Clay W. Ewing, president, chief banking officer and secretary to the board of directors of German American Bancorp Inc., Jasper, has been elected 2018 chairman of the board of directors of the Indiana Bankers Association (IBA). He currently serves the IBA as first vice chairman and was elected to his new position at the Association’s annual business meeting on Sept. 11 in French Lick. Ewing has more than 35 years of banking experience, and he joined German American in 1994 as president and CEO of a subsidiary bank of the company. Active in regional economic development, he currently serves as chairman of the Perry County Development Corp. and as a board member of the Economic Development Coalition of Southwest Indiana, in addition to service on various other civic and community boards. A past southwest region director of the IBA, Ewing is a graduate of Lockyear College and of The School for Bank Administration at the University of Wisconsin.
The 21 members of the 2018 Indiana Bankers Association board of directors, effective Jan. 1, 2018, are listed below:
IBA Officers
Chairman- Clay W. Ewing, German American Bancorp Inc., Jasper
First Vice Chair - Andrew J. Briggs, Bank of Geneva
Second Vice Chair - Lucas White, The Fountain Trust Company, Covington
Immediate Past Chair - Annette M. Russell, Security Federal Savings Bank, Logansport
President and CEO - Amber R. Van Til, Indiana Bankers Association
Constituent Directors
ICBA State Director - Michael H. Head, First Federal Savings Bank, Evansville
ABA Membership Council - Michael K. Bauer, WesBanco Bank, New Albany
Future Leadership Division President - Kirby Drey, Kentland Bank
Non-Indiana Headquartered Bank Director - Tim Massey, BMO Harris Bank, Indianapolis
Northeast Region Directors
Jeffrey W. Gump, Farmers and Merchants Bank, Laotto
Michael C. Rechin, First Merchants Corporation, Muncie
Michael S. Zahn, First Federal Savings Bank, Huntington
Northwest Region Directors
Benjamin J. Bochnowski, Peoples Bank, Munster
Joseph D. Carlson, Community State Bank, Royal Center
Arden L. Cramer, Logansport Savings Bank
Southeast Region Directors
Archie M. Brown Jr., MainSource Financial Group, Greensburg
George W. Ferriell, Bath State Bank
Gregory Inman, Scottsburg Building and Loan Association
Southwest Region Directors
Matthew W. Howrey, North Salem State Bank
Kent L. Parisien, The First National Bank of Odon
Jamie R. Shinabarger, Springs Valley Bank & Trust Company, Jasper