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Banking background drives Romero Rainey at ICBA

Romero RaineyDespite long history, community bank group is increasingly focused on innovationRebeca Romero Rainey, CEO of Independent Community Bankers of America, was literally raised in community banking.Her grandfather founded Centinel Bank in Taos, N.M. Romero Rainey would become president and CEO of the bank at age 22, after a detour from her native Taos, a Southwestern art mecca, to elite women's institution Wellesley College in Massachusetts, which she calls "a whole 'nother world."She earned a political science degree at Wellesley. "I've always been fascinated by governments in general, and how to (take) diverse sets of interests and needs and find that common… Read More