Profiles · Lobbyists
- Type
- Person
- Role
- Lobbyist
- Programs
- PPP
- Updated
The profile
President and CEO of the Independent Community Bankers of America; ICBA statements in 2020 addressed PPP relaunch, extension, simplified forgiveness and community-bank participation.
Identity and role
Rebeca Romero Rainey is president and CEO of the Independent Community Bankers of America. ICBA repeatedly positioned community banks as leading PPP participants and pressed for program changes.
Pandemic-relief / PPP-EIDL role
ICBA's 2020 statements welcomed the PPP relaunch (April 27, 2020) and extension (July 2, 2020), urged policymakers to streamline PPP forgiveness, and presented data on community banks' PPP lending.
Legal status / controversies
No personal enforcement action, relief loan, or company-side PPP conduct was found.
Where they are now (2025–2026)
ICBA's statements identify Romero Rainey as president and CEO; the ICBA leadership-page capture is a 404 page.
Romero Rainey's ICBA operated alongside Rob Nichols's ABA and Richard Hunt's CBA.
Sources held in this archive
Original source documents and archived captures
- ICBA data statement on community banks and PPP
- ICBA statement on simplified PPP forgiveness
- ICBA statement on PPP extension, July 2, 2020
- ICBA statement on PPP relaunch, April 27, 2020
Sources
- ICBA statement on PPP relaunch, April 27, 2020: ICBA statement on PPP relaunch, April 27, 2020 (original: icba.org · stored capture)
- ICBA statement on PPP extension, July 2, 2020: ICBA statement on PPP extension, July 2, 2020 (original: icba.org · stored capture)
- ICBA statement on simplified PPP forgiveness: ICBA statement on simplified PPP forgiveness (original: icba.org · stored capture)
- ICBA data statement on community banks and PPP: ICBA data statement on community banks and PPP (original: icba.org · stored capture)
- ICBA leadership page, Rebeca Romero Rainey: https://www.icba.org/about/leadership/rebeca-romero-rainey local copy (link now dead; copy taken from the Internet Archive, 10 August 2025)