6 HќќѠіђџȱ юћјђџ ђѐђњяђџ 2016 Iȱ ¢ȱŘŖŖŝȱ ȱ ȱ¢ȱęȱHoosier Banker column, as I had just been named president and CEO of your IBA. My predecessor, James H. Cousins, had retired on June 30, 2007. Previously I had served as president and CEO of the Community Bankers Association of Indiana (CBAI), which merged with the IBA on Oct. 1, 2006. ȱ ȱȱŗŖȱ¢ȱȱĚ ȱ¢Ƿ ȱ ȱȱęȱǰȱ ȱ ȱȱȱ ȱǰȱ “Hello, Goodbye.” It was appropriate for me to wish Jim well in his retirement (goodbye) and to introduce myself to those who had not worked with me before (hello). It seems appropriate now to tie the Hello, Goodbye theme ȱȱȱȱȱ¢ǯȱ ȱ ȱȱ¢ȱęȱȱȱ Hoosier Banker as your CEO. I have enjoyed my time in this role and my overall banking career of 47 years. I hope to still participate in the IBA Mega Conference and Annual Convention, so that I can stay in touch with the many friends that I have made in this business. I will spend ȱȱ ǰȱȱ ȱȱȱȱ Ƿ Milestones of my career appear in a separate article in this edition of Hoosier Banker, but one particularly bright memory was hiring a young lady who had just graduated from the Robert H. McKinney School of Law at Indiana University in Indianapolis. I was introduced to her through a lobbyist friend of mine, which seems odd in retrospect, given that both her mother and father were community bankers. Amber R. Moore joined the CBAI in 2002 with the ȱȱȱȱěȱȱȱǯ Amber started her career on a high note and has never wavered. Within the next couple of years, she married Russell Van Til, to become Amber R. Van Til. Earlier this ¢ǰȱ ȱ ȱȱȱȱȱ ȱǰȱěȱ Jan. 1, 2017, she will become president and CEO, and my successor. ȱ ȱ ȱȱȱȱȱěȱĜȱȱȱȱ ȱ since its founding in 1897. Amber is well suited to assume this leadership position, and I could not be prouder than to have her succeed me. That was my abbreviated version of the Hello part of this article. Now for the Goodbye part, which will be even ǯȱ ȱȱ ¢ȱȱȱȱȱȱĴȱ about the business of banking. I believe that it is the most important business in the world, because it provides the capital required of every other business. Those businesses then create jobs that allow individuals to meet their needs and dreams. Banking is where that all starts. Bankers make this happen. Bankers are dream makers. Bankers are the backbone of our economic system. Bankers should always be proud of what they do, and know the importance of the decisions they make. It has been my pleasure to serve bankers and the banking industry. I am proud of what we collectively have accomplished. I have lived for the past 26 years at the intersection ȱȱȱǰȱȱȱ ȱěȱ¢ȱȱȱ this country. Through the years, I have had the privilege to meet wonderful people and to travel throughout the United States. Thanks to all of you, I have enjoyed an interesting and rewarding career journey. Thank you, thank you, thank you dzȱȱ¢Ƿ FEATURE ȱ ќћёђџіћєѠ 6 -RH 'H+DYHQ &KLHI ([HFXWLYH 2IÀFHU ,QGLDQD %DQNHUV $VVRFLDWLRQ S. Joe DeHaven has announced plans to retire as chief ¡ȱĜȱȱȱ ȱ ȱ ǰȱě- tive Dec. 31. He has served in association leadership for 26 years and in Indiana banking for 47 years. Amber R. Van Til, IBA president, has been designated as DeHaven’s successor, ěȱ ǯȱŗǰȱŘŖŗŝǯ DeHaven joined the Association as president and chief ȱĜȱȱŘŖŖŜǰȱȱȱȱȱȱȱȱȱ - sociation with the Community Bankers Association of Indiana (CBAI). In 2007 he was promoted to president and CEO; last March, the president’s title was conferred to DeHaven’s successor as part of a leadership transition plan. Prior to the IBA/CBAI merger, DeHaven had been serving the CBAI as president and CEO from 1990 through 2006. He had prior ȱ¡ȱȱȱ¡ȱĜȱȱ ȱ ȱ ȱȱ ȱȭȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ǰȱ ǯ In the banking community, DeHaven has served in leadership positions with multiple organizations, including the Graduate School of Banking at the University of Wisconsin; the Herbert V. Prochnow Educational Foundation; the IBA Group Health Insurance Trust; the New Markets Tax Credit Advisory Board of the Cinnaire Corporation Fund for Housing; the Indiana Legal Foundation; Friends of Traditional Banking; the State Bankers Association Alliance; the Minority Bank Council of the Independent Community Bankers of America; the Council of Community Banker Associations; the Independent Community Bankers of America; the American Bankers Association Government Relations ȱ Dzȱȱ ȱ ȱ ęȱ Development Corp.; and the Family Services of Delaware County. Additionally DeHaven has been a member of the ȱ ěȱ ¢ȱȱ Dzȱȱȱ ȱ Society of Association Executives; and of the Indiana Society of Association Executives, which named him Association Executive of the Year in 2010. A member of the IBA Forty Year Club, DeHaven is a graduate of Ball State University and of the Graduate School of Banking at the University of Wisconsin. TAKING IT EASY
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