Independent Banker - July 2017 - 72

15
minutes with ...
GINGER MARTIN
CEO and president of the $300 million-asset
American National Bank in Oakland Park, Fla.
IB: What do you like best about being a
community banker?
Martin: As a community bank, we know our customers.
We care about seeing our customers meet
their fi nancial goals, both personal and business.
One of the things we're always saying is bring your
heart to work. Being CEO gives me a platform to
make a difference. Having that CEO title gives me
access and infl uence, and I want to use that for the
greater good.
IB: Speaking of the greater good, you
climbed Mount Kilimanjaro in 2015 to raise
money to combat human trafficking. Why?
Martin: Statistically, over 24 million women and
children are in some way traffi cked. They call
it modern-day slavery, and foster children are
specifi cally vulnerable. I am a former foster parent,
an adoptive parent. Those were the things that
captured my attention.
I thought, " I'm a woman, I'm a mother, I'm a
businessperson, and I could be doing more than
I'm doing. "
IB: Why climb a mountain?
Martin: I have always liked hiking and physical
challenge. I got invited to a luncheon in February
2013 hosted by Freedom Challenge [the group that
organized the climb], and I knew some ladies who
had gone on the fi rst climb to Kilimanjaro in 2012.
The thing that scared me more than the mountain:
The minimum fundraising goal was $50,000.
I said, no, I'm not going to go. They kept after me,
and I kept thinking about it. I fi nally said yes to
Kilimanjaro at the end of November 2014, with
three months for training. I was a little late to make
a decision, but in the end, I raised $63,000.
IB: So, what's next?
Martin: I'm doing two hikes this year: Estes Park,
Colo., and Machu Picchu, Peru. It's become my
identity. I'm the banker that climbs mountains.
-Colleen Morrison
It's become
my identity. I'm the
banker that climbs
mountains. "
PHOTO: STEVE BOXALL

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