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1st Quarter

1st Quarter 2025

The 1st Quarter issue of Bank Director magazine is now available! To view, scroll down, select from the articles below, and use your login credentials to access.

In this issue we focus on signs of poor governance, the fall of a beloved bank CEO, how some banks are excelling at commercial & industrial lending and the 2025 M&A outlook.

FEATURED ARTICLES

The Seven Deadly Sins of Bank Boards

These signs of poor governance could represent the road to perdition for bank boards.

Article ON – 01/08/2025
Author
Emily McCormick
Vice President of Editorial & Research
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About the authors
Written by
Emily McCormick Vice President of Editorial & Research

Emily McCormick is Vice President of Editorial & Research for Bank Director. Emily oversees research projects, from in-depth reports to Bank Director’s annual surveys on M&A, risk, compensation, governance and technology. She also manages content for the Bank Services Program, including Bank Director’s Online Training Series. In addition to speaking and moderating discussions at Bank Director’s in-person and virtual events, Emily writes and edits for Bank Director magazine, BankDirector.com and Bank Director’s weekly newsletter, The Slant. She started her career in the circulation department at the Knoxville News-Sentinel and graduated summa cum laude from The University of Tennessee with a bachelor’s degree in Spanish and International Business.

VICTIM OR PERPETRATOR?

Shan Hanes was loved in his community and a rising industry star. Then he got caught up in a crypto scam, embezzled $47 million trying to dig his way out of it 
and caused the Kansas bank he ran to fail. Now he’s doing time in Leavenworth.

Article ON – 01/08/2025
Author
John Engen
Contributing Writer
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John Engen Contributing Writer

John Engen is a contributing writer for Bank Director. He has more than 30 years of experience as a business journalist, writing for a variety of newspapers and magazines, and was a foreign correspondent for the Associated Press. He graduated with a degree in economics and international relations from the University of Minnesota and did his post-graduate work in Asian studies at the University of Hawai’i.

It’s Tough to Gain Traction on Commercial & Industrial Lending

What community banks do to specialize in C&I.

Article ON – 01/08/2025
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Naomi Snyder
Editor-in-Chief
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Naomi Snyder Editor-in-Chief

Editor-in-Chief Naomi Snyder is in charge of the editorial coverage at Bank Director. She oversees the magazine and the editorial team’s efforts on the Bank Director website, newsletter and special projects. She has more than two decades of experience in business journalism and spent 15 years as a newspaper reporter. She has a master’s degree in journalism from the University of Illinois and a bachelor’s degree from the University of Michigan.

Playing the Long Game in M&A

Some of the more experienced acquirers in the industry talk about their strategies and how to make an acquisition work.

Article ON – 01/08/2025
Author
Jack Milligan
Editor-at-Large
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Jack Milligan Editor-at-Large

Jack Milligan is editor-at-large of Bank Director magazine, a position to which he brings over 40 years of experience in financial journalism organizations. Mr. Milligan directs Bank Director’s editorial coverage and leads its director training efforts. He has a master’s degree in Journalism from The Ohio State University.

Could M&A Turn a Corner? 

Bank Director’s 2025 Bank M&A Survey explores bank leaders’ outlook on M&A, organic growth and profitability challenges.

Article ON – 01/08/2025
Author
Laura Alix
Director of Research
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Laura Alix Director of Research

Laura Alix is the Director of Research at Bank Director, where she collaborates on strategic research for bank directors and senior executives, including Bank Director’s annual surveys. She also writes for BankDirector.com and edits online video content. Laura is particularly interested in workforce management and retention strategies, environmental, social and governance issues, and fraud. She has previously covered national and regional banks for American Banker and community banks and credit unions for Banker & Tradesman. Based in Boston, she has a bachelor’s degree from the University of Connecticut and a master’s degree from CUNY Brooklyn College.

ADDITIONAL ARTICLES

For Your Review Laura Alix
Director of Research
Last Word John Engen
Contributing Writer
Market Intelligence John Engen
Contributing Writer
Point of View Naomi Snyder
Editor-in-Chief