{"id":27566,"date":"2023-08-10T15:35:02","date_gmt":"2023-08-10T20:35:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bankbeat.biz\/?p=27566"},"modified":"2023-08-10T15:35:02","modified_gmt":"2023-08-10T20:35:02","slug":"three-indiana-bankers-recognized-for-leadership","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bankbeat.biz\/three-indiana-bankers-recognized-for-leadership\/","title":{"rendered":"Three Indiana bankers recognized for leadership"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Indiana Bankers Association recognized three members with Leaders in Banking Excellence awards.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_27567\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-27567\" style=\"width: 290px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-27567\" src=\"https:\/\/bankbeat.biz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/lbe-3mikes-mid-300x196.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"196\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bankbeat.biz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/lbe-3mikes-mid-300x196.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bankbeat.biz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/lbe-3mikes-mid-1024x670.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/bankbeat.biz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/lbe-3mikes-mid-768x502.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bankbeat.biz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/lbe-3mikes-mid-1536x1004.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/bankbeat.biz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/lbe-3mikes-mid-610x399.jpg 610w, https:\/\/bankbeat.biz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/lbe-3mikes-mid-600x392.jpg 600w, https:\/\/bankbeat.biz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/lbe-3mikes-mid.jpg 1800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-27567\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Michael K. Bauer, senior vice president of WesBanco Bank, Wheeling, W.Va.; Michael E. Schrage, CEO &amp; chair of Merrillville, Ind.-based Centier Bank; and Michael F. Petrie, chair of Carmel-based Merchants Bank of Indiana were honored by the Indiana Bankers Association as Leaders in Banking Excellence, the association\u2019s highest honor, at a ceremony at IBA headquarters in Indianapolis on Aug. 4.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Considered the association\u2019s highest honor, the awards were presented Aug. 4 at the IBA\u2019s headquarters in Indianapolis. This year\u2019s recipients included:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Michael K. Bauer, senior vice president and senior credit officer with Wheeling, Va.-based WesBanco Bank. Bauer is based in New Albany, Ind.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Michael Petrie, chair of Carmel-based Merchants Bank of Indiana and its holding company Merchants Bancorp. Petrie co-founded Merchants Capital.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Michael E. Schrage, chair and CEO of Merrillville, Ind.-based Centier Bank. Schrage, who joined the bank in 1972 when it was known as Bank of Whiting, was first elected chair of the board a decade later. He is the fourth generation of family ownership.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cHonorees are chosen for their positive impact not only on Indiana\u2019s banking industry but on the communities they serve,\u201d IBA stated. \u201cThey are nominated by IBA-member organizations and approved by the IBA board of directors.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Indiana Bankers Association recognized three members with Leaders in Banking Excellence awards.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/bankbeat.biz\/three-indiana-bankers-recognized-for-leadership\/\"> [Continue] <\/a><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":409,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"generate_page_header":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[160],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.6 - 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