Independent Bankers Division
Organized in 1973, the division focuses on the needs and concerns of Tennessee community banks.

Governed by a 17-member board of directors, the division conducts the Independent Bankers Division Convention each fall, plans and conducts the annual Community Bank Directors Conference, and endorses selected products of the Independent Community Bankers Association of America, (ICBA).

The president of the Independent Bankers Division represents the division on the TBA board of directors.

To learn more about the Independent Bankers Division contact Colin Barrett - cbarrett@tnbankers.org

Independent Bankers Division Officers and Directors

INDEPENDENT BANKERS DIVISION

Officers
President: Jeffrey L. Cunningham, President/CEO, Athens Federal Community Bank, Athens
President-elect: R. Todd Vanderpool, President/CEO, BankTennessee Bancshares, Inc, Collierville
First Vice President:  Ted Williams, President/CEO, TriStar Bank, Dickson
Second Vice President: W. Logan Hickman, Jr, Executive Vice President, Peoples Bank of the South, LaFollette
Secretary/Treasurer: Jim Penland, Chairman/CEO, First Vision Bank of Tennessee, Tullahoma

Directors
Daryle W. Keck, President/CEO, First Peoples Bank of Tennessee, Jefferson City
Tom Vance, President, The First National Bank of McMinnville, McMinnville
Michael W. Hagan, President/CEO, Reelfoot Bank, Union City
Chris Reece, CEO, Johnson County Bank, Mountain City
Brett Roberts, President/COO, Bank of Perry County, Lobelville
Phillip Renfroe, President/CEO, Community Bank, Lexington
R. Craig Holley, President/CEO, CapitalMark Bank & Trust, Chattanooga
John Lancaster, President/CEO, First Freedom  Bank, Lebanon
Phillip May, President, Tennessee Division, Metropolitan Bank, Memphis

Past Presidents - Ex-Officio Directors

Anderson L. Smith, President/CEO, Jefferson Federal Bank, Morristown
Gordon Majors, President/CEO, The Hardin County Bank, Savannah
Thomas E. Bates, Jr, President/COO, Legends Bank, Clarksville