Board of Directors

Bill Hingst

Board President & Chairman for CFB

President of Mid America Beverage

  • Purdue University
  • Kokomo, IN

Dr. Stacy Atkinson

Chancellor of Ivy Tech Hamilton County

  • National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) Commission on Accreditation of Higher Education programs
  • Serves AMIGOS Latino Centers, PHASE Foundation, and Girls, Inc.
  • Board Member of Wayne County Chamber of Commerce and Reid Health Community Benefit Council
  • Westfield, IN

Robb Blume

President/CEO of Community First Bank

  • Butler University
  • Graduate School of Banking
  • Board Member of Greater Kokomo Economic Development Alliance, Greater Kokomo Inventrek Council, Wildcat Creek Golf Course
  • Former Board Member of St. Vincent Kokomo, United Way of Howard County, Kokomo Main Street Association, Howard County Chamber of Commerce, Kokomo Country Club, and Kokomo CEO Program
  • Kokomo, IN

Rex Gingerich

President of McGonigal Buick

  • Founder/CEO of Chariot Auto Group
  • Purdue University
  • Indiana PGA Player of the Year
  • Kokomo, IN

Dr. J. Michael Harshman

Physician at Kokomo Urology

  • Indiana University School of Medicine
  • Member of American College of Surgeons
  • Kokomo, IN

Bob Hickman

Chief Credit Officer of Community First Bank

  • MBA from Western Michigan University
  • Board Member of the Community Foundation of Howard County
  • Member of Economic Development Board within the Greater Kokomo Economic Development Alliance
  • Kokomo, IN

Jack Hingst

President of Mid America Beverage

  • J.D. from the IU Robert H. McKinney School of Law
  • Board Member of Bona Vista Programs
  • Kokomo, IN

Mark A. McCann

Managing Partner at McCann Legal

Howard County Prosecuting Attorney

  • Indiana University Bloomington
  • Valparaiso University School of Law
  • Director of the Kokomo Humane Society 
  • 2004 Indiana Trial Lawyer of the Year 
  • Kokomo, IN

David A. McFatridge

Former President of Kokomo Gas and Fuel Company

  • Purdue University
  • Former Board President of United Way
  • Former Board President of Bona Vista
  • Kokomo, IN

Ron Metz

Partner & CPA at Bucheri McCarty and Metz

  • Indiana University Bloomington
  • Kokomo, IN
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Matt Murphy

Founder and Chief Consultant at Emboss Partners, LLC

  • Advisory board for the Johnson Center for Entrepreneurship & Innovation
  • Governor’s appointee to boards overseeing the Indiana Health Facility Financing Authority, Indiana State Teachers Retirement Fund, Public Employee Retirement Fund of Indiana, and INvestED
  • Board Member of Lynx Capital Corp, Monument Capital Partners, Heron Capital Venture Fund, Community Investment Fund of Indiana, Inc., and EmpowerED Families, Indianapolis Public Schools Board, IPS Finance Committee
  • Indianapolis, IN

Monica Peck

Co-owner / Partner Xanderco

  • Former co-owner of Hare Chevrolet
  • Indiana University Bloomington
  • Involved with Noblesville Schools, Noblesville Parks Foundation, Boys and Girls Club of Noblesville, and the Noblesville Chamber of Commerce
  • Noblesville, IN

Pete Smith

Business Development Specialist at Performance Services

  • TV & Radio Color Analyst for ISC Sports and the IHSAA Champions Network

  • Retired from Distinguished 35-Year Career in Education and Coaching

  • Bethel University

  • President of the Fifty Club of Hamilton County and Tony Etchison Memorial Foundation Board Member

  • Past Board Member of the Noblesville Boys & Girls Club

  • Associate Director and Life Member of the Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame

  • 42-Year Member and PER of the Benevolent & Protective Order of Elks

  • Westfield, IN

Pete Smith

Business Development Specialist at Performance Services

 

  • VP of Athletic and Sports Medicine Division CK ARP Health
  • Retired from Distinguished 35 Year Coaching Career and 33 Year Education Career
  • Bethel College
  • Board Member of the Tony Etchison Memorial Foundation
  • Board Member of the Bryce Mitchell Memorial Foundation
  • Board Member of the Fifty Club of Hamilton County
  • Officer and Past Exalted Ruler of the Noblesville Elks Lodge
  • Served on Noblesville Boy & Girl’s Club Board
  • Noblesville, IN

Pete Smith

Business Development Specialist at Performance Services

 

  • VP of Athletic and Sports Medicine Division CK ARP Health
  • Retired from Distinguished 35 Year Coaching Career and 33 Year Education Career
  • Bethel College
  • Board Member of the Tony Etchison Memorial Foundation
  • Board Member of the Bryce Mitchell Memorial Foundation
  • Board Member of the Fifty Club of Hamilton County
  • Officer and Past Exalted Ruler of the Noblesville Elks Lodge
  • Served on Noblesville Boy & Girl’s Club Board
  • Noblesville, IN