Pub. 2 2013 Issue 3

April / May 2013 17 l e a d i n g a d v o c a t e f o r t h e b a n k i n g i n d u s t r y i n k a n s a s Tom Page, President & CEO of Empire Bank, Wichita, led a session on negotiation skills. Bryan White, SVP Rose Hill Bank, listened to a question in his breakout session “ Eliminating the Fear of Making Consumer Loans.” KBA Lending Committee Chair, Jonathon Holmes, Valley State Bank, Derby, welcomes attendees to the 2013 Lending Conference. Chuck Stones, KBA President, updated conference attendees on current events in the Kansas Legislature. KBA SVP of Legal Services, Terri Thomas, looks prior to her session on new regulations and latest compliance issues. The Regulator panel addressed a multitude of questions from conference attendees regarding new guidelines coming down the pike. Pictured from the left are Kurt Raney, Comptroller of the Currency, Overland Park, Kevin Moore, Federal Reserve Bank, Kansas City, MO, Ed Splichal, OSBC, Topeka and John Jilovec, FDIC, Kansas City, MO. Dr. Ed Seifried, Seifried & Brew, LLC, gave the Key Note Address on “The Economic Outlook for 2013 and Beyond.” Leonard Wolfe, KBA President-elect, United Bank and Trust, Marysville, Craig Garrett, First National Bank,Girard and Janet Hogard, CBE Bank, Weir, catch up during the reception following sessions on Thursday. Shan Hanes, First National Bank of Elkhart thanks conference attendees as he is inducted into office as the 2013-2014 KAB Division President.