Camden R. Fine

President and CEO
Independent Community Bankers of America (ICBA)

     Camden R. Fine is president and CEO of the Independent Community Bankers of America (ICBA), the only national trade association that exclusively represents community banks.

     A native Missourian, Fine came to ICBA from the Midwest Independent Bank in Jefferson City, Mo. He chartered and organized the bankers' bank and served MIB as president and CEO for nearly 20 years. In addition, Fine owned Mainstreet Bank of Ashland, Mo., a $35 million-asset community bank in Central Missouri.

     A long time member of ICBA prior to becoming the association's president and CEO, Fine served on several association standing committees and on the ICBA board of directors. He also served as the secretary/treasurer of the Missouri Independent Bankers Association for nearly 20 years.

     Fine has a strong background in politics as well as banking. In 1978, he joined the Missouri state government as a budget analyst, and in 1981 former governor and current U.S. Sen. Christopher "Kit" Bond appointed him director of the state's tax division. In October 2000, Fine was appointed to the Federal Advisory Council of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System representing the 10th Federal Reserve District (Kansas City).

     Fine was educated at the Virginia Military Institute and the University of Missouri-Columbia. He is a distinguished graduate and past chairman of the Board of Advisors of the Stonier Graduate School of Banking. Since coming to ICBA, Fine has worked to increase membership and raise the members' awareness of and participation in the association's advocacy efforts. To that end, Fine has been a passionate advocate for community bank issues and has been featured in The Wall Street Journal and appeared on CNN, MSNBC, Bloomberg, PBS, and NPR.
 
Source:  ICBA, 1/08