Pub 2 2013 Issue 7

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 18 W hile attending ABA’s Summer Lead- ership Conference, KBA Chairman Leonard Wolfe, United Bank & Trust at Marysville, KBA Federal Affairs Committee Chairman John Boyer, KANZA Bank at Kingman and KBA President Chuck Stones presented a $5,000 contribution from Kansas bankers to ABA’s National BankPAC to ABA Chairman of the Board Matt Williams and Rick Lee, Chairman of ABA’s National BankPAC Committee.  The $5,000 combined with a $31,000 contri- bution made earlier this year, brings Kansas bankers’ total support for pro-banking federal legislative candidates to $36,000.  During the conference, ABA officials announced that calendar year contributions to the National BankPAC have exceeded $1.2 million and that support from state associations affiliated with ABA’s National BankPAC is what makes BankPAC so effective and one of the largest PACs in Washington, D.C.  Special thanks to every Kansas bank and banker that supports KBA’s BankPAC.  Together we are working to elect and retain pro-banking lawmakers that serve us in Topeka and Washington, D.C. L eaders O f K ansas B ank Session I: Building a Confident KBA Volunteer Leader/Public Affairs Conference February 4-6, 2014, Topeka Session II: Banking & Business Outreach/Tri-State Leadership Conference March 25-27, 2014; Overland Park Session III: March on Capitol Hill June 8-11, 2014; Washington, D.C. Session IV: Improving Bank Performance and Building Teams That Work TENTATIVE September 22-23; Location TBD Contact Sara Blubaugh (sblubaugh@ksbankers.com ) at the KBA for a 2014 BLOK application and for more details. Now Accepting Applications for the CLASS OF 2014 Kansas Bankers Support Bolsters ABA’s National BankPAC Fund