26 JANUARY / FEBRUARY 2021 %QFIV :ER 8MP 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 chairs the trustees of the Graduate School of Banking at the University of Wisconsin and of the Herbert V. Prochnow Educational Foundation, and she is a member of the American Bankers Association Government Relations Council and ABA State Association Alliance Executive Committee, Independent Community Bankers of America Subcommittee on Safety and Soundness, Friends of Traditional Banking board of directors, +EVV] /PIIV Garry D. Kleer, 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. His community involvement includes service on the boards of the Boys and Girls Club of Wayne County, Reid Health Foundation, Richmond Symphony Orchestra and Wayne County Foundation. He 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. Kleer is a graduate of Indiana University, the Graduate School of Commercial Lending and the Stonier Graduate School of Banking. .EQMI 7LMREFEVKIV Jamie R. Shinabarger, 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 previously served on the IBA Board of Directors as a south region director. Shinabarger 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. 0YGEW ;LMXI Lucas White, immediate past chairman, is president of The Fountain Trust Company, Covington. He joined the bank in 1994 as a part-time teller. White serves as a director of the Independent Community Bankers of America and currently chairs the ICBA Bank Services Committee. He has been honored as a Sagamore of the Wabash in 2020 and recognized as a Rising Star in Banking by the ICBA and BankBeat magazine. White is a past president of the IBA Future Leadership Division and has served on the IBA board as chairman, first vice chairman, second vice chairman and FLD president. A practicing attorney, he earned a bachelor’s degree from Indiana University, a JD from the IU Maurer School of Law at Bloomington as Order of the Coif, and he has completed the Graduate School of Banking at the University of Wisconsin. Garry Kleer serves in leadership capacity for multiple community organizations. Jamie Shinabarger applies the core disciplines of banking as an industry leader. Amber Van Til shares insights about IBA’s new chairman in a video (link on page 13.) Lucas White delivers a presentation to members during the Mega Reimagined event.
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