The members of the Indiana Bankers Association 2023 Board of Directors have assumed their positions effective Jan. 1. Board members were elected Sept. 12 at the IBA Annual Convention in French Lick. In addition to guiding IBA policy and setting long-term goals and objectives, the Board helps determine the Association’s legislative programs and positions on issues affecting Indiana’s banking community.
This year’s board is comprised of:
OFFICERS
Jamie R. Shinabarger, Chairman, Springs Valley Bank & Trust Company, Jasper
Benjamin J. Bochnowski, First Vice Chairman, Peoples Bank, Munster
Matthew W. Howrey, Second Vice Chairman, North Salem State Bank
Garry D. Kleer, Immediate Past Chairman, First Bank Richmond
Amber R. Van Til, President and CEO, Indiana Bankers Association
CONSTITUENT DIRECTORS
Michael K. Bauer, ABA Membership Council, WesBanco Bank, Wheeling, W.V.
Michael H. Head, ICBA State Director, First Federal Savings Bank, Evansville
Joseph F. Breen, Non-Indiana Headquartered Bank Director, Huntington National Bank, Columbus, Ohio
Brock C. Goggins, Future Leadership Division President, German American Bank, Jasper
REGIONAL AND AT-LARGE DIRECTORS
David M. Findlay, At-Large, Lake City Bank, Warsaw
Kent A. Liechty, At-Large, First Bank of Berne
J. Daniel Maddox, North Region, Citizens State Bank, New Castle
Bradley J. Monts, North Region, Hoosier Heartland State Bank, Crawfordsville
Jacqueline M. Ruge-Perkins, North Region, First State Bank of Porter
Lisa Arnold, South Region, Home Bank, Martinsville
Gregory Inman, South Region, Scottsburg Building and Loan Association
John M. Kennedy, South Region, gbcBANK, Greenfield
ABOUT THE CHAIRMAN
Jamie R. Shinabarger, 2023 chairman of the Indiana Bankers Association, is president, CEO and director of Springs Valley Bank & Trust Company as well as its parent company, SVB&T Corporation, Jasper. He has over 40 years of financial services experience serving with three financial institutions over that span. Before joining Springs Valley in 2008, Shinabarger was president and CEO of Hicksville Building, Loan & Savings Bank in Ohio, where he spent the bulk of his career (1986-2007) learning the core disciplines of banking: bank administration, lending, collections, deposits, IRAs, compliance and marketing. Prior to that, Shinabarger began his career in 1980 as an agricultural loan officer and appraiser with the Federal Land Bank of Bryan, Ohio, then served as a loan asset specialist with the consolidated Farm Credit Services of Defiance, Ohio (1980-1986).
Shinabarger serves on the boards and executive committees of Dubois Strong (Dubois County local economic development organization) and Radius Indiana (regional eight-county southern Indiana economic development organization) and is a member of the Kiwanis Club of Jasper and Junior Achievement. Additionally, he is a member of The Bank CEO Network and serves on the executive committee of Friends of Traditional Banking, a national bipartisan super PAC committed to advocating for bank-friendly candidates in key senate races.
Shinabarger earned a bachelor’s degree from Taylor University, an MBA from Indiana Wesleyan University and a certification of completion in executive education from the Ohio State College of Business. He is a member of the Indiana Bankers Association 40 Year Club.
Biographies of all IBA board members are available online at indiana.bank/about. Headshots available upon request.