Members of the 2019 board of directors of the Indiana Bankers Association (IBA) have assumed positions, effective Jan. 1. Board members were elected at the IBA Annual Convention last September.
The functions of the board are to develop IBA policy and to establish long-range goals and objectives. The board also helps determine the Association’s legislative programs and positions on issues affecting the Indiana banking community.
IBA board members are listed below by the capacities in which they serve:
IBA Officers
Chairman - Andrew J. Briggs, Farmers & Merchants State Bank, Archbold, Ohio
First Vice Chairman - Lucas White, The Fountain Trust Company, Covington
Second Vice Chairman - Michael S. Zahn, First Federal Savings Bank, Huntington
Immediate Past Chairman - Clay W. Ewing, German American Bank, Jasper
President and CEO - Amber R. Van Til, Indiana Bankers Association, Indianapolis
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 D. 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
Garry D. Kleer, First Bank Richmond
Michael C. Rechin, First Merchants Bank, Muncie
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
Gregory Inman, Scottsburg Building and Loan Association
John M. Kennedy, Greenfield Banking Company
Karen B. Woods, First Financial Bank, Cincinnati
Southwest Region Directors
Matthew W. Howrey, North Salem State Bank
Jamie R. Shinabarger, Springs Valley Bank & Trust Company, Jasper
Luke J. Yaeger, Commerce Bank, Evansville
About the IBA Chairman:
Andrew J. Briggs, 2019 chairman of the Indiana Bankers Association (IBA), is first senior vice president for business development of Farmers & Merchants State Bank, Archbold, Ohio. In this position, he is the highest-ranking banking officer in the state of Indiana for Farmers & Merchants. Additionally, Briggs serves on the boards of both Farmers & Merchants Bancorp and Farmers & Merchants State Bank. He previously held title as president and CEO of the Bank of Geneva since 1994 – the fifth generation of his family to lead the bank; Bank of Geneva merged with Farmers & Merchants State Bank effective Jan. 2, 2019. Briggs has more than 40 years of banking experience and is active on the following boards: Indiana State Museum, treasurer; Limberlost State Historic Site, corporate secretary; Northeast Indiana Regional Development Authority, director; Adams County Economic Development, treasurer; and Adams Public Library System, treasurer. Additionally, Briggs was appointed in 2017 to the Indiana Board of Depositories by Gov. Eric J. Holcomb. He is past president of the Geneva Town Council, past treasurer of the Northeast Indiana Regional Partnership, and he has served on the IBA board as first and second vice chairman and as northeast region director. Briggs is a graduate of Ball State University and a member of the IBA 40 Year Club.
Biographies of all IBA board members are available online at: indiana.bank/about