Bill King is the founder and chairman of Board Member, Inc., the publisher of Bank Director and Corporate Board Member magazines. His currently serves as a Partner in StrategyCorps, and formerly served as Chairman of both Private Business, Inc. and of FISI Madison Financial Corporation. He serves on the boards of directors of Ingram Entertainment, Inc., of Journal Communications, and of Tecniflex, Inc.
His non-profit activities include membership on the boards of the Nashville Library Foundation, the Community Foundation of Middle Tennesee, the Land Trust of Tennessee, and of Public Radio Capital. He is a 1967 magna cum laude graduate of Princeton University, and he holds a JD degree from Vanderbilt University School of Law.
L. William Seidman
L. William Seidman is a shareholder of Board Member Inc. and the publisher Bank Director magazine. Seidman was chairman of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. and the first chairman of the Resolution Trust Corp. He served as an assistant to President Ford for economic affairs and was co-chair of the White House conference on productivity during the Reagan administration.
Seidman is a member of the National Advisory Board of Bank Compensation Strategies Inc. and has been a director of Prudential-Bache Funds, United Bankcorp of Arizona, Phelps Dodge, and the Conference Board. He was chairman and director of the Detroit branch of the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago and served as dean of the College of Business at Arizona State University.
His most recent book, Full Faith and Credit, was published in 1993 by Random House. Seidman holds an A.B. from Dartmouth (Phi Beta Kappa), LL.B. from Harvard Law School, and an M.B.A. from the University of Michigan, where he graduated with honors.
William C. Tomson
Bill Tomson is vice chairman of Board Member Incorporated. He was executive vice president of FISI-Madison Financial, the nation's leading marketing organization for financial institutions. Prior to that, he was president of Marketing Outlooks, which became part of FISI-Madison through acquisition. Previously, he was National Sales Director for Citicorp Resources and also held management positions with several international advertising agencies. He is currently a member of the board of directors of Thor Industries, Inc., a NYSE company. He is also a board member of several charitable organizations.
TK Kerstetter
TK Kerstetter is the president and CEO of Board Member Inc. a privately held publishing, database, research, and conference company focused on corporate board issues and governance trends. Headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee, with editorial offices in New York City, Board Member Inc. publishes Corporate Board Member and Bank Director magazines in addition to selected publications and research studies highlighting board thought leadership. Corporate Board Member is sent to all corporate directors of public companies on the NASDAQ, NYSE, and AMEX stock exchanges.
TK is founder and chairman of Corporate Board Member's Academic Council and authors Bank Director's "boardroom perspective" feature on best board practices. A graduate of the Harvard Business School Advanced Management Program, he served as president and director of a publicly-held community bank spanning a 20 year banking career.
Prior to joining Board Member Inc., Kerstetter founded the Bank Directors Training Center in Wilmington, Delaware. In 1994, he authored a guidebook titled, Ten Commandments for Bank Directors: the "Official" Guide Regulators Won't Publish, which was published by the National Association of Corporate Directors. His director and board governance articles have been highlighted in numerous publications, and he has conducted over two hundred speeches and presentations for national and state associations, public and private companies, and corporate governance-related organizations.
Deborah Scally
Deborah Scally is the editor of Bank Director, a position she has held since 1993. She also serves as managing editor of Corporate Board Member, a sister magazine published by Board Member Inc. Previously, she held the post of deputy editor for Washington, D.C.-based Mortgage Banking, a national trade magazine covering banking, finance and real estate.
In 1991, Scally obtained a masters degree in liberal arts from St. Johns College in Annapolis, Maryland, widely regarded for its Great Books curriculum. She also holds a bachelors of science in mass communications with emphasis in journalism from Middle Tennessee State University.
Kim Hill
Kim Hill is the chief operating officer of Board Member Inc. Prior to joining Board Member, Hill served as a project information coordinator at Bank Earnings International. She joined the staff of Bank Director magazine (now part of Board Member Inc.) in 1989. From 1991 to 1999 she also served as a senior executive with Private Business Inc., a nationwide provider of software and other services to financial institutions. Hill was responsible for the strategic planning, development, and management of both Bank Director and Private Business Inc., establishing policies and procedures, defining staffing requirements, creating a comprehensive benefits program, and building corporate infrastructure.
Hill also has been instrumental in the launch and oversight of Corporate Board Member. She was named to the board of directors for Board Member Inc. in 2000.
Hill’s civic involvement includes an 11-year relationship with the United Way, spending nine years as a company campaign coordinator in addition to serving as a member of the New Business committee and Allocations Panel. In 2000, she was named to the United Way board of directors.
Hill received a B.A. in business administration from Middle Tennessee State University in 1984.
John W. Milligan
Jack Milligan is the Associate Publisher of Bank Director magazine, a position to which he brings over 25 years experience in financial journalism organizations.
Milligan’s professional background includes stints as editor in chief of U.S. Banker; a leading magazine covering the banking industry; editor in chief at SNL Financial, a research and publishing company specializing in financial services; and general editor at Institutional Investor, a prominent financial magazine. Milligan has written for a number of other publications including Bank Director, ABA Banking Journal, American Banker, Time Digital (later renamed On magazine) and Newsweek International. He has also written extensively about corporate governance and is the author of “The Guidebook to Effective Bank Board Committees,” published by America’s Community Bankers, and has written several units in ACB’s “Community Bank Directors Workshop” educational series.companies.
Milligan has a master’s degree in journalism from Ohio State University.
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