Pub. 6 2017 Issue 2

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 10 2017 BANK LEADERS OF KANSAS CLASS CONVENES FOR SESSION 1 K BA STARTED THE BANK LEADERS OF KANSAS (BLOK) program in 2006 with a vision of developing Kansas bankers and exposing them to a wide range of topics that influence the industry, while building a collaborative networking community. The twelfth BLOK class convened for their first session in Topeka on February 7, 2017. BLOK Session 1 is all about building a confident KBA volunteer leader and began with an afternoon overview of the history and structure of the Kansas Bankers Association. Day two focused on state advocacy and began with a session on the legislative process. The BLOK class participated in the KBA Harold A. Stones Public Affairs Conference, followed by a legislative reception at the Topeka Country Club. The third day of session 1 started with a leadership panel designed to expose the class further to the role of a volunteer KBA leader. KBA President Chuck Stones moderated a panel that included Jim Maag, former KBA President; Former KBA Chairman Kent Needham who serves as Chairman of the Board, President & CEO of First Security Bank in Overbrook; and Former KBA Chairman Frank Carson, Chairman of Carson Bank in Mulvane. The class then sat in on the first hour of the KBA Board meeting before transitioning to the Office of the State Bank Commissioner (OSBC) for a briefing on the structure and responsibilities of the OSBC. Following the OSBC’s presentation, the class listened to a legislative panel over lunch. The panel consisted of the House Financial Institutions & Pensions Committee Chair, Representative Jim Kelly, Independence (District 11 – R) and the Chair of the Senate Financial Institutions and Insurance Committee, Senator Jeff Longbine, Emporia (District 17 – R.) Rep. Kelly is Executive Vice President with Community National Bank & Trust in Independence, while Senator Longbine (owner of Longbine Auto Plaza) serves on the Board of ESB Financial in Emporia. Following the legislative panel the group walked to the Statehouse and received a behind- the-scenes tour of the Statehouse from KBA’s statehouse lobbyists. The tour included visiting House leadership offices and witnessing a House Budget Subcommittee review funding allocations for the Office of the State Bank Commissioner. Sam Chandler, INTRUST Bank, N.A., Wichita (center) greets Rep. Susan Humphries (R-Wichita) and her husband, Cary Humphries at the KBA Legislative Reception held at Topeka Country Club. BLOK Class participants heard from a KBA leadership panel featuring former KBA Chairman Frank Carson, III, Carson Bank, Mulvane; former KBA President Jim Maag; former KBA Chairman Kent Needham, First Security Bank, Overbrook and KBA President Chuck Stones. State Legislative Process Doug Wareham, KBA’s EVP-Chief Operating Officer leads the 2017 BLOK Class through the process of a bill becoming state law in Kansas. KBA Chairman Jim Hoskins (Baxter State Bank, Baxter Springs) and KBA SVP-General Counsel Kathy Taylor listen as KBA President Chuck Stones explains the history and structure of the KBA.