Pub. 3 2014 Issue 9

December 2014 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 Kevin Doyle, Country Club Bank, Prairie Village and John Lehman, The First National Bank of Girard greeted each other prior to the start of a presentation on Asset/ Liability Management. Brandon Hall, BlackRock, broke down the financial regulatory reform pie and explained what is most relevant for community banks as Basel policymaking, Dodd Frank Act and Legislative Rulemaking as well as the U.S. Supervisory Agencies all enforce their own agendas. Kendall Kay, Stockgrowers State Bank, Ashland; Shan Hanes, First National Bank of Elkhart; and Mandy Burton, First National Bank of Elkhart, caught up between sessions. Frank Farone, Darling Consulting Group, asked attendees to look forward two to five years rather than gazing in the rear view mirror. KBA EVP Government Relations Doug Wareham gave a post election update with analysis on key leadership changes expected at the state level. Karl Nelson, KPN Consulting, presented his talk titled “Asset/ Liability Management in a Rising Rate Environment.” U.S. Senator Pat Roberts greeted bankers on his way out of the conference center following a long night of election returns. Elliot Eisenberg, Ph.D., the first speaker of the day. Dr. Eisenberg kicked off the first session with a very high energy look at the economic and political forecast that included a few laughs.