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Special Anniversary Issue 1890–2015 SPECIAL ANNIVERSARY ISSUE 1890–2015 We’re changing with you! Congratulations CLIENT SERVICE Audit | Compliance | Technology | Tax Services Our focus will always be on you and your needs. We will dig deeper, understand your goals and help you meet challenges. We prepare you and your bank to take advantage of the opportunities. We have been proudly serving banks since 1918. Congratulations to TBA for 125 years of success! Warren McEwen, CPA Jim Vaughn, CPA Andrew Glenn, CPA Casey Stuart, CPA Larry Eddlemon, CPA 423-756-6133 | mjcpa.com 537 Market Street | Suite 300 Chattanooga, TN 37402 TBA June 2015 FINAL w Marks.pdf 1 4/2/2015 9:43:25 AM Breaking Ground for Tennessee Bankers C M Y CM MY CY CMY K Our team has helped Tennessee bankers break ground on more than 150 bank projects over the last 20 years. Today, we continue to help Tennessee bankers plan, design and build for the future. consulting + design + construction + Market Analysis and Site Selection + Branch Transformations + New Construction eclipse Congratulations to the Tennessee Bankers brand builders Association for 125 years of sustained success! (678) 894-4360 [email protected] www.EclipseBrandBuilders.com THE TENNESSEE BANKER 125 TH ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL ISSUE 1890–2015 CONGRATULATIONS Published one time only by the Tennessee Bankers Association OFFICERS 125 Years Serving Colin Barrett / Editor William B. Marsh / Chairman First Commerce Bank, Lewisburg Dianne W. Martin / Managing Editor David Verble / Chairman-elect Matt Radford / Graphic Designer Citizens National Bank, Sevierville Tennessee’s 125th Anniversary Special Issue/June 2015 Gordon Majors /Vice Chairman The Hardin County Bank, Savannah Banking Community STAFF ONTENTS Administration C Colin Barrett / President FROM THE EXECUTIVE OffICE Stacey Langford / Senior Vice President Colin Barrett—Unified for a Common Purpose . 7 of Membership Steve Curtis / Vice President of ffICERS AND IRECTORS . 6 2014-2015 TBA O D Information Technology 125 YEARS of THE TBA . 10 Sharon Justice-McCray / Vice President of Human Resources & Facilities TBA FIRST MEMBERSHIP ROLL . 27 Penny L. Powlas / Executive Assistant, Administration / Legal . 29 TBA EXECUTIVES T’Lanie Luu / Member Services Specialist TBA PRESIDENTS AND CHAIRMEN . 31 Sandra Johnson / Training Center TENNESSEE LEAGUE of SAVINGS INSTITUTIONS Coordinator PRESIDENTS AND CHAIRMEN . 51 Lacy York / Receptionist Accounting / Insurance TENNESSEE DEPARTMENT of FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS Angela D. Griffin, CPA / Executive COMMISSIONERS . 61 Vice President / CFO Mike Ailinger / Staff Accountant REFLECTIONS Q&A with TBA presidents and chairmen . 64 Shemeka Greer / Accounts Receivable Clerk MEMBER STORIES . 67 Felisha Gatlin / Accounts Payable Clerk URRENT EMBERS . 166 Legal / Government Relations C TBA M Timothy L. Amos / Executive Vice TBA PHOTO HISTORY . 168 President / General Counsel Amy Smith / Senior Vice President / Now, that’s something to celebrate! CONGR ATULATORY LETTERS Deputy Counsel Bill Haslam, Governor . 8 Education Ron Ramsey, Lieutenant Governor . 58 Debbie M. Brickles, IOM / Senior Vice Greg Gonzales, TDFI Commissioner . 62 President of Training and Development Beth Harwell, Speaker of the House, Tennessee General Assembly . 66 Susan R. Taylor, CMP / Senior Vice Lamar Alexander, US Senator . 80 President of Professional Development Bob Corker, US Senator . 86 Monique Jenkins / Education Phil Roe, MD, US Congressman, 1st District . 94 Services Specialist John Duncan, Jr, US Congressman, 2nd District . 100 Communications Charles Fleischmann, US Congressman, 3rd District . 108 Dianne W. Martin / Vice President / Scott DesJarlais, MD, US Congressman, 4th District . .116 Director of Communications Jim Cooper, US Congressman, 5th District . .124 Matt Radford / Assistant Director The Banker Suite can help you be more efficient, more compliant of Communications Diane Black, US Congressman, 6th District . 136 and more profitable. This comprehensive, customizable, easy-to-use Marsha Blackburn, US Congressman, 7th District . 140 Lila Griffin / Proofreader database helps you stay fully compliant with all 8 points of Interagency Stephen Lee Fincher, US Congressman, 8th District . 146 Frank Keating, President and CEO, American Bankers Association . .152 The Tennessee Banker (ISSN 0040-3199) is published monthly by the Tennessee Bankers Guidance while saving time and money. Association, 211 Athens Way, Ste 100, Nashville, TN 37228-1381; telephone 615-244- Camden R . Fine, President and CEO, 4871. Advertising rates available upon request. Subscriptions: $40.00 per year for TBA Independent Community Bankers of America . 160 members; $55.00 for nonmembers; single copies, $6. Tennessee residents add 9.25% sales tax. Periodical postage paid at Nashville, Tennessee. POSTMASTER: send address We are proud to be a TBA member. changes to The Tennessee Banker, 211 Athens Way, Ste 100, Nashville, TN 37228-1381. Schedule a Demo Today. Making In-House Evaluations Possible Copyright © 2015, Tennessee Bankers Association; all rights N THE OVER reserved. The Tennessee Bankers Association disclaims all with Reliable Property Data Kirsten Elkins | [email protected] | 615.202.3946 OTBA Celebrates 125 C Years responsibility for opinion expressed in addresses, papers, or Cover designed by Matt Radford, TBA communications published in The Tennessee Banker unless such opinion has been endorsed by the Tennessee Bankers Association. ©2015. CRS, Courthouse Retrieval Systems. All Rights Reserved. The Banker’s Suite is property of CRS Data, Inc. CRS_TBA_ad_8.5x11_4.indd 1 3/12/15 3:33 PM CONGRATULATIONS 125 Years Serving Tennessee’s Banking Community Now, that’s something to celebrate! The Banker Suite can help you be more efficient, more compliant and more profitable. This comprehensive, customizable, easy-to-use database helps you stay fully compliant with all 8 points of Interagency Guidance while saving time and money. We are proud to be a TBA member. Schedule a Demo Today. Making In-House Evaluations Possible with Reliable Property Data Kirsten Elkins | [email protected] | 615.202.3946 ©2015. CRS, Courthouse Retrieval Systems. All Rights Reserved. The Banker’s Suite is property of CRS Data, Inc. CRS_TBA_ad_8.5x11_4.indd 1 3/12/15 3:33 PM From the Executive Office UNIFIED FOR A OMMON URPOSE By Colin C Barrett, President, Tennessee Bankers P Association n 1890, Tennessee was only a few decades This special anniversary edition of The Ten- removed from the Civil War, President Ben- nessee Banker magazine is dedicated to each of Ijamin Harrison was serving in the White you—the bankers across Tennessee who make House, and Wyoming and Idaho were admitted the TBA the strongest association in the country. into the Union taking us to 44 stars on Old I want to give a special thank you to the Glory. entire TBA team that made this issue possi- In May of that year, the National American ble—Dy Martin, our communications director; Women Suffrage Association was founded, Matt Radford, our assistant communications which eventually led to Tennessee ratifying director and graphic designer; Lacy York, our the 19th amendment to the US Constitution receptionist; Lila Griffin, our proofreader; and in 1920. On July 2, the Sherman Antitrust Act Stacey Langford, our senior vice president of went into effect. And on October 14, Dwight membership—and to Roger Shirley of McNeely D. Eisenhower was born. Pigott and Fox, who researched and wrote the The world was a different place when a article on TBA’s history. small group of Tennessee bankers gathered in In addition, I want to thank the TBA board Memphis in 1890 to form the Tennessee Bankers and executive committee—Bill Marsh, TBA Association. But the goals and ideals brought chairman; David Verble, TBA chairman-elect; forward by Tennessee bankers that day still Gordon Majors, TBA vice chairman; and Jeff guide your association. Together, we continue Agee, our immediate past chairman. As we build working to make Tennessee the best banking for the next 125 years, I appreciate their leader- state in the country. ship as we we work to meet the changing needs Our top priority today is to keep pace with of the Tennessee banking industry. I know their the ever-changing needs of Tennessee banking. predecessors would be proud of the direction While government relations and education will they have provided the association. always be our foundation, the association has And most of all, thanks to each of you. You continued to evolve to meet your insurance are the TBA, and it is you we celebrate on these needs, identify industry leading products and pages. services, and partner with you to lead the state in financial education. Sincerely, We have been able to accomplish this due to one reason—the unified support of the Tennessee banking industry. And in that area, the Tennessee Bankers Association leads Colin Barrett the nation. President th THE TENNESSEE BANKER | 125 AnnV I ERSARY, JUEN 2015 | 7 2014–2015 OffICERS AND DIRECTORS CHAIRMAN CHAIRMAN - ELECT VICE CHAIRMAN PRESIDENT William B. Marsh David Verble Gordon Majors Colin Barrett Chairman/CEO President/CEO President/CEO Tennessee Bankers First Commerce Bank, Citizens National Bank, The Hardin County Association, Lewisburg Sevierville Bank, Savannah Nashville DIRECTORS PAST CHAIRMAN Correspondent Bank Division: Allen McClary, President/CEO, Donna M. Stone, Chairman, First Ronald G. Smith, Mid-America
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