Our Team

ICBA’s professional staff provides thought leadership, effective advocacy, forward-thinking regulatory guidance, education and a wide array of banking solutions to help community banks thrive.

Office of the President

Rebeca Romero Rainey

ICBA President & CEO

Washington, DC

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Terry J. Jorde

Senior Executive Vice President & Chief of Staff

Washington, DC

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Advocacy

Karen M. Thomas

Senior Executive Vice President, Government Relations and Public Policy

ICBA

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Government Relations Legislative

Paul G. Merski

Group Executive Vice President, Congressional Relations and Strategy

Washington, DC

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Aaron Stetter

Executive Vice President, Policy and Political Operations

Washington, DC

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Alan Keller

Senior Vice President, Legislative Policy

Washington, DC

Mark K. Scanlan

Senior Vice President, Agriculture and Rural Policy

Washington, DC

Stephen Keen

Vice President, Congressional Relations

Washington, DC

Susan Sullivan

Vice President, Congressional Relations

Washington, DC

Jennifer Newman

Assistant Vice President, Congressional Relations

ICBA

John Coleman

Director, Advocacy

Washington, DC

Government Relations — Regulatory

Christopher Cole

Executive Vice President, Senior Regulatory Counsel

Washington, DC

Lilly Thomas

Executive Vice President and Senior Regulatory Counsel

Washington, DC

Ron Haynie

Senior Vice President, Mortgage Finance Policy

Washington, DC

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Deborah Matthews Phillips

Senior Vice President, Payments and Technology Policy, ICBA and Senior Vice President, Industry Relations, ICBA Bancard

ICBA

Joel Williquette

Senior Vice President, Operational Risk Policy

Washington, DC

Jenna Burke

Senior Vice President and Senior Regulatory Counsel

Washington, DC

James Kendrick

First Vice President, Accounting and Capital Policy

Washington, DC

Michael Emancipator

Vice President, Regulatory Counsel

Washington, DC

Brian Laverdure

Vice President, Payments and Technology Policy

Washington, DC

Rhonda Thomas-Whitley

Vice President, Regulatory Counsel

ICBA

Steven Estep

Assistant Vice President, Operational Risk

Washington, DC

Tim Roy

Assistant Vice President, Housing Finance Policy

Washington, DC

Mickey Marshall

Director, Regulatory Legal Affairs

Washington, DC

ICBPAC

Mary Randolph Gannon

Vice President, Political Operations

Washington, DC

Malissa Zimmerman

Manager, Political Programs

State Relations

Joe Schneider

Senior Vice President, State Relations

Washington, DC

Member Services

Member Relations Officers

Loughlin Cleary

Executive Vice President, Member Relations

Cell: 617-620-7425

Chip Lynch

Senior Vice President, Member Relations

Represents: Southwest Region AR, AZ, LA, NM, OK, TX

Office: 214-503-6077
Cell: 214-938-1209

Scott Brown

Vice President, Member Relations

Represents: Southeast Region AL, DC, FL, GA, MS, NC, SC, TN

Cell: 334-328-5731

Tim Daly

Vice President, Member Relations

Represents: Great Lakes Region IL, IN, KY, MO, OH, WV

Office: 219-464-1174
Cell: 219-464-1174

Sean Murphy

Vice President, Member Relations

Represents: Midwest Region IA, KS, MI, NE, WI

Office: 202-821-4406
Cell: 414-510-8458

Bill Pusey

Vice President, Member Relations Northeast Region

Represents: Northeast Region CT, ME, MA, NH, NJ, NY, PA, RI, VT

Office: 202-821-4471
Cell: 207-400-9446

Brandy Smallbrock

Vice President, Member Relations

Represents: Northwest Region AK, CA, CO, HI, ID, MN, MT, ND, NV, OR, SD, UT, WA, WY

Cell: 320-533-1467

Leah Edwards

Assistant Vice President, Member Relations

Represents: Mid-Atlantic Region DE, MD, VA

Office: 202-821-4387
Cell: 443-458-3338

Kathy Gauger

Assistant Vice President, Member Relations

AK, AR, AZ, CA, CO, HI, ID, LA, MT, ND, NM, NV, OK, OR, SD, TX, UT, WA, WY

Nicole Neumann

Assistant Vice President, Member Relations

Rice, MN

Customer Relations

Gail Serbus

Assistant Vice President, Lead Management

Minnesota

Jeanie Klasen

Director, Member Engagement

Minnesota

Vendor Relations

Adam Mahone

Senior Vice President, Vendor Relations

Washington, DC

202-821-4363

Laura Norrell

Director, Vendor Relations

Washington, DC

Lauren White

Vendor Relations Coordinator

Washington, DC

Marketing & Communications

Rob Birgfeld

Executive Vice President, Chief Marketing Officer

ICBA

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Aleis Stokes

Senior Vice President, Communications

Washington, DC

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202-821-4457

Jana Jurukovska

Vice President, Marketing/Creative Director

Washington, DC

Thomas Warren

Vice President, Communications

Washington, DC

Nicole Swann

Vice President, Communications

Washington, DC

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202-821-4458

Mike DeVoll

Assistant Vice President, Marketing Strategy & Execution

Washington, DC

Audrey Wright-Cipriano

Assistant Vice President, Marketing Strategy & Execution

Washington, DC

Erika Brereton

Director, Marketing Project Management & Video Production

Washington, DC

Michael Marriott

Director, Digital Marketing Strategy

Washington, DC

Bailey Yeager

Director, Marketing Strategy & Execution

Washington, DC

Vanessa Hanson

Director, Digital and Social Engagement

Washington, DC

Bob McDonald

Digital Marketing Specialist

Washington, DC

Shawn Darnell

Web Developer

Washington, DC

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Caitlin Billings

Content Marketing Specialist

Raleigh, NC

Sam Friedberg

Communications Specialist

Washington, DC

Education

Lindsay LaNore

Group Executive Vice President, Chief Learning & Experience Officer

Minnesota

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Shirley Ringhand

Senior Vice President, Certification, Seminars and the Bank Director Program

Minnesota

Mandy Snyder

Vice President, Online Training, Products, and Compliance

Minnesota

Taunja Moe

Director, Product & Training Development

Minnesota

Julie Woida

Seminar & Certification Specialist

Minnesota

Cindy Thelen

Bank Director & Webinar Specialist

Minnesota

Cathy Von Wahlde

Products & Online Training Specialist

Minnesota

Lori Braegelmann

Online Training Specialist

Minnesota

Laurel Worms

Universal Learning Specialist

Minnesota

Nancy Olson

Administrative Assistant

Minnesota

Operations/Administration

Meeting Planning & Convention

Jan Meyer

Executive Vice President, Sauk Centre Operations, Conventions and Meetings

Minnesota

Jim Mastey

Senior Vice President, Conventions and Meetings

Minnesota

Mark Traeger

Vice President, Conventions & Meetings

Minnesota

Martina Dashner

Vice President, Meetings & Events

Washington, DC

Julie Kulzer

Director, Conferences and Meetings

Minnesota

Information Technology

Prabhash Shrestha

Group Executive Vice President and Chief Digital Strategy Officer

Washington, DC

Pam Wolbeck

Vice President, Infrastructure & Services

Minnesota

Antonio Ho

Vice President, Database/Application Development and Services

Washington, DC

Ryan Hadley

VP, Data Analytics & Research

Washington, DC

Michelle Kurowski

Database and Software Developer

Minnesota

Pat Seiferth

Power Platform Developer

Washington, D.C.

Hunter Weisenburg

Cloud Administrator

Washington, DC

Aisan Akesst

Helpdesk and Junior Security Analyst

Washington, DC

Human Resources

Valerie Utsey

Executive Vice President, Chief Human Resources Officer

Washington, DC

Humaira Mir

Vice President, Human Resources

Washington, DC

Johanna Tesfay

Human Resources Manager

Washington, DC

Junaid Maqsood

Human Resources Manager

Washington, DC

Office & Administration

Alisa Parker

First Vice President, Administrative Services

Washington, DC

Kianga Lee

Vice President, Administrative Operations

Washington, DC

Finance

Alex Galeano

Senior Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer

Washington, DC

Sherry Jean Larson

Senior Vice President & Controller

Minnesota

Linda Heinze

Vice President, Accounting

Minnesota

Sarah Snyder

Vice President, Tax & Financial Analysis

Minnesota

Dale Kraemer

Vice President, Finance and Accounting

Washington, DC

Kristin Winter

Vice President, Accounting Services

Minnesota

Innovation, Financial Technology & Services

Kevin Tweddle

Senior Executive Vice President Community Bank Solutions, ICBA Services Network

Washington, DC

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Charles E. Potts

Executive Vice President, Chief Innovation Officer, Innovation and Vendor Relations

Washington, DC

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Kristina Morris

Director of Innovation

Georgia

Tina Giorgio

ICBA Bancard President and CEO

Washington, DC

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Damon Moorer

President and CEO

TCM Bank N.A.

James L. Reber

ICBA Securities President and CEO

ICBA Securities

Stephen A. Ello

ICBA Reinsurance President and CEO

Washington, DC

David Lenoir

President & CEO

CRA Partners

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