PRESS RELEASES, LETTERS, ARTICLES, AND SPEECHES

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Press Releases
10/02/07: AABD Names Charles J. Thayer as Chairman
08/22/07: The Pending Student Loan Sunshine Act Bars Bank Directors' Service on College Boards
05/02/07: AABD Files Amicus Briefs in the "Whistleblower" Cardinal Bankshares Case
04/03/06: AABD Appoints Richard C. Houseworth to Board of Advisors
08/11/04: AABD Appoints Neal L. Petersen to Board of Advisors
07/12/04: AABD Appoints Robert E. Miller to Board of Advisors
06/19/03: American Association of Bank Directors Announces Report of Task Force on Asset Freezes of Bank Directors and Officers
06/03/03: AABD Appoints Charles J. Thayer to Board of Advisors
03/03/03: AABD Announces Clark/Bardes White Paper on Compensation of Bank Boards of Directors and Executive Management
10/03/02: AABD Appoints John D. "Jay" Cornet to Advisory Council of IBDE
07/08/02: AABD Appoints Dr. Douglas V. Austin to Board of Advisors
02/28/02: AABD Appoints R. Wade Thompson to Board of Advisors
03/09/01: AABD Appoints Robert Serino as Money Laundering & Bank Enforcement Advisor
01/11/01: AABD Appoints Bankmark CEO as Head of New Bank Committee
01/02/01: AABD Announces Strategic Alliance with Competix.com
01/15/99: Bowers, Furash & Williston Join AABD Board
08/20/98: AABD and HCL James Martin, Inc. Establish New Strategic Relationship

Letters
07/06/09: Response from OTS Acting Director John Bowman to request that savings and loan holding companies which have received TARP CPP investments not be required to sign broad capital commitments.
02/09/09: Letter to OTS Director John Reich asking the OTS to stop requesting savings and loan holding companies which have received TARP CPP investments or have applied for the investments to sign broad capital commitments.
06/27/06: Letter to The Honorable Paul S. Sarbanes responding to his letter to AABD dated June 8, 2006
06/09/06: Letter to The Honorable Barney Frank regarding Section 405 of The Financial Services Regulatory Relief Act
06/09/06: Letter to The Honorable Michael G. Oxley regarding Section 405 of The Financial Services Regulatory Relief Act
06/09/06: Letter to The Honorable Paul S. Sarbanes regarding Section 405 of The Financial Services Regulatory Relief Act
06/09/06: Letter to The Honorable Richard C. Shelby regarding Section 405 of The Financial Services Regulatory Relief Act
06/08/06: Letter to The Honorable John C. Dugan regarding Section 405 of The Financial Services Regulatory Relief Act
06/08/06: Letter to The Honorable Martin J. Gruenberg regarding Section 405 of The Financial Services Regulatory Relief Act
06/08/06: Letter to The Honorable John Reich regarding Section 405 of The Financial Services Regulatory Relief Act
06/08/06: Letter to The Honorable Ben Bernanke regarding Section 405 of The Financial Services Regulatory Relief Act
03/04/03: Letter to the SEC re: Proposed Rules Concerning Standards Relating to Listed Company Audit Committees
12/09/02: Letter to the SEC re: the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
06/25/02: Letter to the New York Stock Exchange regarding proposed new corporate governance rule
01/10/01: Letter to the Honorable Richard Baker
05/22/00: Letter to the Fed regarding merchant banking regulations
02/03/99: Letter to the Honorable Phil Gramm
10/09/98: Letter to the Honorable Julie Williams
07/31/98: Letter to Congresswoman Marge Roukema
07/31/98: Letter to Senator Richard C. Shelby

Articles & Speeches
10/29/08: Be Prepared for Your Next Examination
01/30/08: 2007: A Watershed Year
01/25/08: Letter to the Editor: Fair Value's Impact Will Only Grow
05/18/06: Reg-Relief Bill to Put Boards on Capital Hook
03/13/03: Lending Practices in a Dicey Economy
01/01/03: What Can Bank Director Learn From Recent Corporate Scandals?
03/19/01: President Dalrymple's Speech on Bank Insurance Opportunities
04/05-06/01: Strategic Planning & Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act Speech by David Baris.
04/06/00: Insider Trading-What Bank Directors Need To Know?
01/28/00: The Zealots and the Senator
12/06/99: The Financial Services Modernization Act - What do Bank Directors need to know?
09/15/99: Advisory Boards-Are They For Your Bank?
03/15/99: Bank Directors Face Big Challenges in 2000
11/15/98: Deterioration of Loan Underwriting Standards
10/25/98: Management Succession:  Do You Really Need a Plan?
07/15/98: Balancing the Y2K Story for Directors

Special Reports
03/12/03: FDIC Guidance on Sarbanes-Oxley
06/13/01: House Passes Repeal of Business Interest Checking Prohibition
12/22/00: Risk Management of Technology Outsourcing
01/10/01: Financial Regulatory Relief Law Gives Little Relief for Bank Directors
05/19/00: SEC and NASDAQ Rules for Audit Committee Charters
04/07/00: FDIC Staff Speaks Out on New Bank Risks
01/12/00: Report on "Interagency Guidance on High Loan-To-Value Residential Real Estate Lending"
12/28/98: Message to Directors From President's Y2K Council

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