Kim McKee, North Central Bank’s Hennepin branch president and CEO, recently was elected regional vice chair of the Community Bankers Association of Illinois.

McKee was elected during the association’s annual convention from Sept. 18 to 20 in Kansas City, Missouri.

McKee will serve on the association’s board of directors and strategic planning committee. She also will chair the association’s communications committee.

McKee received an economics degree from Illinois State University. She also graduated from the Community Bankers Association of Illinois Community Banking School and the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Graduate School of Banking. McKee began to work in banking in 1994.

She started working for North Central Bank’s Hennepin and Ladd branches in 1998. McKee works as the bank’s director, president and CEO. She also serves as an executive board member for the Upper Illinois River Valley Community Development Corp. and as a board member for the Hall Township Food Pantry – Project Success of Eastern Bureau County.

The Community Bankers Association of Illinois is a professional trade association founded to exclusively represent and serve the community banking profession through advocacy, education, and high-quality products and services.

For information, visit cbai.com.