[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 132 (Friday, August 5, 2022)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E823]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                HONORING BRAD BOLTON OF RED BAY, ALABAMA

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                        HON. ROBERT B. ADERHOLT

                               of alabama

                    in the house of representatives

                         Friday, August 5, 2022

  Mr. ADERHOLT. Madam Speaker, I would like to recognize and 
congratulate Mr. Brad Bolton, president, CEO, and senior lender for 
Community Spirit Bank in Red Bay, Alabama, on his recent election to 
become the chairman of the Independent Community Bankers of America.
  The Independent Community Bankers of America is the only national 
organization that exclusively represents community banks and their 
interests, and they create and promote environments where community 
banks flourish. Community banks constitute 99 percent of all banks 
nationwide, employ more than 700,000 Americans, and hold over $5 
trillion in assets.
  Mr. Bolton is extremely qualified for his important role as chairman 
as he serves in multiple vital leadership roles at the Independent 
Community Bankers of America. He is currently chairman of the ICBA 
Executive Committee and Board of Directors, a mentor of ICBA's Federal 
Delegate board and its Policy Development and Nominating committees, a 
member of ICBA's ThinkTECH selection committee, and serves as the 
Executive Committee liaison to the Bank Services Committee. He has also 
previously served on the Board of Directors as chairman of the Bank 
Education Committee and several other committees.
  Mr. Bolton holds a Bachelor of Business Administration from the 
University of West Alabama in Livingston, Alabama, and he is a graduate 
of the Barret School of Banking in Memphis, Tennessee.
  As a second-generation community banker, Mr. Bolton is ardently 
active at the local level. His involvement includes, but is not limited 
to, serving on the Legislative Committee of the Mississippi Bankers 
Association, serving as an elected member of the Red Bay, Alabama, City 
Council and a member of the Franklin County Community Development 
Commission. He also previously served as past chairman of the Alabama 
Young Bankers, known as Leadership Community Bankers, and on the 
Atlanta Federal Reserve Board's Community Depository Institution 
Advisory Council.
  Peers have described Mr. Bolton as someone who ``works tirelessly for 
the betterment of our industry on the local, state and national level'' 
and are ``confident he will continue to make a difference in community 
banking as he moves to this next level of leadership with the ICBA.''
  Mr. Bolton is not just a banker in the Red Bay community, but also a 
leader in our state and region and, most importantly, a friend. He is 
married to his wife, Julie and they have three children, Brooklyn 
Bolton Yancey and her husband Lane Yancey; Bailey Bolton; and Brady 
Bolton.
  He understands the needs of his rural community and works avidly to 
fulfill them, so today I ask you to join me in congratulating him on 
his election and already life changing career and wishing him luck on 
his future endeavors as the chairman of the Independent Community 
Bankers of America.

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