ICBA Announces Nominees for 2014 Board

The Independent Community Bankers of America (ICBA) has announced the nominees for its 2014-15 board of directors. ICBA’s board of directors will vote on the nominations during the 2014 ICBA National Convention, which will be held March 2-6 in Honolulu. Nominations for the 2014-15 ICBA board of directors and their respective positions include: • Chairman, John H. Buhrmaster, ICBA chairman-elect and president of 1st National Bank of Scotia, N.Y. • Chairman-elect and Federal Delegate Board chairman, Jack Hartings, president of The Peoples Bank Co. of Coldwater, Ohio • Vice chairman, Rebeca Romero Rainey, board chairman and CEO of Centinel Bank of Taos, N.M. • ICBA president and CEO, Camden R. Fine • Treasurer, Preston Kennedy, president and CEO of Bank of Zachary, La. • Secretary, Timothy Zimmerman, president and CEO of Standard Bank of Monroeville, Pa. • Immediate past chairman, Bill Loving, president and CEO of Pendleton Community Bank of Franklin, W.Va. • Past chairman, Jeffrey L. Gerhart, ICBA past chairman and president and CEO of Bank of Newman Grove, Neb. • Past chairman, Sal Marranca, president and CEO of Cattaraugus County Bank of Little Valley, N.Y. • Past chairman, Jim MacPhee, CEO of Kalamazoo County State Bank of Schoolcraft, Mich. • Past chairman, R. Michael Menzies, president and CEO of Easton Bank and Trust Co. of Easton, Md. • At-large director, Noah W. Wilcox, president, CEO and vice chairman of Grand Rapids State Bank of Grand Rapids, Minn. • At-large director, Greg Ohlendorf, president and CEO of First Community Bank and Trust of Beecher, Ill. • At-large director and Federal Delegate Board representative, R. Scott Heitkamp, president and CEO of ValueBank Texas of Corpus Christi, Texas • At-large director and Federal Delegate Board representative, Chuck Johnston, president and CEO of North Valley Bank of Thornton, Colo. • Bank Education Committee chairman, Mike Ellenburg, president of First Southern State Bank of Stevenson, Alab. • Bank Services Committee chairman, Scott McBride, president of The First National Bank of Buffalo, Wyo. • ICBPAC chairman, Jack Hopkins, president and CEO of CorTrust Bank, N.A., of Sioux Falls, S.D. • Policy Development Committee chairman, Greg Deckard, president, CEO and chairman of State Bank Northwest of Spokane, Wash. • Bank Operations and Payments Committee chairman, Sam Vallandingham, senior vice president and CIO of The First State Bank of Barboursville, W.Va. • ICBA Consolidated Holdings chairman, Cynthia L. Blankenship, vice chairman and chief operating officer of Bank of the West of Grapevine, Texas • Corporate secretary, Mark A. Raitor, ICBA chief operating officer