14 JANUARY / FEBRUARY 2017 On Dec. 31, 2016, S. Joe DeHaven completed his final day as chief executive officer of the Indiana Bankers Association. He had been serving as CEO of the Association since July 1, 2007, and in total had been in banking for 47 years. Essentially DeHaven forged two careers – one as a banker, one as a bank trade association executive – both in service to the Indiana banking community. DeHaven began his career with Merchants National Bank of Muncie, now First Merchants Bank, working the night shift in the computer room while completing studies at Ball State University. He fulfilled various roles, rising to executive officer level, until he left in 1990 to fulfill a call to leadership with the Community Bankers Association of Indiana (CBAI). Though the CBAI was suffering fallout from a leadership void, DeHaven gamely took on the challenge of guiding the organization as CEO. Through perseverance, he and his team fashioned the CBAI into a formidable trade association. Then, in 2006, the climate was ripe for the strengthened CBAI to merge with the IBA. DeHaven joined the new IBA as president and chief S. Joe DeHaven Dedicated service to banking operating officer; nine months later, he was named president and CEO. During DeHaven’s leadership tenure at the IBA, membership has expanded to include all Indiana-headquartered banks and most out-of-state banks operating in Indiana. The Association’s budget has nearly tripled, making the IBA one of the most financially sound bank trade associations in the nation. Additionally the Association and staff have won multiple awards and honors, including more than 25 statewide awards from the Indiana Society of Association Executives, which honored DeHaven as Association Executive of the Year in 2010. Through the years, DeHaven has served the banking community in multiple leadership capacities. Organizations served include 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 Independent Community Bankers of America board and Minority Bank Council, the Council of Community Banker Associations, the American Bankers Association Government Relations Administrative Council, the Indiana Statewide Certified Development Corp. and Family Services of Delaware County. He is a member of the IBA Forty Year Club and a graduate of Ball State University and of the Graduate School of Banking at the University of Wisconsin. S. Joe DeHaven served the Indiana Bankers Association as president and chief I\IGYXMZI SJƤGIV 2007-2016, completing a career of 47 years in Indiana banking. SPECIAL TRIBUTE
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