As Friends of Traditional Banking continues to grow, so does its Executive Committee. Last month, two new leaders were named as Ron Shettlesworth was promoted from the Nationwide Banker Board, and Don Childears was promoted from the Advisory Council.

Ron Shettlesworth is Chief Executive Officer of Main Bank, based in Albuquerque, New Mexico with approximately $130 million in assets. He is a graduate of The University of Texas at Austin and the Southwestern Graduate School of Banking. He has been a community banker since 1972 in Texas, Arizona, and New Mexico, the last 36 years in Albuquerque.

Ron and his wife, Mary Ellen, have two married sons, one of whom works with him at Main Bank. They have three granddaughters and one grandson between them. He served as Chairman of Independent Community Bankers Association of New Mexico during the 2014-2015 year, and he currently sits on ICBA's National Consumer Financial Services Subcommittee. 

Don Childears has been President/CEO of the Colorado Bankers Association since1980, making him the longest serving among his colleagues. He started in 1975 as CBA's principal lobbyist. Prior to that he did Congressional campaign work and legislative analysis on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. He has a Juris Doctor from the University of Denver College of Law, completed Graduate School of Banking at Colorado, University of Colorado, and holds a BSBA (Marketing) from Colorado State University where he was also student body president.

Don has been on the American Bankers Association's Board of Directors, BankPac, Government Relations Council (Administrative Com), and Regulatory Relief Task Force (chair). He was born and raised in Saguache (a town of 600 in rural south central Colorado) and is married to Linda Childears, President of the Daniels Fund ($1.5B charitable foundation) in Denver.