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FDIC Advisory Committee on Community Banking

On May 29, 2009, the FDIC Board of Directors approved establishing the FDIC Advisory Committee on Community Banking to provide the FDIC with advice and guidance on a broad range of important policy issues impacting small community banks throughout the country, as well as the local communities they serve, with a focus on rural areas.

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Advisory Committee Meetings
Date Meeting Information Documents
06/05/12 Discussion of current issues affecting community banking.

    Federal Register Notice for Meeting - PDF
Agenda
Minutes - PDF
02/17/12 Discussion of current issues affecting community banking.

    Federal Register Notice for Meeting - PDF
Agenda
Minutes - PDF
2011
11/04/11 Discussion of current issues affecting community banking.

    Federal Register Notice for Meeting - PDF
Agenda
Seating Chart
Minutes - PDF
05/11/11 The future of community banking.

    Federal Register Notice for Meeting - PDF
Agenda
Minutes - PDF
01/20/11 A review of issues affecting the industry including the implementation of Dodd-Frank and small business lending.

    Federal Register Notice for Meeting - PDF
Agenda
Minutes - PDF
2010
10/14/10 A discussion of the economic outlook, condition of the industry, and an overview of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act.

    Federal Register Notice for Meeting - PDF
Agenda
Minutes - PDF
04/21/10 A discussion of supervisory, assessment, consumer protection and/or legislative issues of particular importance to community banks.

    Federal Register Notice for Meeting - PDF
Agenda
Minutes - PDF
01/28/10 Community banks as growth engines; “hot button” examination issues; updates on the status of regulatory reform; and clarifying the bank resolution process.

    Federal Register Notice for Meeting - PDF
Agenda
Minutes - PDF
 2009
10/15/09 The impact of the financial crisis on community banks, the role of financial reform legislation in preventing the next crisis and community bank perspectives on funding the deposit insurance system. 

    Federal Register Notice for Meeting - PDF
Agenda
Minutes - PDF

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Advisory Committee Members

Robert F. Baronner, Jr., President & CEO, Bank of Charles Town

Daniel R. Blanton, President & CEO, Southeastern Bank Financial Corporation and Georgia Bank & Trust of Augusta

Charles G. Brown, III, Chairman & CEO, Insignia Bank

Deborah A. Cole, President & CEO, Citizens Savings Bank & Trust Co.

Carolyn "Betsy" Flynn, President CEO, Community Financial Services Bank

Walter E. Grady, President & CEO, Seaway Bank and Trust Company

James H. Gray, Chairman, Beach Business Bank

Jack E. Hopkins, President & CEO, CorTrust Bank, N.A.

Ann Marie Mehlum, President & CEO, Summit Bank

Joseph G. Pierce, President & CEO, Farmers State Bank

Rebecca Romero Rainey, Chairman & CEO, Centinel Bank of Taos

Dorothy A. Savarese, President & CEO, Cape Cod Five Cents Savings Bank

Alan Thian, President & CEO, Royal Business Bank

Ignacio Urrabazo, Jr., President, Commerce Bank

Matthew Williams, Chairman & President, Gothenburg State Bank & Trust Company


Committee Charter and Purpose

Group photo of Advisory Committee on Community Banking


Members of the FDIC Advisory Committee on Community Banking gather for a meeting on February 17, 2012, at the FDIC Board Room in Washington, D.C. Seated (from left): Ann Marie Mehlum, President and CEO, Summit Bank, (Eugene, Oregon); Robert F. Baronner, Jr., President and CEO, Bank of Charles Town (Charles Town, West Virginia); Dorothy A. Savarese, President and CEO, Cape Cod Five Cents Savings Bank (Orleans, Massachusetts); FDIC Acting Chairman Martin J. Gruenberg; Alan Thian, President and CEO, Royal Business Bank (Los Angeles, California); Carolyn "Betsy" Flynn, President and CEO, Community Financial Services Bank (Benton, Kentucky); and FDIC Director Thomas J. Curry. Standing (from left): Jack E. Hopkins, President and CEO, CorTrust Bank, N.A. (Sioux Falls, South Dakota); Rebeca Romero Rainey, Chairman and CEO, Centinel Bank of Taos (Taos, New Mexico); Daniel R. Blanton, President and CEO, Southeastern Bank Financial Corporation and Georgia Bank and Trust of Augusta (Augusta, Georgia); Charles G. Brown, III, Chairman and CEO, Insignia Bank (Sarasota, Florida); Joseph G. Pierce, President and CEO, Farmers State Bank (LaGrange, Indiana); Deborah A. Cole, President and CEO, Citizens Savings Bank and Trust Co. (Nashville, Tennessee); Ignacio Urrabazo, Jr., President, Commerce Bank (Laredo, Texas); and James H. Gray, Chairman, Beach Business Bank (Long Beach, California).
Not shown here: Matthew Williams, Chairman and Presdident, Gothenburg State Bank and Trust Company (Gothenburg, Nebraska) and Walter E. Grady, President and CEO, Seaway Bank and Trust Company (Chicago, Illinois).
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Last Updated 09/13/2012

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