ABA Nominates Officers, Board for 2025-2026

The American Bankers Association's Nominating Committee has finalized the official slate of candidates to be presented for election at the association's annual meeting scheduled for Oct. 21 in Charlotte, N.C.

The committee, chaired by Julieann M. Thurlow, president and CEO, Reading Cooperative Bank, Reading, Mass., nominated these candidates for ABA officer positions:

• CHAIR: Kenneth Kelly, chairman and CEO, First Independence Bank, Detroit;
• CHAIR-ELECT: Catherine Owen, executive chair, Eagle Bank & Trust Company, and chair and CEO, State Holding Company, Little Rock, Ark.;
• VICE CHAIR: James C. Ryan III, chairman and CEO, Old National Bancorp, Evansville, Ind.; and
• TREASURER: K. Wayne Wicker, chairman and CEO, South Atlantic Bank, Myrtle Beach, S.C.

The committee also nominated the following candidates for the ABA board of directors for consideration at the ABA annual meeting:

• Cynthia N. Day, president and CEO, Citizens Trust Bank, Atlanta;
• Kyle G. Hranicky, CEO, Commercial Banking, Wells Fargo & Company, San Francisco;
• Jeffrey T. Kanger, president, First State Bank Nebraska, Lincoln, Neb.;
• Holly O'Neill, president, Consumer, Retail and Preferred, Bank of America, Boston;
• Mark W. Schifferdecker, chairman, president and CEO, GNBank N.A. , Girard, Kan.;
• Anne P. Tangen, president and CEO, BankFive, MHC, Fall River, Mass; and
• Gregg R. Tewksbury, president and CEO, New Hampshire Mutual Bancorp, Concord, N.H.

The above nominees will join ABA President and CEO Rob Nichols, who also serves as an officer, and these current or appointed directors on ABA's board:

• Mary Kay Bates, president and CEO, Bank Midwest, Spirit Lake, Iowa;
• Thomas J. Fraser, president and CEO, First Mutual Holding Co., Lakewood, Ohio;
• Saleem Iqbal, president and CEO, HAB Bank, New York;
• Jennifer T. Jones, president and CEO, CBL State Savings Bank, Greer, S.C.;
• Marianne Lake, CEO, Consumer and Community Banking, JPMorganChase, New York;
• Timothy Marshall, executive chairman and CEO, Bank of Ann Arbor, Ann Arbor, Mich.;
• Curtis J. Myers, chairman and CEO, Fulton Financial Corporation, Lancaster, Pa.;
• David Osborn, president and CEO, WestStar Bank, El Paso, Texas;
• Christie Huber Obenauer, president and CEO, Union State Bank of Hazen, Hazen, N.D.;
• John C. Asbury, chief executive officer, Atlantic Union Bancshares Corp., Richmond, Va., and chair of the ABA Nominating Committee;
• Thomas Ogaard, chairman, president and CEO, Native American Bancorporation Co., Denver, and chair of the ABA Government Relations Council;
• Michael Adelman; president and CEO, Ohio Bankers League, Columbus, Ohio, and chair of the ABA/State Association Alliance; and
• Paul T. Hickman; president and CEO, Arizona Bankers Association, Phoenix, and vice chair of the ABA/State Association Alliance.

"ABA's Nominating Committee has selected an exceptional slate of board candidates whose leadership and insight will help shape the future of our industry," said ABA President and CEO Rob Nichols. "These bank leaders will bring unique experiences, skills and perspective to the board, and we will work hard to make sure America's banks have the technology, resources and policy environment they need to serve their customers and communities and drive the U.S. economy forward."

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About the American Bankers Association

The American Bankers Association is the voice of the nation's $25 trillion banking industry, which is composed of small, regional and large banks that together employ approximately 2.1 million people, safeguard $19.7 trillion in deposits and extend $13.1 trillion in loans.