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ABA: The American Bankers Association

Leadership

Our banker leaders represent financial institutions of different sizes, charters and business models from across the country. Their guidance, combined with ABA staff expertise, is key to our effectiveness as an association of bankers, for bankers.

  • Executive Staff

Board of Directors

Chair

Kenneth Kelly

  • Chairman and CEO
  • First Independence Bank
  • Detroit, MI

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Chair Elect

Catherine Owen

  • Executive Chair, Eagle Bank & Trust Company
  • Chair and CEO, State Holding Company
  • Little Rock, AR

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Vice Chair

James C. Ryan III

  • Chairman and CEO
  • Old National Bancorp
  • Evansville, IN

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Treasurer

K. Wayne Wicker

  • Chairman and CEO
  • South Atlantic Bank
  • Myrtle Beach, SC

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President and CEO

Rob Nichols

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Three Year Term
Kyle G. Hranicky
CEO, Commercial Banking
Wells Fargo & Company
San Francisco, CA
 
Holly O’Neill
President, Consumer, Retail and Preferred
Bank of America
Boston, MA
 Mark W. Schifferdecker 
Chairman, President and CEO
GNBank, N.A.
Girard, KS
Anne P. Tangen
President and CEO
BankFive, MHC (Mutual)
Fall River, MA
 
 Gregg R. Tewskbury
President and CEO
New Hampshire Mutual Bancorp (Mutual)
Concord, NH

 

Two Year Term
Mary Kay Bates 
President and CEO
Bank Midwest
Spirit Lake, IA

 Thomas J. Fraser (Tom)
President and CEO
First Mutual Holding Co. (Mutual)
Lakewood, OH

 Jennifer T. Jones
President and CEO
CBL State Savings Bank
Greer, SC
Marianne Lake
CEO, Consumer and Community Banking
JPMorganChase
New York, NY

 Curtis J. Myers (Curt)
Chairman and CEO
Fulton Financial Corporation
Lancaster, PA
David Osborn
President and CEO
WestStar Bank
El Paso, TX

One Year Term
Cynthia N. Day
President and CEO
 Citizens Trust Bank
Atlanta, GA

 Saleem Iqbal
 President and CEO
 HAB Bank
New York, NY
 Jeffrey T. Kanger (Jeff)
 President
First State Bank Nebraska
Lincoln, NE
Timothy Marshall (Tim)
 Executive Chairman and CEO
 Bank of Ann Arbor
Ann Arbor, MI

 Christie Huber Obenauer
President and CEO
Union State Bank of Hazen
Hazen, ND
 

Appointed Members
Chair
Nominating Committee
John C. Asbury
 Chief Executive Officer
Atlantic Union Bankshares Corp.
Richmond, VA

 Chair
ABA/State Association Alliance
Michael Adelman (Mike)
President and CEO
Ohio Bankers League
Columbus, OH

 Vice Chair
ABA/State Association Alliance
Paul T. Hickman
President and CEO
Arizona Bankers Association
Phoenix, AZ
Chair
Government Relations Council
Thomas Ogaard (Tom)
Chairman, President and CEO
Native American Bancorporation Co.
Denver, CO


Executive Staff

President and CEO

Rob Nichols

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Chief Human Resources Officer

Alethia Baggett

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Chief Policy Officer

Naomi Camper

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General Counsel

Tom Pinder

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Chief Communications Officer

Peter Cook

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Chief Financial Officer

Karin Flynn

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Chief of Staff

Laena Fallon

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VP, Executive and Board Operations

Sheila Chablani

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