Members attending the American Bankers Association’s annual convention in Chicago, have elected new ABA officers and directors to serve on ABA’s board for the 2017–2018 association year. The new officers are:
- CHAIRMAN: Kenneth L. Burgess, Jr., chairman, FirstCapital Bank of Texas, Midland, Texas;
- CHAIRMAN-ELECT: Jeffrey M. Szyperski, chairman, president and CEO, Chesapeake Bank, Kilmarnock, Va.;
- VICE CHAIRMAN: Laurie Stewart, president and CEO, Sound Community Bank, Seattle; and
- TREASURER: George W. Hermann, president & CEO, Windsor Federal Savings, Windsor, Conn.
Beginning new terms on the ABA board are:
- Stacey J. Bentley, president and CEO, Community Bank and Trust Company, Waterloo, Iowa.;
- Jill Castilla, president and CEO, Citizens Bank of Edmond, Edmond, Okla.;
- W. Wesley Hoskins, president and CEO, First Community Bank, Corpus Christi, Texas;
- D. Bryan Jordan, chairman, president and CEO, First Horizon National Corporation, Memphis, Tenn.;
- Andrea B. Smith, chief administrative officers, Bank of America, Charlotte, N.C.; and
- E. Philip Wenger, chairman, president and CEO, Fulton Financial Corporation, Lancaster, Pa.
Continuing their terms on the ABA board are:
- A. Scott Anderson, president and CEO, Zions Bank, Salt Lake City;
- Rheo A. Brouillard, president and CEO, Savings Institute Bank and Trust Company, Willimantic, Conn.;
- Dr. Deborah A. Cole, president and CEO, Citizens Savings Bank and Trust Company, Nashville, Tenn.;
- Luther Deaton, Jr., chairman, president and CEO, Central Bank and Trust Company, Lexington, Ky.;
- James J. Edwards, Jr., chairman and CEO, United Bank Corp, Griffin, Ga.;
- Patricia A. Husic, president and CEO, Centric Financial Corporation, Harrisburg, Pa.;
- Douglas B. Petno, CEO Commercial Banking, JPMorgan Chase & Co., New York;
- Manolo Sánchez, chairman, BBVA Compass, Houston;
- Daniel J. Schrider, president and CEO, Sandy Spring Bancorp, Inc., Olney, Md.;
- Julieann M. Thurlow, president and CEO, Reading Co-Operative Bank, Reading, Mass.;
- Louise Walker, president and CEO, First Northern Community Bancorp, Dixon, Calif.;
- H. McCall Wilson, Jr., president and CEO, The Bank of Fayette County, Rossville, Tenn.;
- Paul V. Woolway, president and CEO, Charles Schwab Bank, San Francisco;
- Dorothy A. Savarese, chairman, president and CEO, Cape Cod Five Cents Savings Bank, Orleans, Mass., and chairman of the ABA Nominating Committee;
- Jeffrey K. Ball, president and CEO, Friendly Hills Bank, Whittier, Calif., and chairman of the ABA Government Relations Council;
- James A. Reuter, CEO, FirstBank Holding Company, Denver, and vice chairman of the ABA Government Relations Council; and
- Scott E. Latham, president and CEO, Alabama Bankers Association, Montgomery, Ala., and the ABA State Banker Association Alliance representative.