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FDIC
Announces New Members for the Advisory Committee on Community Banking
The
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) has announced the selection of
seven new members for its Advisory Committee on Community Banking, which has
been providing advice and recommendations to the FDIC on a broad range of
community bank policy and regulatory matters since it was established in 2009.
The Advisory Committee members represent a cross-section of community bankers
from around the country.
“Community
banks play a critically important role in the financial system and economy of
the United States,” said
FDIC Chairman Jelena McWilliams. “We are
fortunate to have such highly respected professionals who are willing to
volunteer their time and talents to provide input on the issues most important
to community banks. I look forward to
working with the Advisory Committee members.”
The
Advisory Committee on Community Banking discusses and provides input to the
FDIC on a wide variety of topics, including current examination policies and
procedures, credit and lending practices, deposit insurance assessments,
insurance coverage and regulatory compliance.
The new
members of the Advisory Committee are:
- Fred DeBiasi, President & CEO, American
Savings Bank, Middletown, Ohio
- Christopher Donnelly, President & CEO,
Bank of the Prairie, Olathe, Kansas
- James J. Edwards, Jr., CEO, United Bank,
Zebulon, Georgia
- Kenneth Kelly, Chairman & CEO, First
Independence Bank, Detroit, Michigan
- Alan Shettlesworth, President & COO, Main
Bank, Albuquerque, New Mexico
- Louise Walker, President & CEO, First
Northern Bank, Dixon, California
- Len E. Williams, President & CEO, People’s
Utah Bancorp & CEO, People’s Intermountain Bank, American Fork, Utah
The new
members will join the following individuals already serving on the committee:
- Asif Dakri, Vice Chairman & CEO, Wallis
State Bank, Houston, Texas
- Christopher W. Emmons, CEO, Gorham Savings
Bank, Gorham, Maine
- David J. Hanrahan, Sr., President & CEO,
Capital Bank of New Jersey, Vineland, New Jersey
- Jack A. Hartings, President & CEO, The
Peoples Bank Co., Coldwater, Ohio
- Danny J. Kelly, President & CEO, The
Hometown Bank of Alabama, Oneonta, Alabama
- Arvind A. Menon, President & CEO, Meadows
Bank, Las Vegas, Nevada
- Tiffany Baer Paine, President & CEO,
Security Bank USA, Bemidji, Minnesota
- Mary Ann Scully, Chairman & CEO, Howard
Bank, Baltimore, Maryland
- Gwen M. Thompson, President & CEO, Clover
Community Bank, Clover, South Carolina
- John M. Tolomer, President & CEO, The
Westchester Bank, Yonkers, New York
- Joseph W. Turner, President & CEO, Great
Southern Bank, Springfield, Missouri
For more
information, please visit the Advisory Committee on Community Banking webpage
at http://www.fdic.gov/communitybanking/
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Congress created the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation in 1933 to restore public confidence in the nation’s banking
system. The FDIC insures
deposits at the nation’s banks and
savings associations, 5,542 as of June 30, 2018. It promotes the safety and soundness
of these institutions by identifying, monitoring and addressing risks to which they are exposed. The FDIC receives
no federal tax dollars—insured financial institutions fund its operations.
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and may also be obtained through the FDIC’s Public Information Center
(877-275-3342 or 703-562-2200). PR-73-2018
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