6 JANUARY / FEBRUARY 2021 Greetings, and welcome to 2021. My guess is that everyone is looking at this year with an extra dose of hope and optimism, tempered with an urge to forget 2020. Let’s not dismiss last year so quickly, though, that we overlook the good that came from it. Instead, let’s remember 2020 as the year that we survived and thrived, all at the same time. Indiana banks accomplished a great deal through the trials of 2020. Topping the list is that you helped to bring nearly $10 billion in support to Indiana small businesses through the Paycheck Protection Program. It was no small feat to process volumes of loans under a tight deadline, but you did it. You also donated much time, treasure and talent to helping community organizations, individuals and families in need. Those needs were enormous, but lessened through the support you provided. At the Indiana Bankers Association, we logged some accomplishments, too. We continued to retain all Indiana-headquartered banks as members, maintained a robust associate member base, reached thousands of bankers through education and training, successfully transitioned convening events to an online format, researched hundreds of pieces of legislation on your behalf, raised significant Indiana BANKPAC dollars and kept communications in flow. In the next-gen bankers arena, we saw the establishment of two banking minors in Indiana, kept our BankLEAD internship program up and running, and increased Future Leadership Division engagement. Additionally, we documented these achievements with more videos than we have ever produced before. Regarding banking minors, we greatly appreciate the opportunity to partner with Purdue University Northwest and Ball State University. In addition to offering banking minors, PNW initiated a banking concentration in 2019, and Ball State dedicated a room in its business school last fall to the IBA. See page 29 for a photo from the room dedication. Throughout all the ups and downs of 2020, your IBA remained fiscally solvent, ending the year far better than we had hoped. That kind of quantifiable success comes from the combined efforts of our bank members, associate members, IBA Board of Directors' guidance and IBA staff. I’d like to offer a special thank you to those associate members that were our IMPACT Players – Industry Makers Pledging Assistance, Cooperation & Togetherness. Also, a shout out goes to Rod Lasley, who spearheaded this opportunity. A list of IMPACT Players is shown on page 8. Now for 2021, while we don’t yet know exactly how it will play out, we do know that good news is around the corner. With widespread vaccinations on the horizon, plans are in place for the convening events that we all enjoy. :%28%+) :-);43-28 (SRŭX 1MWW 3YX The Don’t Miss Out box on this page gives dates for some of our larger events. You’ll notice that the Annual Convention is set for August this year, with the Mega Conference scheduled in October. Since Mega is so large, we felt it should take place later in the year rather than in May, to give more time for a return to normal. We’ll also be celebrating Leaders in Banking Excellence in 2021 – twice. Last year we inducted a record class of 10 members of exemplary banking leaders. Due to social distancing, we opted to wait for this year to recognize them, so we can present the Leaders in Banking Excellence awards in person. In addition, we’ll be inaugurating a new class of Leaders in Banking Excellence in coming months. See the announcement on page 3 for details on how to nominate someone from your organization for IBA’s highest honor. Also this year we plan to build on the success of the Commitment to Community award program by collecting nominations for bank community outreach in 2020. Visit indiana.bank/commitment-community-award to read more about the C2C awards, or see the announcement on page 51. Again, on behalf of the IBA team, welcome to 2021. Last year was a wild ride, yet also a privilege to partner with you. We look forward to working with you again this year. HB %QFIV 6 :ER 8MP President and CEO Indiana Bankers Association avantil@indiana.bank @grbanker %RRYEP 'SRZIRXMSR %YK Bank leaders convene, connect and conduct IBA business in scenic French Lick. 1IKE 'SRJIVIRGI 3GX Mega is the largest, most comprehensive state banking event in the nation. &EROMRK SR ;SQIR 'SRJIVIRGI 2SZ Women in banking gather to unlock potential and own the future. *SV IZIRX YTHEXIW ZMWMX MRHMERE FERO GEPIRHEV
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