| Cover | 1 |
| Features | 6 |
| Effective Governmental Relations Requires Grassroots Lobbying and Autonomous Representation 9 | 9 |
| Speculation vs. Strategy: What Drives Your Investment Decisions 17 | 17 |
| Reviving Dormant Judgments in Illinois 21 | 21 |
| 2015 CBAI Group Meetings Wrap Up 26 | 26 |
| Powerful Ways Online Web Portals Transcend the Boardroom 30 | 30 |
| Community Bankers School Concludes for 2015 34 | 34 |
| Departments | 6 |
| Index of Advertisers | 44 |
| Allstate Appraisal 8 | 8 |
| Allstate Appraisal 37 | 37 |
| The ALPS Group/Community BancInsurance Services/Dynegy Energy Services 35 | 35 |
| THE BAKER GROUP 32 | 32 |
| BancMac 14 | 14 |
| BancVue 47 | 47 |
| BankOnIt 23 | 23 |
| BFS Group/Homefield Energy/IZALE Financial Group/Systemax 38 | 38 |
| BKD llp 05 | 5 |
| Brown, Smith, Wallace LLC/Cigna 43 | 43 |
| Continuity Control 29 | 29 |
| CSI 22 | 22 |
| First American Payment Systems 46 | 46 |
| Homefield Energy 3 | 3 |
| iHELP Student Loans from Community Banks 18 | 18 |
| LKCS 20 | 20 |
| Midwestern Securities Trading Company, LLC/Quad City Bank & Trust/Rockford Tech Systems Inc 28 | 28 |
| Plante Moran 7 | 7 |
| The Redmond Company 25 | 25 |
| SHAZAM® 19 | 19 |
| Southwest Financial Services, Ltd/Triad Financial Services 37 | 37 |
| WGA Benefit Consultants 15 | 15 |
| Welch Systems Incorporated 48 | 48 |
| WIPFLi LLP 16 | 16 |
| Wolters Kluwer Financial Services 24 | 24 |
| Young & Associates, Inc. 2 | 2 |