Board of Directors

Amy Byers, President, Chatham Area Public Library 217-483-2713. Amy is the Director at the Chatham Area Public Library District since 2009. Along with serving as secretary this year, Amy is the president of the Benedictine University at Springfield Alumni Association and a member of the Illinois Women is Leadership. She is a graduate of Rochester Schools and Indiana University. She loves being a part of the Chatham community. In her free time, she enjoys playing with her two young nieces and nephew, Calla, Claire and Colton. She and her husband also spoil their black lab mix, Percy too much.

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Jay Rogers, Vice President, Bank & Trust Company 217-483-3343. Jay earned degrees in Business Administration and English from North Central College, a Masters in Business Administration from the University of Illinois-Springfield, and also completed studies at the Graduate School of Banking at the University of Colorado. Along with his wife Karen, Jay has enjoyed the great experience of having his daughter Lindsay and son Michael obtain their educational foundation via the Ball-Chatham school district. A life-long passion for the sport of distance running has earned Jay NCAA All American honors, 4 Hall of Fame Inductions, and a 14 year tenure as a Glenwood High School cross country and track coach from 1999 to 2013. He is now in his third decade as Race Director of the Scholastic Challenge 5K that has donated over $140,000 to local high school distance running programs in central Illinois.

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The vice chairman assists the chairman in chairing and making sure the board is with a chair when the chair is not available.