13 Hoosier Banker October 2015 numerous events. Thank you for this opportunity. t achievement was to protect the reserves that have accumulated at the Indiana Department of Financial Institutions and to shine a light on concerns regarding its budget. In the education area, the IBA holds about 400 webinars each year, plus 200 seminars, schools, series, conferences and forums annually. That is more programming than any other state bankers association in the country, and does not even count the IBA Mega Conference, which is the largest event hosted by any state bankers association nationwide. As a matter of fact, this year we sold over 90 booth spaces and had a record attendance of 1,276 people at Mega. We continue to increase our emphasis on future leadership programming and have seen significant growth in this area. This year we initiated a Future Leadership Division “Day at the Statehouse” that drew about 50 young bankers from across the state. They talked with their legislators about the issues of the day and learned a great deal about the legislative process from presenters. No doubt, this program will become a regular offering of IBA. IBA is blessed to have one of the most talented staffs in the association world. Several are 25+ year employees and are recognized throughout the country as industry leaders. This year staff received the following recognitions: Chris Bennett and Susan Clark won the Indiana Society of Association Executives award for outstanding convention. This is the 12th consecutive year that IBA staff have been recognized for awards by ISAE. Joe DeHaven completed his year as chairman of the board of trustees of the Graduate School of Banking and the Prochnow Educational Foundation. He was the first GSB alum to chair the board. Also this year, Amber Van Til was promoted to executive vice president of the IBA. As you may recall, last year when I was elected to be chairman, I indicated that I had two goals for my term. First was that we would need two buses in Washington, D.C., to transfer all of the Indiana bankers who would be in attendance at our annual lobbying trip. That translated into 55 bankers and 80 total people in attendance. As of now, we are at 57 bankers and 88 total people. The second goal was to visit every Indiana-headquartered bank president at his or her office.* I am pleased to report that, as of two weeks ago, I completed that goal. It was a lot of work, and I want to thank Rod Lasley, who assisted me in visiting the banks north of Indianapolis. I’ll share some stories about the visits tomorrow evening at the Chairman’s Banquet. This year has been incredible. It has been an honor to represent you throughout the country at *Note: Larry Myers will be sharing insights about his visits to bank presidents in the November issue of Hoosier Banker. Larry W. Myers, 2015 IBA chairman, presides at the Annual Convention. {Cultivate.} When tended with care, the tiniest seeds will produce robust plants. The same is true for ideas that help your bank succeed. The broad experience of Plante Moran’s financial institutions practice will enrich your team with the expertise needed to harvest a bright future. Advisors tending to the seeds of growth are a higher return on experience. Robert Bondy 616.643.4013 banks.plantemoran.com Michael Stearns 269.567.4614
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