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Georgia Community Banker Derek B. Williams Elected ICBA Chairman
Honolulu (March 16, 2023) — The Independent Community Bankers of America® (ICBA) today announced the election of its 2023-24 Executive Committee during the 2023 ICBA LIVE national convention in Honolulu.
Derek B. Williams, president and CEO of Century Bank & Trust in Milledgeville, Ga., was elected ICBA chairman and serves as chairman of the ICBA Executive Committee and board of directors. Joining Williams on the ICBA Executive Committee are:
Chairman-elect: Lucas White, president of The Fountain Trust Co. in Covington, Ind.
Vice Chairman: Jack E. Hopkins, president and CEO of CorTrust Bank in Sioux Falls, S.D.
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: James H. Sills III, president and CEO of Mechanics and Farmers Bank in Durham, N.C.
Immediate Past Chairman: Brad M. Bolton, president and CEO of Community Spirit Bank in Red Bay, Ala.
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.
Consolidated Holdings Chairman: Jack A. Hartings, chairman of The Peoples Bank Co. in Coldwater, Ohio.
“It is a privilege to work with such talented and dedicated bankers to ensure that America's community banks are represented and recognized for their contributions to ensuring a resilient and diversified financial sector,” ICBA President and CEO Rebeca Romero Rainey said. “Our members consistently demonstrate their commitment to their customers and communities—qualities that ICBA's appointed leaders embody and seek to amplify in service of ICBA’s mission to create and promote an environment where community banks flourish.”
For more information, including biographies for the ICBA Executive Committee, visit ICBA’s Press Room.
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 employ nearly 700,000 Americans and are the only physical banking presence in one in three U.S. counties. Holding more than $5.8 trillion in assets, over $4.8 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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