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LOOKING FORWARD
These board members are excited about what's
to come this year at their community banks.
" This year, we are celebrating our
120th anniversary. We are having
the celebration in the small town-
population 242-where our bank
was founded. "
-John V. Evans III, ICBA at-large director
and Federal Delegate Board representative,
and CEO of D.L. Evans Bank in Burley, Idaho
" We're getting ready to roll out
a homegrown loan system for
smaller-sized credits. We think it will
help customers with smaller loan
requests think of us first, rather than
an unknown online lender. "
-Michael J. Burke, Jr., ICBA Bank
Innovation & Solutions Committee chair,
and president of ChoiceOne Bank in
Lapeer, Mich.
Bank Education
Committee chairman
Anita K. Drentlaw
CEO, president and chief
financial off icer of New
Market Bank in Elko New
Market, Minn.
ICBA PAC chairman
Douglas E. Parrott
President, CEO and
chairman of State
Bank of Toulon in
Toulon, Ill.
" We started the process of creating
a strategic marketing guide with
a local firm. We've always winged
our marketing eff orts, so I'm
excited to gain focus. "
-Sarah Getzlaff , ICBA Bank Operations
Committee chairman, and CEO of
Security First Bank of North Dakota in
Bismarck, N.D.
" MY HOPE IS THAT
THE INCOMING
MEMBERS OF
CONGRESS ARE
OPEN TO LEARNING
ABOUT COMMUNITY
BANKING. "
-QUENTIN LEIGHTY,
FIRST NATIONAL BANK
" First Western Bank & Trust will
celebrate our 60th anniversary in
2024. We'll have a variety of special
events throughout the year. "
-Brenda K. Foster, ICBA at-large
director and Federal Delegate Board
representative, and president and CEO of
First Western Bank & Trust in Minot, N.D.
" This year is the Year of the Dragon
in the Chinese calendar. The
Dragon is considered the most
powerful-and the only mythical-
creature in the Chinese zodiac. It's
also our bank's 40th anniversary,
so I'm looking forward to a year
of amazing strength, intelligence,
d
spirit and good fortune. "
-Jill Sung, ICBA at-large director, and
president and CEO of Abacus Federal
Savings Bank in New York City
" We are planning an entire month
to highlight our small businesses
and engage our community. We
will have 'Cash Mobs,' where the
bank gives each employee cash
to spend at specific businesses,
providing an immediate economic
impact. ... We'll also have daily
contests that highlight a local small
business and incorporate our bank
mascot, Iggy the Piggy. "
-Gay G. Dempsey, ICBA at-large director,
and CEO of Bank of Lincoln County in
Fayetteville, Tenn.
" We recently implemented a
fraud team, led by one full-time
employee dedicated to fighting
fraud. Having a centralized place
for fraud has helped us to be more
intentional about learning the
various fraudulent techniques,
educating our team members and
customers, detecting it early and
acting more swiftly. "
-Peter Nelson, ICBA Policy Development
Committee chairman, and president of
Glenwood State Bank in Glenwood, Minn.
" We're celebrating 110 years of
continuous service this June. I
am proud, as a fourth-generation
banker, of that milestone. "
-Noah Wilcox, ICBA past chairman, and
president, CEO and chairman of Minnesota
Lake Bank, Grand Rapids State Bank and its
holding company, Wilcox Bancshares Inc.,
in Grand Rapids, Minn.
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