Hoosier Banker 21 Banking, a national bipartisan super PAC committed to advocating for bank-friendly candidates in key senate races. 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. Ben Bochnowski Benjamin J. Bochnowski, first vice chairman, is president and CEO of Peoples Bank, Munster, and CEO of Finward Bancorp. He also serves on the board of directors of the Indiana Department of Financial Institutions, a position he was appointed to by Gov. Eric J. Holcomb in 2019. Bochnowski joined Peoples Bank in 2010, was named president and chief operating officer in 2015, joined the Finward Bancorp board of directors in 2014 and was promoted to CEO of the bank and holding company in 2016. He serves locally on the board of directors of One Region, dedicated to attracting and retaining talent in Northwest Indiana, and previously served on the Membership Council of the American Bankers Association. The Indiana Bankers Association operates under the guidance of the Association’s Board of Directors. Acting as the governing body of the IBA, the board consists of 17 members: three elected officers, one past chairman, the Association president/CEO, two representatives of national associations, the Future Leadership Division president, a non-Indiana headquartered bank director, and eight regional and atlarge directors. The functions of the board are to develop IBA policy and to establish long-range goals and objectives. The board also helps determine the IBA’s legislative programs and positions on banking-related issues. The IBA board acts with the same authority as the board of a bank or a corporation. An executive committee – consisting of the chairman, first and second vice chairmen, immediate past chairman, Association president/ CEO and two appointed directors – is authorized to act in lieu of the board between regular board meetings. Officers serve one-year terms and are elected by the membership at the IBA Annual Convention. Members of the 2023 board assumed their positions Jan. 1. Jamie Shinabarger Jamie R. Shinabarger, IBA chairman, is president, CEO and director of Springs Valley Bank & Trust Company as well as its 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 also serves on the executive committee of Friends of Traditional Proudly Presenting The 2023 IBA Board of Directors FEATURE Jamie Shinabarger participates in a joint meeting of the IBA Board of Directors and Government Relations Committee at the IBA's annual Legislative Briefing and Reception on Jan. 31, 2023, at the Hyatt Regency Indianapolis.
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