IBAT Associate Member Advisory Council
Purpose: To represent IBAT associate members and to serve as a resource for bankers, IBAT staff, and for emerging legislative and regulatory issues.
The chairman sits on the IBAT Board of Directors.
The Council meets quarterly. They have a term of three years which can be renewed once.
Associate Member Advisory Council Information
Associate Member Council Group
The chairman sits on the IBAT Board of Directors.
The Council meets quarterly. They have a term of three years which can be renewed once.
Associate Member Advisory Council Information
Associate Member Council Group
Members
Feel free to email Council Members with comments, concerns, questions or ideas.
| Council Member | Title | Company |
|
| Kirk Hudson, Chairman |
District Sales Manager | Deluxe Financial Services | kirk.hudson@deluxe.com |
| Ryan Esquell | Sales Director | Abound Resources | resquell@aboundresources.com |
| Virginia Grimes | President | The Genesis Group | vgrimes@forgenesis.com |
| Gary Guerrero | Regional Sales Manager | Diebold, Incorporated | guerreg@diebold.com |
| Janine Kasper | Vice President - Western Region Sales |
EFTSource, Inc. | janinekasper@eftsource.com |
| William Maxwell | Senior Vice President | McCoy Myers & Associates, A CSI Company | bill.maxwell@mccoymyers.com |
| Deborah Scanlon | Partner | BKD, LLP | dscanlon@bkd.com |
| Brenda Standlee | President | American Prudential Capital, Inc | bstandlee@americanprudential.com |
| Denise Stigge | Vice President, Association Relations | Pulse EFT Association | dstigge@pulse-eft.com |
| Darlene Revers | Vice President - Member Relations & Advertising Manager | IBAT | drevers@ibat.org |

Accomplishments
- More recognition for Associate Members (ribbons at Convention and recognition at Convention General Session).
- Established Associate Member Orientation and working on an Associate Member Information Exchange.
- 2006 Council recommendation to IBAT Dues Task Force regarding Associate Member (AM) dues tiered structure which was adopted.
- Working on community service project(s) for the involvement of Associate Members with bankers.
- AM Forum set up/initial announcement.
- Status letter to AMs to let them know what is going on at IBAT and what the Council is doing for them.
- New letter to welcome new AMs.
- Web Enhancements on AM Search.
- AM Survey developed, distributed, results tallied and working areas of concern from the survey (website, Forum).
- Implemented the use of the tiered structure created for dues to recognize AMs for the Five*Star Award.
- Created and implement a process to review product/service listing requested and revised current list, dividing into those used and those needed.
- Responsible for the recommendation of the “Speed Dating” at the Leadership Division Conference that was adopted by staff.
Meet the AM Council

Kirk Hudson
Virginia Grimes

Gary Guerrero
Bill Maxwell
Debbie Scanlon
Brenda Standlee