The president of the BankWest locations in Onida and Selby has become the chairman of the American Bankers Association’s Agricultural and Rural Bankers Committee for 2020-2021.
Mike Yackley assumed the role during the ABA Unconventional Convention held virtually Monday (Oct. 19) and yesterday. He says the ABA Agricultural and Rural Bankers Committee focuses on representing ag bankers across the country in Washington, DC.
Yackley has served as BankWest’s branch president in Onida for 26 years and in 2013 assumed the same role for the Selby branch. The bulk of his experience has been in agricultural banking.
Yackley has served on the ABA Agricultural and Rural Bankers Committee for four years, serving as vice-chair this past year. He chaired the Advisory Board that plans the ABA Agricultural Bankers Conference and has also served as a member of the South Dakota Bankers Association Ag Committee, with roles as vice-chair and chairman in previous years.
He grew up on the family farm at Onida and is a member of the Onida Area Economic Development Corporation– the group that worked diligently to help bring an 80 million gallon per year ethanol plant to central South Dakota.
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