positions including branch manager, vice president of retail banking, chief operations officer and, most recently, president and chief operating officer. In addition to various community affiliations, Arnold is a trustee for the IBA Group Insurance Trust and was appointed to the Indiana Board of Depositories in 2024. She is a former member of the Franklin College Alumni Council and a past president of the Indiana Bankers Association Future Leadership Division. She earned a bachelor’s degree from Franklin College and an MBA from Indiana Wesleyan University. Arnold also is a graduate of the American Bankers Association Stonier Graduate School of Banking and the ABA National Commercial Lending School. BEN BOCHNOWSKI Ben Bochnowski welcomes attendees to the Associate Member Reception kicking off the IBA’s 2024 Mega Conference at the Westin Indianapolis Downtown. Benjamin J. Bochnowski, immediate past chair, is CEO of Peoples Bank, Munster, as well as president and CEO of its holding company, Finward Bancorp. He also serves on the board of directors of the Indiana Department of Financial Institutions, a position he was appointed to by Gov. Eric Holcomb in 2019. Bochnowski joined Peoples Bank in 2010 and the Finward Bancorp board of directors in 2014. He was named president of Peoples Bank in 2015, and promoted to CEO of the bank and holding company in 2016. He serves locally on the board of directors of One Region, dedicated to attracting and retaining talent in northwest Indiana; and Allies for Community Business. Bochnowski earned a bachelor’s degree from the University of Michigan, an MBA from the ESADE Business School in Barcelona, Spain, and a leadership certificate from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. Additionally, he is a graduate of the ABA Stonier Graduate School of Banking. Bochnowski was honored as a 2020 Rising Star in Banking by BankBeat magazine. AMBER VAN TIL Amber Van Til addresses the audience at a reception honoring Lucas White, president of The Fountain Trust Company, Covington, upon his taking on the role of chairman of the Independent Community Bankers of America at ICBA’s 2024 annual convention in Orlando, Fla. Amber R. Van Til is president and CEO of the Indiana Bankers Association and a trustee of the IBA Group Insurance Trust. She joined the Association in 2002 as a lobbyist and has served the IBA as vice president-government relations, senior vice president-government relations, executive vice president and president before being named president and CEO in 2017. She is a trustee of the Graduate School of Banking at the University of Wisconsin and of the Herbert V. Prochnow Educational Foundation; on the governance and industry committees of iLab, an organization helping establish youth apprenticeship programs across the state; and a member of the American Bankers Association’s State Association Alliance, Independent Community Bankers of America Federal Delegate Board, Friends of Traditional Banking board of directors, Governmental Affairs Society of Indiana, The Columbia Club and the Indiana Society of Association Executives. Van Til was honored as ISAE Association Executive of the Year in 2023 and in 2015 as Association Professional of the Year. In 2008, she won in the category of Banking & Financial Services for the Best & Brightest awards, sponsored by Junior Achievement of Central Indiana Inc. She is a graduate of the University of Indianapolis and of the Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law, has completed the Lacy Leadership LEAD program and the Graduate School of Banking at the University of Wisconsin, and has earned a Certificate of Executive Leadership from the UW School of Business. 16 HOOSIERBANKER FEATURE CONT.
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