Southern National Bancorp of Virginia, Inc. announced that Tyler Stafford has joined the executive team as President of Panacea Financial, a newly created division of the Company. Concurrently with Mr. Stafford's hiring, the Company announced that it has agreed to an exclusive marketing and licensing agreement with Panacea Financial, LLC which will focus on national lending, deposit gathering, wealth, and insurance needs with unique products and services for the medical community. Mr. Stafford was most recently a Managing Director and Senior Research Analyst at Stephens, Inc. where he covered Southeast and West Coast financial institutions for nearly a decade with a focus on small and mid-cap regional banks. Prior to Stephens, Mr. Stafford began his career at Regions Financial in commercial banking. Mr. Stafford is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) charterholder.