Pub. 3 2014 Issue 3

April 2014 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 KBA President Chuck Stones gave a fervent update on the importance of banker involvement on the political process. Lonnie Wild, St Marys State Bank in St Marys, Christine May, Guaranty State Bank & Trust Co. in Beloit and Brian Eilert, First National Bank in Beloit. Lending Committee Chairman Jonathon Holmes, Valley State Bank, Derby and Kathy Taylor,KBA SVP General Counsel catch up between sessions as their last conference together comes to a close. Julie Bahret and Judy May, both from Farmers State Bank in Holton. David Kemp, Bankers Management, Inc., gave pointers on optimizing relationships with existing customers. Mike Brown, Security First Title in Wichita and Steve Gegen, Legacy Bank Branch in Wichita. Kevin Morgison, Capital Federal Savings, Topeka and Don Cushing FHLBank Topeka paused for a photo during the evening reception.