerous commissions to include the Blue Ribbon Commission on Higher Education and the Commission on Transportation Policy. Dewberry and his wife, Reva, reside in Arlington, Virginia. They have four children: Barry, Karen, Michael, and Tom.
    About Cardinal Bank: Cardinal Bank, a full-service community bank, is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Cardinal Financial Corporation. On December 31, 2004, Cardinal Financial Corporation had assets of $1.21 billion. Cardinal serves Northern Virginia and Fredericksburg with 19 conveniently located banking offices in Alexandria, Annandale, Arlington, Clifton, Fairfax, Fairfax City, Fredericksburg, Herndon, Leesburg, Manassas, McLean, Purcellville, Reston, Stafford, Sterling, Sterling Park, Woodbridge, and two locations in Tysons Corner. Cardinal also operates two subsidiaries, a full-service investment services company, Cardinal Wealth Services, Inc., and a residential mortgage lending company, George Mason Mortgage, LLC, based in Fairfax, VA, with nine offices throughout the metropolitan Washington region.
    The company's stock is traded on the Nasdaq (CFNL). For additional information please visit our Web site at www.cardinalbank.com.

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CONTACT: Cardinal Financial Corporation Bernard H. Clineburg, 703-584-3444

KEYWORD: VIRGINIA DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA INDUSTRY KEYWORD: BANKING MANAGEMENT CHANGES SOURCE: Cardinal Financial Corporation

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