26 JANUARY / FEBRUARY 2018 Lucas White Lucas White, second vice chairman, is president of The Fountain Trust Company, Covington. He joined the bank in 1994 as a part-time teller. White serves as an at-large director of the Independent Community Bankers of America and is the current chairman of the ICBA Safety and Soundness Committee. He was honored as a Rising Star in Banking by the ICBA in 2012 and by NorthWestern Financial Review magazine in 2015. White has served the IBA as past president of the Future Leadership Division and on the IBA board in the capacity of FLD president. A practicing attorney, he earned a bachelor’s degree from Indiana University, a JD from the IU School of Law as Order of the Coif, and has completed the Graduate School of Banking at the University of Wisconsin. Annette M. Russell Annette M. Russell, immediate past chair, is president and CEO of Security Federal Savings Bank, Logansport. She joined the bank in 1991. A certified public accountant, Russell is a graduate of Indiana UniversityKokomo, of the Graduate School of Bank Investments and Financial Management and of the Stonier Graduate School of Banking. She serves on the American Bankers Association Community Bankers Council, and in 2016 she was appointed to the Indiana Board of Depositories by former Gov. Mike Pence. Past involvement includes service on the board of trustees of Logansport Memorial Hospital; as campaign chair for the United Way; as chair of the Logansport/ Cass County Economic Development Corp.; on the Reading Railroad advisory board; and on the boards of directors of the Cass County Chamber of Commerce and Special Olympics of Cass County. Additionally Russell had prior service on the IBA board as first and second vice chair and as northwest region director. She was granted the Indiana University Kokomo Alumni Association’s Distinguished Alumni Award in 2006, was inducted into the IU Kokomo Alumni Hall of Fame in 2013, was named Chamber of Commerce Business Woman of the Year for 2007-08 and completed the IBA Leadership Development Program in 2013. Russell has been honored twice by NorthWestern Financial Review magazine – as a Rising Star in Banking in 2010 and as an Outstanding Woman in Banking in 2014. Amber R. Van Til Amber R. Van Til, IBA president and CEO, was named to her position in 2017, after being named president in 2016. She additionally serves as an IBA Health Insurance trustee. Van Til joined the Association in 2002 as a lobbyist and has served as vice president-government relations, senior vice president-government relations and executive vice president. She is a member of the American Bankers Association Community Bankers Council; is a trustee of the Graduate School of Banking at the University of Wisconsin and of the Herbert V. Prochnow Educational Lucas White, The Fountain Trust Company, Covington, relaxes at the Annual Convention opening reception. Annette Russell, Security Federal Savings Bank, Logansport, has been with the bank for more than 25 years. Foundation; serves on the boards of directors of the Indiana Statewide Certified Development Corp., Indiana Fiscal Policy Institute and Indiana Legal Foundation; and is a member of the Governmental Affairs Society of Indiana, The Columbia Club and the Indiana Society of Association Executives. Van Til also has served with the Interim Study Committee on Mortgage Lending Practices and Home Loan Foreclosures, Indiana Foreclosure Prevention Network and Indiana’s Hardest Hit Fund. She was honored in 2015 as Association Professional of the Year by the Indiana Society of Association Executives, and in 2008 she won in the category of Banking & Financial Services for the Best & Brightest awards, sponsored by Junior Achievement of Central Indiana Inc. Van Til 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 (UW), and has earned the prestigious certificate of executive leadership from the UW Wisconsin School of Business. HB Amber Van Til, Indiana Bankers Association, is a frequent visitor to the Indiana Statehouse. HB Digital: Click to view biographies of all IBA board members, or visit indianabankers.org/about. 2018 BOARD OF DIRECTORS
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