Indiana Bankers Association CEO honored as top executive

Indiana Bankers Association President and CEO Amber Van Til was named 2023 Association Executive of the Year by the Indiana Society of Association Executives at a Dec. 6 awards ceremony.."Van Til led the IBA through a historic 2022-23," according to IBA. "In that time, 97 percent of IBA-member banks participated in the association's professional development, the Indiana BANKPAC reached record levels of contributions and the IBA unveiled a new logo and brand in celebration of the association's 125th anniversary." .Van Til joined IBA as a lobbyist in 2002, and she was later promoted multiple times before being named president and CEO in 2017. She was also named ISAE Professional of the Year in 2015..Van Til graduated from the University of Indianapolis, the Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law and the Graduate School of Banking-University of Wisconsin. ."I am the daughter of two community bankers," Van Til said in her acceptance speech. "It is an honor to get to work every day for an industry that I am so passionate about, and to support the industry's work in helping Hoosiers in their communities achieve their dreams of homeownership, starting their own business and so much more."