Board of Directors

Bill Hingst

Board President & Chairman for CFB

Chairman of Mid America Beverage

  • Purdue University
  • Kokomo, IN

Dr. Stacy Atkinson

Chancellor of Ivy Tech Indianapolis

  • National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) Commission on Accreditation of Higher Education programs
  • Serves on the Near North Development Corporation Board
  • Board Member Central Indiana Girl Scouts
  • Westfield, IN

Robb Blume

President/CEO of Community First Bank

  • Butler University
  • Graduate School of Banking at Colorado
  • 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

Retired physician at Kokomo Urology

  • Indiana University School of Medicine
  • Kokomo, IN

Bob Hickman

Chief Banking and 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
  • Board Member of US 31 Coalition
  • Board Member of Indiana Chamber of Commerce
  • Board Member of Community Foundation of Howard County
  • Kokomo, IN

Mark A. McCann

Managing Partner at McCann Legal

Howard County Prosecuting Attorney

  • Indiana University Bloomington
  • J.D. from Valparaiso University School of Law
  • Director of the Kokomo Humane Society 
  • 2004 Indiana Trial Lawyer of the Year 
  • Member of National District Attorneys Associatio, Indiana State Bar Association, and Howard County Bar Association
  • 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

Founding partner & CPA at Bucheri McCarty

and Metz

  • Indiana University Bloomington
  • Kokomo, IN
headshot of Matthew Murphy, member of the board of directors

Matthew B. Murphy III

Founder/President and Chief Consultant at Emboss Partners, LLC

 

  • Advisory board for the Johnson Center for Entrepreneurship & Innovation at the Kelley School of Business at Indiana University
  • Governor’s appointee to boards previously overseeing the Indiana Health Facility Financing Authority, Indiana State Teachers Retirement Fund, Public Employee Retirement Fund of Indiana, and currently INvestED
  • Board Member of Lynx Capital Corp, Indiana University Kelley School of Business Alumni Association, Community Investment Fund of Indiana, Inc., Indianapolis Public Schools Multi-School Building Corp., Christel House International, Inc., Indiana University Health Indianapolis Suburban Region
  • 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

  • Bethel University

  • Retired from distinguished career in education and coaching

  • Inducted into the Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame in 2024

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

  • Past Board Member of the Noblesville Boys & Girls Club

  • Past Exalted Ruler of the Benevolent & Protective Order of Elks; 43-year member

  • 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