Meet the 2007-2008 IBA Executive Committee
Jim Schipper
Chairman
American State Bank
Osceola
Years at Bank: 20
Years in Banking: 34
Family: Elaine, wife, daughter Angi Bright, and son Timm Schipper.
What attracts you to the banking industry?
Banking is a stimulating, challenging, and rewarding career. The greatest reward is assisting and observing members of my community achieving financial success, and providing opportunities for my staff to succeed as well. I take great pride in knowing that I have had a part in building good banks
What do you think is the biggest hurdle of the banking industry? Responding to change and surviving the impact of change at an accelerating pace.
What is your main goal for the IBA in 07-08? is to give my best effort to sustaining the high standards of performance that have been established by my predecessor Board Chairs and IBA staff in recent years.
Tom Stanberry
Chair-Elect
West Bank
West Des Moines
Years at Bank: 4.5
Years in Banking: 18
Family: Wife-Paula J. Stanberry; Daughters-Kelsey Fadden, Miranda Fadden, Lili and Mya
What attracts you to the banking industry?
I stay in banking because of the difference we can make in peoples’ lives and in the community in which we live.
What do you think is the biggest hurdle of the banking industry: The biggest challenge in banking for the next several years will be hiring, developing and retaining skilled and motivated people at all levels in our organization.
What is your main goal for the IBA in 07-08 Promoting sound and responsive community banking in Iowa.
Roger Claypool
Treasurer
Shelby County State Bank Harlan
Years at Bank: 11
Years in Banking: 29
Family: Wife, Marceta; two sons-Preston 24 and Bradford 21.
What attracts you to the banking industry?
I enjoy helping people and watching customers succeed. This is one of the main reasons I have stayed in banking.
What do you think is the biggest hurdle of the banking industry?
Non-bank competition is one of the largest hurdles that the banking community faces.
What is your main goal for the IBA in 07-08?
I hope to be able to help continue making the IBA one of America’s premier associations!
Dan Krieger
Past-Chair
Ames National Corporation
Ames
Years at the Bank: 48
Years in Banking: 48
Family: Wife Sharon; one daughter and three grandchildren, Jake 17, Nick, 14 and Brooke 12.
What attracts you to the banking industry?
Banks are the backbone of economic development in their communities with the banker at the center of this activity. Banking is a service industry with the primary emphasis on helping customers attain their financial goals. That is what we are all about.
What do you think is the biggest hurdle of the banking industry? Change is the biggest challenge to the vitality of the banking industry. We must position ourselves to meet these challenges as the financial services industry continues to transform itself to meet the evolving requirements of a younger generation in our technology oriented society.
What is your main goal for the IBA in 07-08? To position the IBA to be proactive in this ever changing banking environment and to inform and provide our members with solutions to these challenges through an effective communications network.
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