ICBA Mortgage Adds New President and CEO

The ""Independent Community Bankers of America"":http://www.icba.org (ICBA) recently welcomed Ron Haynie as president and CEO of ""ICBA Mortgage"":http://www.icbamortgage.com, the group's mortgage services subsidiary.

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Haynie joins the Washington, D.C.-based organization with more than 35 years' experience in mortgage banking.

In his new role, Haynie is responsible for providing competitive mortgage lending solutions to the group's nearly 5,000 community bank members. ICBA Mortgage provides community banks direct and indirect access to the secondary mortgage lending market.

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""I am thrilled to be a part of ICBA Mortgage and to be working with ICBA's member community banks to help them better serve their customers and grow their mortgage businesses,"" said Haynie. ""As a former community banker, I look forward to collaborating with community bankers to make the most of their mortgage programs in the years to come.""

As VP of the mortgage division of Home Federal Bank in Nampa, Idaho, Haynie was responsible for the building and maintenance of a profitable mortgage banking line of business.

He was also SVP of membership and sales for America's Community Bankers and held numerous senior-level roles during his more than 20-year career with Freddie Mac. Haynie received a graduate degree from the University of Virginia in retail bank management.

""ICBA is pleased to welcome Ron to the ICBA Mortgage team, especially during this critical time when more and more mortgage customers are turning to America's nearly 8,000 Main Street community banks for common-sense mortgage loans,"" said Gary Teagno, president and CEO of ICBA Services Network. ""Ron's extensive industry and management experience will be instrumental in ICBA Mortgage growth well into the future.""