ICBA Services Network Announces New Members to Board of Directors

Washington, D.C. (July 6, 2022) - ICBA Services Network, the business services subsidiary of the Independent Community Bankers of America (ICBA), today announced that Thomas E. Bates Jr., president and CEO of Legends Bank in Clarksville, Tenn., and Teresa Taylor, executive director of the Independent Banks of South Carolina (IBSC) in Chapin, S.C., were elected to the ICBA Services Network board of directors.

"We are pleased that Tommy and Teresa, two dedicated advocates for community banking, have joined the ICBA Services Network board," ICBA Services Network Chairman Jack Hartings, chairman of The Peoples Bank Co. in Coldwater, Ohio said. "We look forward to utilizing their talents and unique perspectives to best serve ICBA's mission of creating and promoting an environment where community banks flourish."

Bates has served on several ICBA committees throughout the years and currently serves as chairman of the ICBA Securities' board of directors. He also serves as chairman of ICBA's Policy Development Committee and serves on ICBA's Federal Delegate Board.

In addition to her role as executive director of IBSC, Taylor is the executive director of the SC Bankers Employee Benefit Trust. She also serves as the chairman of the Executive Council of Community Banking Associations and is a member of the ICBA Federal Delegate Board and the ICBA Reinsurance board.

Serving on the ICBA Services Network board of directors with Bates, Hartings and Taylor are Greg Deckard, president, chairman and CEO of State Bank Northwest Spokane Valley, Wash.; Alice Frazier, president and CEO of Bank of Charles Town, W.Va.; Scott McComb, chairman, president and CEO of Heartland Bank in Whitehall, Ohio; Rebeca Romero Rainey, president and CEO, ICBA; William West, president and CEO of Bank of Tampa, Fla.; and Noah Wilcox, president, CEO and chairman of Grand Rapids State Bank and its holding company, Wilcox Bancshares Inc., both based in Grand Rapids, Minn.

About ICBA

The Independent Community Bankers of America (ICBA) is the nation's voice for community banks with its mission to create and promote an environment where community banks flourish. We are dedicated exclusively to representing the interests of the community banking industry and its membership through effective advocacy, best-in-class education, and innovative products and services.

With nearly 50,000 locations nationwide, community banks constitute roughly 99 percent of all banks, employ nearly 700,000 Americans and are the only physical banking presence in one in three U.S. counties. Holding nearly $5.9 trillion in assets, over $4.9 trillion in deposits, and more than $3.5 trillion in loans to consumers, small businesses and the agricultural community, community banks channel local deposits into the Main Streets and neighborhoods they serve, spurring job creation, fostering innovation and fueling their customers' dreams in communities throughout America. For more information, visit ICBA's website at www.icba.org.

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