Attorney Stephen Spence is Community Bank director of the month

Since 2015, Stephen W. Spence has been a board member of Community Bank Delaware. Spence is senior counsel to the firm of Baird Mandalas Brockstedt LLC, with offices statewide. He is in the Lewes office, having joined the firm in March 2016. Spence has been practicing law since December 1981, and he was one of the named partners in a firm with offices in Wilmington and, for a number of years, in Dewey Beach. Spence has many Sussex County clients involved in small businesses and serves as legal counsel to several local banks.

Spence resides in Rehoboth with his wife Susan and their son Sumner. His two other children also live in the Rehoboth-Lewes area. Daughter Kelsey Murphy works for a local home builder, and son Stephen A. Spence also works for Baird Mandalas Brockstedt LLC.

The Spences are active supporters of youth sports including Atlantic Lacrosse Club, where Stephen serves as a co-founder, director and coach. They are also active supporters of Clear Space Theatre, and their favorite charity is Easterseals of Delaware and Maryland's Eastern Shore.

As Community Bank Delaware's director of the month, Spence was awarded $500 for Easterseals, his charity of choice.