24 JULY / AUGUST 2020 The slate is set for year 2021 new officer candidates for the Indiana Bankers Association. Elections are scheduled to take place at the annual business meeting at the IBA Mega Convention in November. New officers assume positions Jan. 1, 2021, and serve one-year terms. The IBA nominating committee, led by immediate past chairman Lucas White, The Fountain Trust Company, Covington, has nominated the following officer candidates: • Chairman: Michael S. Zahn, First Federal Savings Bank, Huntington; • First vice chairman: Garry D. Kleer, First Bank Richmond; • Second vice chairman: Jamie R. Shinabarger, Springs Valley Bank & Trust Company, Jasper. In addition to serving on the IBA Board of Directors, officers serve on the IBA Executive Committee, along with the immediate past chairman, two appointed directors and the IBA president/CEO. The Executive Committee has the authority to act in lieu of the board between regular board meetings. Michael S. Zahn Mike Zahn, candidate for 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 a board member and past president of the Huntington University Foundation and a member of the board of directors of Huntington County Economic Development. Additionally, he is a past member of the board of trustees for Huntington University and 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 the IBA as first vice chairman, second vice chairman and northeast region director. He earned an undergraduate degree from Indiana University and an MBA from the University of Notre Dame. FEATURE New IBA Officer Candidates 2021 Garry D. Kleer Garry D. Kleer, candidate for first vice chairman, is chairman, president and CEO of First Bank Richmond. He also is chairman, president and CEO of Richmond Mutual Bancorporation. Kleer joined the bank in 1994 as vice president of commercial lending and was promoted in 2001 to president and CEO. He serves on the boards of the Boys and Girls Club of Wayne County, Reid Health Foundation, Richmond Symphony Orchestra and Wayne County Foundation. Additionally, Kleer has been recognized with the Indiana University East Chancellor’s Medallion, Junior Achievement Business Hall of Fame, Richmond/Wayne County Distinguished Community Leader, and Boys and Girls Club Man and Youth Award. He has served the IBA as second vice chairman and is a graduate of Indiana University, the Graduate School of Commercial Lending and the Stonier Graduate School of Banking. Jamie R. Shinabarger Jamie R. Shinabarger, candidate for second vice chairman, is president, CEO and director of Springs Valley Bank & Trust Company as well as the parent company, SVB&T Corporation, Jasper. He has 40 years of financial services experience serving with three financial institutions. Before joining the bank in 2008, Shinabarger was president and CEO of Hicksville Building, Loan & Savings Bank in Ohio, where he served from 1986 to 2007. He began his career in 1980 as an agricultural loan officer and appraiser with the Federal Land Bank of Bryan, Ohio, then served as a loan asset specialist with the consolidated Farm Credit Services of Defiance, Ohio, from 1980 to 1986. Shinabarger serves on the boards and executive committees of two economic development organizations, Dubois Strong and Radius Indiana, and additionally is a member of the Kiwanis Club of Jasper. He earned a bachelor’s degree from Taylor University, an MBA from Indiana Wesleyan University and a certification of completion in executive education from the Ohio State College of Business. HB
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