IBA Board of Directors
Chair
Matthew W. Howrey
North Salem State Bank
First Vice Chair
David M. Findlay
Lake City Bank, Warsaw
Second Vice Chair
Lisa Arnold
Home Bank, Martinsville
Immediate Past Chair
Benjamin J. Bochnowski
Peoples Bank, Munster
President & CEO
Amber R. Van Til
Indiana Bankers Association
Constituent Directors
ABA Membership Council
Garry D. Kleer
First Bank Richmond
ICBA State Director
Kent A. Liechty
First Bank of Berne
IBA FLD President
Amanda Morris-Feldman
First Federal Savings Bank, Rochester
Non-Indiana HeadQuartered Banks
Karen B. Woods
First Financial Bank, Cincinnati
At-Large Directors
At-Large
Mark “Doc” Holt
First Farmers Bank & Trust Co., Converse
At-Large
Nicole S. Lorch
First Internet Bank, Fishers
Regional Directors
North Region
J. Daniel Maddox
Citizens State Bank, New Castle
North Region
Bradley J. Monts
Hoosier Heartland State Bank, Crawfordsville
North Region
Jacqueline M. Ruge-Perkins
First State Bank of Porter
South Region
Mark E. Bruin
The National Bank of Indianapolis
South Region
David A. Coffey
Mutual Savings Bank, Franklin
South Region
Eric J. Lane
First Federal Savings Bank of Washington
Matt Howrey
Matt Howrey introduces Tom Fite, director of the Indiana Department of Financial Institutions and Howrey’s former boss, at the IBA’s 2024 Legislative Briefing and Reception at the Hyatt Regency in downtown Indianapolis.
Matthew W. Howrey, 2025 chair, is president and CEO of North Salem State Bank. Prior to joining the bank in 2008 as chief financial officer, he served as a bank examiner for the Indiana Department of Financial Institutions. Howrey’s community leadership includes the Hendricks County Community Foundation and the Putnam County 100 Men Who Care. He earned bachelor’s and MBA degrees from Indiana University and was named a Rising Star in Banking in 2013 by BankBeat magazine, formerly Northwestern Financial Review.
David Findlay
David Findlay speaks at a meeting of the IBA’s Board of Directors at the Association’s 2024 Mega Conference at the Indiana Convention Center in Indianapolis.
David M. Findlay, first vice chair, is chairman and chief executive officer of Lake City Bank, Warsaw, and Lakeland Financial Corporation. He additionally serves on the board of directors of both the bank and holding company. Findlay joined the organization in 2000 as executive vice president of administration and chief financial officer, and from 2010 to 2014, served as president and CFO.
Previously, he served for five years with Quality Dining Inc., South Bend, concluding as senior vice president and CFO. Findlay began his career with The Northern Trust Company, Chicago, serving in several capacities from 1984 to 1995, when he was a vice president in the commercial lending group.
He is active as a board member with organizations including the Indiana Chamber of Commerce, the Central Indiana Corporate Partnership, OrthoWorx, Orthopedic Capital Foundation, AcceLINX, the Northeast Indiana Regional Partnership, Trine University, Parkview Regional Health Center and Centerfield Capital Partners.
Findlay is a member of the Indiana Bankers Association class of 2019 Leaders in Banking Excellence, the Association’s highest honor. He is a graduate of DePauw University.
Lisa Arnold
Lisa Arnold speaks with a fellow attendee in the exhibit hall at IBA’s 2024 Annual Convention at the French Lick Springs Resort.
Lisa Arnold, second vice chair, is president and CEO of Home Bank, Martinsville. She joined the bank in 1985 and has served in positions including branch manager, vice president of retail banking, chief operations officer and, most recently, president and chief operating officer.
In addition to various community affiliations, Arnold is a trustee for the IBA Group Insurance Trust and was appointed to the Indiana Board of Depositories in 2024. She is a former member of the Franklin College Alumni Council and a past president of the Indiana Bankers Association Future Leadership Division.
She earned a bachelor’s degree from Franklin College and an MBA from Indiana Wesleyan University. Arnold also is a graduate of the American Bankers Association Stonier Graduate School of Banking and the ABA National Commercial Lending School.
Ben Bochnowski
Ben Bochnowski welcomes attendees to the Associate Member Reception kicking off the IBA’s 2024 Mega Conference at the Westin Indianapolis Downtown.
Benjamin J. Bochnowski, immediate past chair, is CEO of Peoples Bank, Munster, as well as president and CEO of its holding company, Finward Bancorp. He also serves on the board of directors of the Indiana Department of Financial Institutions, a position he was appointed to by Gov. Eric Holcomb in 2019. Bochnowski joined Peoples Bank in 2010 and the Finward Bancorp board of directors in 2014. He was named president of Peoples Bank in 2015, and promoted to CEO of the bank and holding company in 2016.
He serves locally on the board of directors of One Region, dedicated to attracting and retaining talent in northwest Indiana; and Allies for Community Business.
Bochnowski earned a bachelor’s degree from the University of Michigan, an MBA from the ESADE Business School in Barcelona, Spain, and a leadership certificate from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. Additionally, he is a graduate of the ABA Stonier Graduate School of Banking. Bochnowski was honored as a 2020 Rising Star in Banking by BankBeat magazine.
Amber R. Van Til
Amber Van Til addresses the audience at a reception honoring Lucas White, president of The Fountain Trust Company, Covington, upon his taking on the role of chairman of the Independent Community Bankers of America at ICBA’s 2024 annual convention in Orlando, Fla.
Amber R. Van Til is president and CEO of the Indiana Bankers Association and a trustee of the IBA Group Insurance Trust. She joined the Association in 2002 as a lobbyist and has served the IBA as vice president-government relations, senior vice president-government relations, executive vice president and president before being named president and CEO in 2017.
She is a trustee of the Graduate School of Banking at the University of Wisconsin and of the Herbert V. Prochnow Educational Foundation; on the governance and industry committees of iLab, an organization helping establish youth apprenticeship programs across the state; and a member of the American Bankers Association’s State Association Alliance, Independent Community Bankers of America Federal Delegate Board, Friends of Traditional Banking board of directors, Governmental Affairs Society of Indiana, The Columbia Club and the Indiana Society of Association Executives.
Van Til was honored as ISAE Association Executive of the Year in 2023 and in 2015 as Association Professional of the Year. In 2008, she won in the category of Banking & Financial Services for the Best & Brightest awards, sponsored by Junior Achievement of Central Indiana Inc.
She is a graduate of the University of Indianapolis and of the Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law, has completed the Lacy Leadership LEAD program and the Graduate School of Banking at the University of Wisconsin, and has earned a Certificate of Executive Leadership from the UW School of Business.
