ABA Banking Journal
The ABA nominating committee — chaired by Dan Blanton, senior EVP at South State Bank in Augusta, Ga. — has selected a slate of candidates for the association’s board of directors. Nominees for three-year terms on the board are:
- Stacey Bentley, president and CEO, Community Bank and Trust Company, Waterloo, Iowa
- Jill Castilla, president and CEO, Citizens Bank of Edmond, Edmond, Okla.
- Wesley Hoskins, president and CEO, First Community Bank, Corpus Christi, Texas
- Bryan Jordan, chairman, president and CEO, First Horizon National Corporation, Memphis, Tenn.
- Andrea Smith, chief administrative officer, Bank of America, Charlotte, N.C.
- Phil Wenger, chairman, president and CEO, Fulton Financial Corporation, Lancaster, Pa.
The nominees will join other sitting board members and ABA’s nominees for new officers — previously announced in August — following their election during the ABA Annual Convention, Oct. 15-17 in Chicago. Other board members and officers are:
- Ken Burgess, chairman, FirstCapital Bank of Texas, Midland, Texas, as chairman
- Jeff Szyperski, chairman, president and CEO, Chesapeake Bank, Kilmarnock, Va., as chairman-elect
- Laurie Stewart, president and CEO, Sound Community Bank, Seattle, as vice chairman
- George Hermann, president and CEO, Windsor Federal Savings, Windsor, Conn., as treasurer
- Scott Anderson, president and CEO, Zions Bank, Salt Lake City
- Rheo Brouillard, president and CEO, Savings Institute Bank and Trust Company, Willimantic, Conn.
- Deborah Cole, president and CEO, Citizens Savings Bank and Trust Company, Nashville, Tenn.
- Luther Deaton, chairman, president and CEO, Central Bank and Trust Company, Lexington, Ky.
- Jim Edwards, chairman and CEO, United Bank Corp, Griffin, Ga.
- Patti Husic, president and CEO, Centric Financial Corporation, Harrisburg, Pa.
- Douglas Petno, CEO for commercial banking, JPMorgan Chase & Co., New York
- Manolo Sánchez, chairman, BBVA Compass, Houston, Texas
- Dan Schrider, president and CEO, Sandy Spring Bancorp, Inc., Olney, Md.
- Julieann Thurlow, president and CEO, Reading Co-Operative Bank, Reading, Mass.
- Louise Walker, president and CEO, First Northern Community Bancorp, Dixon, Calif.
- McCall Wilson, president and CEO, The Bank of Fayette County, Rossville, Tenn.
- Dorothy Savarese, chairman, president and CEO, Cape Cod Five Cents Savings Bank, Orleans, Mass., as chairman of the ABA Nominating Committee
- Jeff Ball, president and CEO, Friendly Hills Bank, Whittier, Calif., as chairman of the ABA Government Relations Council
- Jim Reuter, CEO, FirstBank Holding Company, Denver, as vice chairman of the ABA Government Relations Council
- Scott Latham, president and CEO, Alabama Bankers Association, as the ABA State Bankers Association Alliance representative
