Who or what inspires you? Community bankers and their stories inspire me and constantly remind me that community banks are worth fighting for. By the end of this year, I will have spoken at 20 bank conventions across the country. I meet community bankers and learn about their banks and what they do in their communities when I go to conventions. Those stories make me remember how important what we do is. How do you define success? It depends on what the topic is. Success as ICBA chairman will be getting more community bankers involved in advocacy and convincing young bankers that they can have leadership roles in their state association and ICBA. Success at my bank will be achieving what we need to do to get the bank down to my kids’ generation. Personal success is enjoying time with my wife Sue and our kids. What are you reading or listening to? I like to read spy novels or adventure stories. I’m currently reading “Ghost Rider: Travels on the Healing Road” by Neil Peart. What do you do for fun when you’re not working? I love running, sailing, traveling and riding my motorcycle. I spend a lot of time these days at my kids’ sporting events. IBA Annual Convention attendees will know that you’ve sponsored the Allen Edmonds Experience as part of the Indiana BANKPAC auction for the past several years. Is there a story behind your first pair of Allen Edmonds shoes? Sue bought me my first pair for Christmas 12 years ago. Lyric, our oldest, was due a couple weeks after Christmas, so we went to Chicago the day after Christmas to buy a pair. Online, I found two pairs I wanted. Sue and I started negotiating and, as a joke, she agreed to two pairs if I walked into the store on North Michigan Avenue, held out both arms and said, “I am here for the full Allen Edmonds experience!” I walked out with two pairs of shoes. That’s how the auction item got the name. As I went through the chairs of IBA and traveled around the state visiting banks, somehow people learned that I enjoy nice shoes. I thought we would try it at the auction to see if we could raise some money, and it has worked so far. Tell us about something on your bucket list or a favorite memory. I want to ride my motorcycle in every state and every Canadian province. I am only missing a small pocket of states on the east coast, just north of Washington D.C. and the three northern-most Canadian provinces (Northwest Territories, Nunavut, and Newfoundland and Labrador). (from left) Lucas, Graham, Sue, Oliver and Lyric White at Mount Rushmore Lucas White carting around his sons, Graham and Oliver Lucas White’s family leads the applause as he took office as ICBA’s new chairman, including, from left, Kip White, chairman & CEO of The Fountain Trust Company, Covington; Lyric White, Lucas’ eldest son; and Campbell White, executive vice president. (Photo by Chris A. Williams for ICBA) COVER STORY CONT. 16 HOOSIERBANKER
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