Dax Denton is chief policy officer of the Indiana Bankers Association. He joined the IBA as assistant vice president-government relations in 2008 and was promoted to vice president in 2012 and to senior vice president in 2016. Previously, he managed state relations for the Indiana Statewide Association of Rural Electric Cooperatives, prior to which he was deputy legislative director of the Association of Indiana Counties. Denton also serves as executive director for the Indiana Mortgage Bankers Association.
Denton currently serves on the Boy Scouts Crossroads of America Council Board. He has previously served on the Governmental Affairs Society of Indiana on the board of governors and was chairman of the membership committee. Additionally, he has been active with the Indiana Society of Association Executives, the Indiana Geographic Information Council, Transportation Enhancement Appropriations Committee, Indiana Historic Preservation’s Courthouse Preservation Task Force and the Lead Elimination Plan Advisory Committee of the Indiana Department of Health.
Denton was named 2012 Association Professional of the Year by the Indiana Society of Association Executives, and in 2013 he won in the category of Banking & Financial Services for the Best & Brightest awards, sponsored by Junior Achievement of Central Indiana Inc. He is a graduate of Indiana University, the IBA Leadership Development Program and the Graduate School of Banking at the University of Wisconsin. Denton has attained the rank of Eagle Scout.