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ICBA Advocacy Training Being Held in Richmond - March 28, 2019

Community bankers and board members are invited to a complimentary networking lunch and half-day advocacy training session designed to help you effectively communicate your community bank’s advocacy priorities with policymakers.

The event, scheduled for 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. (Eastern time) Thursday, March 28, in Richmond, will feature a panel with congressional staffers and presentations led by ICBA Executive Vice President of Policy & Political Operations Aaron Stetter and Assistant Vice President of Advocacy Joshua Habursky.

This training is a co-hosted event between ICBA and VACB.

Please register soon as attendance is limited!

Advocacy Training Schedule at-a-Glance
11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Networking Lunch

12:00 p.m. - 12:45 p.m. Be Heard: Advocating for Community Banks

Presented by ICBA's Aaron Stetter and Joshua Habursky

12:45 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. Networking Break

1:00 p.m. - 1:45 p.m. Best Practices for Communicating with Elected Officials

Moderated by Steve Yeakel, President & CEO, Virginia Association of Community Banks; Panelists: Eric Mondres, SVP & Director of Government & Industry Relations, FHL Bank of Atlanta; Sam Louis Taylor, Regional Director, Office of US Senator Mark Warner; and Brent Robinson, Deputy Chief of Staff, U.S. Representative Rob Wittman (VA-01)

1:45 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. Networking Break

2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. Political Capital Game

This hands-on game tests participants advocacy skills in choosing which tactics to implement and when. To win, gain enough votes to pass key legislation while competing against a highly motivated opponent who will match you move for move.

With a truly free lunch, informative presentations and a new opportunity to network with community banking peers, we hope you can join us!

VACB Spring Internal Audit Institute Information Available
VACB Partnering with Dixon Hughes Goodman LLP and Yount, Hyde & Barbour, PC

Join us for 10 hours of A&A CPE Credits

The Virginia Association of Community Banks (VACB) is pleased to present our Spring Internal Audit Institute. We are partnering with Dixon Hughes Goodman LLC and Yount Hyde & Barbour for this year's spring program.

We will spend the first day layering good audit processes from reviewing the risk assessment process to managing the process, to protecting the bank from fraud and reviewing advanced audit tools on the horizon.

Day two will take a deep dive into the evolving landscape of cyber security and interest rate risk management. We will finish our ten hours of training with a compliance audit overview which will cover the compliance risk assessment and how the assessment flows to the enterprise-side risk assessment and a review of the components of a compliance risk assessment.

To learn more about the program and to register, click the photo on the left.

Congratulations to our 2018 Community Banking Award Winners

John Perry from SHAZAM with our Community Banker of the Year, Dean Withers, Farmers & Merchants Bank, Timberville

Community Banker of the Year - Dean Withers

Dean joined F&M Bank as Vice President of Loans in 1993 and worked his way through the ranks to become F&M Bank’s President and CEO in 2004. During his tenure, he has led F&M through tremendous growth and success. At Dean’s helm, F&M Bank has more than doubled its asset size, from approximately $350 million to a current value of $770 million.

Dean takes pride in seeing the potential in his staff and positioning them for success. Dean is well known at F&M Bank for being approachable, a good listener, and a champion of encouragement for personal and professional growth, as well as the impetus for active community involvement for which F&M Bank employees have come to be known.

Community Bank Rising Star 2018 - Carolyn Kline

Carolyn Kline is Vice President and Chief of Retail Operations of Virginia Partners Bank in Fredericksburg, VA. Ms. Kline received her undergraduate degree in Business Administration from the University of Mary Washington and continued at her alma mater to obtain her Master of Business Administration (MBA) with a concentration in Human Resources earlier this year. She is a graduate of William Monroe High School in Stanardsville, VA. She is considered a Key Volunteer for the Marine Corps Marathon and has volunteered over 500 hours with them since 2013 throughout various races in Virginia and DC. Prior to beginning her career in banking, Ms. Kline worked as a Manager of Chick-fil-A for 5 years.