Laurie provides strategic and managerial oversight for IBA’s professional development, including education, training, meetings and events. She is responsible for financial oversight, planning areas of focus, content development, marketing, speaker selection and logistical arrangements. She joined the Association in 1991.

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North Salem State Bank appointed Jeff Joyce, its chief financial officer, to its board of directors effective January 1, 2026.

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