Hoosier Banker 11 PHOTO CAPTION: Lucas White was inaugurated as 2020 IBA chairman at the Annual Convention last fall. You are deeply involved with both the IBA and the ICBA. How do you balance association time with work duties and your busy home life? “The work side is actually easier than the home life. We have a very good management team at the bank, including my father and brother. When I leave, the bank keeps running. “Everybody is fairly used to me being gone on a somewhat regular basis, and they can always call or email me to get in touch. So the work side is really not bad. “Home life with three kids is the harder part, so I try to limit the time away from home as much as I can. If I have a trip, Sue and I talk about the dates and work out details. “I couldn’t do it without Sue. She takes care of things on the homefront when I’m gone and always steps up when I have to be out of town. She supports my involvement and takes care of the kids and house while I’m away. “Invariably someone will get sick while I’m gone, or something will break, but Sue handles it. I was thinking about it recently, because I was on a plane to D.C. for an ICBA trip to meet with the Federal Reserve, and she was on her own for two days.” What do you plan to accomplish as 2020 chairman of the IBA? “I want to visit all the bankers, like Larry Myers did when he was chairman. Five years ago, he visited every bank in the state. The members appreciated having the chairman come see them. I hope to make the members who are not very involved with the Association feel closer to it and to encourage them to get more involved. I also want to hear everyone’s opinion of how the Association is doing.
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