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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

John C. Asbury

  • CEO
  • Atlantic Union Bankshares Corporation
  • Richmond, VA

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Chair elect

Kenneth Kelly

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

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Vice Chair

Catherine Owen

  • Chair, President & CEO
  • State Holding Company
  • Little Rock, AR

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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
Mary Kay Bates
President and CEO
Bank Midwest
Spirit Lake, IA
 
 Thomas J. Fraser (Tom)
President and CEO
First Mutual Holding Company (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
Chairman and CEO
Fulton Financial Corporation
Lancaster, PA		 David Osborn (David)
President and CEO
WestStar Bank
El Paso, TX

 

Two Year Term
Saleem Iqbal
President and CEO
HAB Bank
New York, NY

 Timothy Marshall (Tim)
President and CEO
Bank of Ann Arbor
Ann Arbor, MI
 
 Christie Huber Obenauer
President and CEO
Union State Bank of Hazen
Hazen, ND
 
James Ryan (Jim)
Chairman and CEO
Old National Bancorp
Evansville, IN
 
 


 

One Year Term
Brent Beardall
President, CEO and Vice Chairman
WaFd Bank
Seattle, WA
 
 Cheryl D. Bowers
President and CEO
Rondout Savings Bank (Mutual)
Kingston, NY
 
 John R. Ciulla
Chairman and CEO
Webster Financial Corporation
Stamford, CT
 
Simon Cruz
Chairman of the Board
Intercredit Bank
Coral Gables, FL 		Larry W. Myers
President and CEO
First Savings Bank
Jeffersonville, IN
 
 George Leis (At-Large)
President and COO
Montecito Bank & Trust
Santa Barbara, CA
 

Appointed Members
Chair
Nominating Committee
Julieann M. Thurlow (Julie)
 President and CEO
Reading Cooperative Bank (Mutual)
Reading, MA

 Chair
ABA/State Association Alliance
Rick Clayburgh
President and CEO
North Dakota Bankers Association
Bismarck, ND

 Vice Chair
ABA/State Association Alliance
Michael Adelman (Mike)
President and CEO
Ohio Bankers League
Columbus, OH
Chair
Government Relations Council
Kenneth W. Clayton (Ken)
Chairman and CEO
Western Bank Artesia
Artesia, NM


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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Chief Member Engagement Officer

Joanna Shapiro

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VP, Executive and Board Operations

Sheila Chablani

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