Members attending the American Bankers Association’s annual convention in Salt Lake City have elected new ABA officers and directors to serve on ABA’s board for the 2026-2027 association year. The new officers are:
CHAIR: Catherine Owen, executive chair, Eagle Bank & Trust Company, and chair and CEO, State Holding Company, Little Rock, Ark.;
•CHAIR-ELECT: James C. Ryan III, chairman and CEO, Old National Bancorp, Evansville, Ind.;
• VICE CHAIR: Thomas J. Fraser, president and CEO, First Mutual Holding Co., Lakewood, Ohio; and
• TREASURER: David Osborn, president and CEO, WestStar Bank, El Paso, Texas.
Beginning new terms on the ABA board are:
• Gregory T. Hayes, president and CEO, Kish Bank, State College, Pa.;
• William (Brad) Kessel, president and CEO, Independent Bank Corp, Grand Rapids, Mich.;
• D. Shane Loper, president and COO, Hancock Whitney Bank, Gulfport, Miss.;
• Christopher Maher, chairman and CEO, OceanFirst Financial Corp., Red Bank, N.J.; and
• Troy Rohrbaugh, co-president of JPMorganChase and CEO of Consumer & Community Banking, New York.
The above board members will join ABA President and CEO Rob Nichols, who also serves as an officer, and the following current or appointed directors continuing their terms on ABA’s board:
• Mary Kay Bates, president and CEO, Bank Midwest, Spirit Lake, Iowa;
• Cynthia N. Day, president and CEO, Citizens Trust Bank, Atlanta;
• Kyle G. Hranicky, CEO, Commercial Banking, Wells Fargo & Company, San Francisco;
• Jennifer T. Jones, president and CEO, CBL State Savings Bank, Greer, S.C.;
• Jeffrey T. Kanger, president, First State Bank Nebraska, Lincoln, Neb.;
• Curtis J. Myers, chairman and CEO, Fulton Financial Corporation, Lancaster, Pa.;
• Holly O’Neill, president, Consumer, Retail and Preferred, Bank of America, Boston;
• Mark W. Schifferdecker, chairman, president and CEO, GNBank N.A., Girard, Kan.;
• Anne P. Tangen, president and CEO, BankFive, MHC, Fall River, Mass.;
• Gregg R. Tewksbury, president and CEO, New Hampshire Mutual Bancorp, Concord, N.H.;
• Kenneth Kelly, chairman and CEO, First Independence Bank, Detroit, and chair of the ABA Nominating Committee;
• Christie Huber Obenauer, president and CEO, Union State Bank of Hazen, Hazen, N.D., and chair of the ABA Government Relations Council;
• Paul T. Hickman; president and CEO, Arizona Bankers Association, Phoenix, and chair of the ABA/State Association Alliance; and
• Richard Baier; president and CEO, Nebraska Bankers Association, Lincoln, Neb., and vice chair of the ABA/State Association Alliance.
“We congratulate these outstanding bank leaders on their election to the ABA Board,” said Rob Nichols, ABA president and CEO. “Their diverse perspectives, deep industry experience and commitment to banking will strengthen ABA’s advocacy and help shape our priorities in the year ahead. Working together, we will advance policies that allow banks of all sizes to innovate, compete and create economic opportunity for their customers and communities.”