Pub. 2 2013 Issue 9

December 2013 11 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 Chris Low, Chief Economist, FTN Financial, delivered a message on the slow growing economy with an expected GDP growth below 2% this year. Don Musso, President, FinPro, closed the day with a message on strata- gies to address the numerous challenges facing the banking industry. Grant LacKamp, Country Club Bank, Prairie Village; Patrick Smith, BOKF, N.A., Overland Park; and Ryan Owenby, UMB Bank, N.A., Kansas City, listen to the keynote address by Dr. Thomas Parliment. KBA Chairman Leonard Wolfe, United Bank & Trust, Marysville, gave the welcoming address that opened the 2013 Economic Outlook & Investment Conference. KBA Bank Management Committee Chair Mark Windsor, Exchange National Bank & Trust Co., Atchison, introduced the closing speaker Donald Musso. Dr. Tom Parliment, Chairman and CEO of Parliment Consulting Services, discussed a different method of loan pricing to help community banks compete with the big regional banks.