24 12 4 4 PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE Work Worth Doing By Amber Brown, President, MIB 6 EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR’S MESSAGE Butte Raises the Bar By Shane Scanlon, Executive Director, MIB 8 2026 MIB Convention & Trade Show Highlights July 22-24, Butte, Montana 10 Thank You Convention Sponsors! 12 Showing Up for People A Q&A with 2026 MIB Young Banker Award Recipient Caden Harkins 15 SAVE THE DATE Women in Banking Conference 16 Compliance Q&A By William J. Showalter, CRCM, CRP, Senior Consultant, Young & Associates Inc. 18 Proactive Planning for CRA Success By William J. Showalter, CRCM, CRP, Senior Consultant, Young & Associates Inc. 20 WOMEN IN BANKING CONFERENCE Crafts & Connections 20 Join Us at the MIB Griz Tailgate! 22 6 Community Banking Wins in the First 6 Months of 2026 By Rebeca Romero Rainey, President and CEO, ICBA 24 The Threshold of Life Memorial How You Can Support Montana’s Organ and Tissue Donors 26 2026 MIB Membership Directory 26 MIB Associate Member Banks 27 MIB Associate Member Resource Guide Contents ISSUE 3 2026 2026 MIB EXECUTIVE OFFICERS Loren Brown, President Ascent Bank, Helena lbrown@ascentbank.com Amber Brown, Vice President Peoples Bank of Deer Lodge abrown@pbdl.net Clinton Gerst, Secretary Bank of Bozeman cgerst@bankofbozeman.com Laura Clark, Treasurer Opportunity Bank lclark@oppbank.com Tim Schreiber, Immediate Past President Farmers State Bank tims@farmersebank.com Shawn Dutton, ICBA State Director First Security Bank of Roundup sdutton@1stsecurityroundup.com 2026 MIB BOARD OF DIRECTORS Amanda Burgess Madison Valley Bank, Ennis Tom Christnacht First Security Bank of Deer Lodge Bill Coffee Stockman Bank, Miles City Daniel Day Bank of Montana, Missoula Mike Hawthorne First Montana Bank, Missoula Logan Hensley Valley Bank of Kalispell Brice Kluth First State Bank of Shelby Kenny Martin Independence Bank, Helena Scott Mizner American Bank, Bozeman Joel Rosenberg Three Rivers Bank of Montana, Kalispell Andrew West Eagle Bank, Polson Phil Willett Pioneer Federal Savings and Loan, Dillon ASSOCIATE BOARD MEMBER Ryan Fritz Citizens Alliance Bank rfritz@citizensalliancebank.com MIB STAFF Shane Scanlon, Executive Director shane@mibonline.org Holly O’Malley, Executive Assistant holly@mibonline.org ©2026 The Montana Independent Bankers Association (MIB) |MBR Connect™. All rights reserved. Community Banker is published four times per year and is the official publication for this association. The information contained in this publication is intended to provide general information for review, consideration and education. The contents do not constitute legal advice and should not be relied on as such. If you need legal advice or assistance, it is strongly recommended that you contact an attorney as to your circumstances. The statements and opinions expressed in this publication are those of the individual authors and do not necessarily represent the views of MIB, its board of directors or the publisher. Likewise, the appearance of advertisements within this publication does not constitute an endorsement or recommendation of any product or service advertised. Community Banker is a collective work, and as such, some articles are submitted by authors who are independent of MIB. While a first‑print policy is encouraged, in cases where this is not possible, every effort has been made to comply with any known reprint guidelines or restrictions. Content may not be reproduced or reprinted without prior written permission. For further information, please contact the publisher at (801) 676-9722. MONTANA INDEPENDENT BANKERS 1812 11th Ave. PO Box 4893 Helena, MT 59604 (406) 449-7444 shane@mibonline.org mibonline.org Community Banker 3
RkJQdWJsaXNoZXIy MTg3NDExNQ==