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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

Catherine Owen

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

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Chair-Elect

James C. Ryan III

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

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Vice Chair

Thomas J. Fraser

  • President and CEO
  • First Mutual Holding Co.
  • Lakewood, OH

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Treasurer

David Osborn

  • President and CEO
  • WestStar Bank
  • El Paso, TX

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President and CEO

Rob Nichols

  • American Bankers Association

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

 Jeffrey T. Kanger (Jeff)
President
First State Bank Nebraska
Lincoln, NE

 William Kessel (Brad)
President and CEO
Independent Bank Corporation
Grand Rapids, MI
D. Shane Loper (Shane)
President and COO
Hancock Whitney Bank
Gulfport, MS

 Christopher Maher (Chris)
Chairman and CEO
OceanFirst Financial Corp.
Red Bank, NJ

 Troy Rohrbaugh
Co-President of JPMorganChase and CEO
of Consumer & Community Banking
JPMorganChase
New York, NY
 

Two Year Term
Kyle G. Hranicky
CEO of Commercial Banking
Wells Fargo & Company
San Francisco, CA

 Holly O’Neill
President, Consumer, Retail & 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

  
 

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

 Gregory T. Hayes (Greg) (At-Large)
President and CEO
Kish Bank
State College, PA

 Jennifer T. Jones
President and CEO
CBL State Savings Bank
Greer, SC
Curtis J. Myers (Curt)
Chairman and CEO
Fulton Financial Corporation
Lancaster, PA

    
 

Appointed Members
Chair
ABA/State Association Alliance
Paul T. Hickman
President and CEO
Arizona Bankers Association
Phoenix, AZ

 Vice Chair
ABA/State Association Alliance
Richard Baier
President and CEO
Nebraska Bankers Association
Lincoln, NE

 Chair
Government Relations Council
Christie Huber Obenauer
President and CEO
Union State Bank of Hazen
Hazen, ND
Chair
Nominating Committee
Kenneth Kelly
Chairman and CEO
First Independence Bank
Detroit, MI
    

Executive Staff

President and CEO

Rob Nichols

  • American Bankers Association

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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 Finance and Administration Officer

Karin Flynn

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Chief of Staff

Laena Fallon

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Chief Member Engagement Officer

Russell Davis

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SVP, Executive and Board Operations

Sheila Chablani

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