West Bank CEO Dave Nelson has been elected chairman of the Iowa Bankers Association executive committee. Other leaders of the executive committee are Kurt Herbrechtsmeyer, president and CEO of First Security Bank & Trust in Charles City, chairman-elect; Susan Whitson, executive vice president of First National Bank in Waverly, past chair; Brad Lane, president and CEO of Security Savings Bank in Gowrie, treasurer; and John Sorensen, president and CEO of the Iowa Bankers Association, who will continue to serve as secretary. The officers will begin their terms on the 2016-17 board when the Iowa Bankers Association has its annual meeting Sept. 18-20 in Des Moines.