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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
11/08/12 Update on the FDIC's Community Bank Initiative.

    Federal Register Notice for Meeting - PDF
Agenda
Minutes - PDF
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


Advisory Committee Members

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

Cynthia L. Blankenship, Vice Chairman & COO, Bank of the West

Leonel Castillo, President & CEO, American Bank of Commerce

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

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

Jane Haskin, President & CEO, First Bethany Bancorp. Inc.

Mark Hesser, President, Pinnacle Bank

James Lundy, CEO, Western Alliance Bank

Ann Marie Mehlum, President & CEO, Summit Bank

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

Kim D. Saunders, President, CEO & Director, Mechanics & Farmers Bank

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

David Seleski, President, CEO & Director, Stonegate Bank

Alan Thian, President & CEO, Royal Business
Bank

Derek Williams, President & CEO, First Peoples Bank


Committee Charter and Purpose Other Documents


Last Updated 02/04/2013

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