ICBA Announces Nominations for 2022-23 Board of Directors

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National leadership positions formally elected at ICBA LIVE in March

Washington, D.C. (Jan. 18, 2022) — The Independent Community Bankers of America (ICBA) today announced the nominees to serve on its 2022-23 board of directors. ICBA’s current board will vote on the nominations during ICBA LIVE 2022—the largest gathering of community banks in the country, which is scheduled for Feb. 27-March 3, 2022, in San Antonio.

"ICBA was started by a group of visionary leaders in 1930 to safeguard the interests of the nation’s community banks and the customers and communities they serve,” ICBA President and CEO Rebeca Romero Rainey said. “ICBA’s Nominating Committee continues that tradition through the selection of exceptional volunteer bankers who have an unwavering passion and dedication to advancing our industry. We look forward to the election of these outstanding candidates and leveraging their considerable talents in service of ICBA’s mission to create and promote an environment where community banks flourish.”

Nominations for the 2022-23 ICBA board of directors and their respective positions include:

  • Chairman: Brad M. Bolton, president, CEO and senior lender of Community Spirit Bank in Red Bay, Ala.
  • Chairman-elect: Derek B. Williams, president and CEO of Century Bank & Trust in Milledgeville, Ga.
  • Vice Chairman: Lucas White, president of The Fountain Trust Co. in Covington, Ind.
  • ICBA President and CEO: Rebeca Romero Rainey of Washington, D.C.
  • Treasurer: Sarah Getzlaff, CEO of Security First Bank of North Dakota in Bismarck, N.D.
  • Secretary: Tim R. Aiken, president and CEO of Union Bank Inc., in Middlebourne, W.Va.
  • Immediate Past Chairman: Robert M. Fisher, chairman, president and CEO of Tioga State Bank in Spencer, N.Y.
  • Past Chairman: Noah W. Wilcox, president, CEO and chairman of Grand Rapids State Bank and its holding company, Wilcox Bancshares Inc., in Grand Rapids, Minn.
  • Past Chairman: Preston L. Kennedy, president and CEO of Zachary Bancshares Inc. in Zachary, La.
  • Past Chairman: Timothy K. Zimmerman, senior vice president and COO of Standard Bank, PaSB in Monroeville, Pa.
  • Past Chairman: R. Scott Heitkamp, president and CEO of ValueBank Texas in Corpus Christi, Texas.
  • Consolidated Holdings Chairman: Jack A. Hartings, chairman of The Peoples Bank Co. in Coldwater, Ohio
  • At-large Director and Federal Delegate Board Representative: Douglas J. Ouellette, chief community banking officer of Mercantile Bank of Michigan in Mt. Pleasant, Mich.
  • At-large Director and Federal Delegate Board Representative: Brenda Foster, chairman, president and CEO of First Western Bank & Trust in Minot, N.D.
  • At-large Director: Mark Hesser, president of Pinnacle Bancorp Inc. in Omaha, Neb.
  • At-large Director: Jill Sung, president and CEO of Abacus Federal Savings Bank in New York, N.Y.
  • Bank Education Committee Chairman: Kathryn G. Underwood, president and CEO of Ledyard National Bank in Hanover, N.H.
  • Bank Services Committee Chairman: Michael J. Burke, president of ChoiceOne Bank in Lapeer, Mich.
  • ICBPAC Chairman: Shon B. Myers, chairman, president and CEO of Farmers & Merchants Bank in Miamisburg, Ohio
  • Policy Development Committee Chairman: Quentin Leighty, president and chief financial officer of First National Bank of Monument, Colo.
  • Bank Operations and Payments Committee Chairman: Alice P. Frazier, president and CEO of Bank of Charles Town, W.Va.

About ICBA
The Independent Community Bankers of America® creates and promotes an environment where community banks flourish. ICBA is dedicated exclusively to representing the interests of the community banking industry and its membership through effective advocacy, best-in-class education, and high-quality products and services.

With nearly 50,000 locations nationwide, community banks constitute roughly 99 percent of all banks, employ nearly 700,000 Americans and are the only physical banking presence in one in three U.S. counties. Holding nearly $5.9 trillion in assets, over $4.9 trillion in deposits, and more than $3.5 trillion in loans to consumers, small businesses and the agricultural community, community banks channel local deposits into the Main Streets and neighborhoods they serve, spurring job creation, fostering innovation and fueling their customers’ dreams in communities throughout America. For more information, visit ICBA’s website at www.icba.org.

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