Pub. 2 2013 Issue 8

November 2013 9 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 The CEO Panel consisted of former or current KBA board members from left to right are Travis Hicks, (Great American Bank, DeSoto), Kurt Knutson (Freedom Bank, Overland Park), and Mark Larrabee (Arvest Bank, Shawnee Mission) KBA Chairman-elect Kelly Mason, First National Bank in Pratt, enjoyed a discussion be - tween sessions with Kerry Hatzenbuehler, Kennedy and Coe, Ryan Pierce, Bankers’ Bank of Kansas and Danny Mason, Community National Bank Branch. Pictured from left to right are Ian Worrell, INTRUST Bank, N.A., Michael Needham, First Security Bank, Paola, Dustin DeWitt, and Eric DeCoursey, BKD, LLP. YBOK President Jarrod Rowland, Alden State Bank, Sterling, wel - comed attendees to the 2013 Fall Conference. Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City President Esther George decribes her reasoning as the only dissenting vote to continue quantitive easing as an economic strategy. Jason Brown, Regional Economist, described the current economic conditions and short term outlook. Ted Triplett, led a fast-paced session on how analytics can improve bank performance. Several attendees tried their hand at golf through a clinic held during the golf tournament. Pictured is Anna Baker, INTRUST Bank, N.A., practicing her drive with the golf pro. Kent Maggard shared his story of success from the pitchers mound to the board room.