26 JANUARY / FEBRUARY 2019 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 BankBeat magazine, formerly NorthWestern Financial Review, in 2015. White is a past president of the IBA Future Leadership Division and has served on the IBA board in the capacity of FLD president and as second vice chairman. 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. Michael S. Zahn Michael S. Zahn, second vice chairman, is president and CEO of First Federal Savings Bank, Huntington. He joined the bank in 1996 and was named president in 2005 and CEO in 2011. Zahn is president of the Huntington University Foundation, a member of the board of trustees for Huntington University, and a member of the board of directors of Huntington County Economic Development. Additionally, he is past chair of the United Way of Huntington Capital Campaign, the Bowen Center, the Optimist Club, Parkview Huntington YMCA, Huntington County Junior Achievement, Huntington County Chamber of Commerce and Lime City Economic Development. Zahn has served on the IBA board as a northeast region director. He earned an undergraduate degree from Indiana University and an MBA from the University of Notre Dame. Clay W. Ewing Clay W. Ewing, immediate past chairman, is president, chief banking officer and secretary to the board of directors of German American Bancorp Inc. and of German American Bank, Jasper. He joined German American in 1994 as president and CEO of a subsidiary bank of the company, and he has more than 40 years of banking experience. Ewing is active in regional economic development and currently serves as chairman of the Perry County Development Corp. and as a board member of the Economic Development Coalition of Southwest Indiana. He also serves on various other civic and community boards. He has served on the IBA board as chairman, first and second vice chairman, and southwest region director; additionally, he is a member of the IBA 40 Year Club. Ewing is a graduate of Lockyear College and of The School for Bank Administration at the University of Wisconsin. Amber R. Van Til Amber R. Van Til is president and CEO of the Indiana Bankers Association. Additionally, she is an IBA Health Insurance trustee. Van Til joined the Association in 2002 as a lobbyist and has served the IBA as vice president-government relations, senior vice president-government relations, executive vice president and president before being named president and CEO in 2017. She is a member of the American Bankers Association Community Bankers Council, Michael S. Zahn, First Federal Savings Bank, Huntington Clay W. Ewing, German American Bank, Jasper Amber R. Van Til, Indiana Bankers Association a trustee of the Graduate School of Banking at the University of Wisconsin and of the Herbert V. Prochnow Educational Foundation, a member of the boards of directors of Indiana Fiscal Policy Institute and Indiana Legal Foundation, and a member of the Governmental Affairs Society of Indiana, The Columbia Club and the Indiana Society of Association Executives. Van Til also has served on the Interim Study Committee on Mortgage Lending Practices and Home Loan Foreclosures, Indiana Foreclosure Prevention Network, Indiana’s Hardest Hit Fund and the Indiana Statewide Certified Development Corporation. 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 a certificate of executive leadership from the UW Wisconsin School of Business. HB HB Digital: Click to view biographies of all IBA board members, or visit indianabankers.org/about
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