Operator
Good morning, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to the Chairman American Bancorp Annual Shareholder Meeting Conference Call. [Operator Instructions] This call is being recorded on April 27, 2026. And I would now like to turn the conference over to Neil Dauby. Please go ahead.
D. Dauby
CEO & Chairman
Good morning, ladies and gentlemen. I’m Neil Dauby, Chairman and CEO of German American Bancorp, Inc., and I welcome you to the 2026 Annual Meeting of the Corporation shareholders. I will serve as Chairman of this meeting and appoint Brad Arnett, who is the Corporation Secretary to serve as the Secretary.
As you may recall, in addition to his role as Corporate Secretary, Brad also serves as our Executive Vice President and Chief Legal Officer. At this time, I would like to introduce the other members of our executive team that are with us today. Please stand briefly as I call your name: Brad Rust, President and CFO; Amy Jackson, Chief Administrative Officer. And our Chief Banking Officer, Mike Beckwith, is at conference today and was unable to join us.
I also want to recognize our Principal Accounting Officer, Vicki Schuler. I will now introduce the directors of German American Bancorp, Inc.
First, let me introduce the 4 directors who are standing for election to board at today’s meeting. Would you please stand as you are introduced? Standing for election for a term expiring at the 2029 Annual Meeting are Angela Curry. Angela Curry was appointed to our Board effective January 1, 2023. She is a member of the Compensation, Human Resources Committee and the Risk Committee of


