Pub. 8 2019 Issue 4

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 14 K BA officers, members of the Federal Affairs Committee and the 2019 KBA Bank Leaders of Kansas class traveled to Washington, D.C. to spend two days meeting with Federal bank regulators and the Kansas delegation on the hill. The trip has become an inspiring combination of bankers who are experienced in navigating the muddy waters of the “swamp” and those bankers who are eager to learn the process. Loaded with information provided by the KBA and the ABA, the group met with staff from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) to discuss KBA’s top priority issues, which included: 1) urging the delay of the implementation of the Current Expected Credit Loss (CECL) accounting standard being put forth by the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) in order to stop and study the effects of credit availability; 2) taking another look at the Community Bank Leverage Ratio (CBLR) currently proposed at 9 percent and also revisiting the prompt corrective action rules to make this option more viable; 3) getting an update on progress for the modernization of the Community Reinvestment KBA FEDERAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE AND 2019 BLOK CLASS TAKE THE KBA MESSAGE TO D.C. Front Row (left to right): KBA President Doug Wareham; Kent Needham (First Security Bank, Overbrook); KBA Vice Chairman Jonathon Johnson (Home Savings Bank, Chanute); KBA Chairman-Elect Kurt Knutson (Freedom Bank, Overland Park); KBA Past Chairman Ron Johnson (Community National Bank, Seneca); KBA Chairman Chris Donnelly (Bank of the Prairie, Olathe); Amanda Williams (Bankers’ Bank of Kansas, Wichita); and KBA SVP-Legal Department Director Terri Thomas. 2nd Row (left to right): KBA SVP-Government Relations Alex Orel; Ryan Gilliland (FHLBank Topeka, Topeka); Darrin Golliher (Stockgrowers State Bank, Meade); Jacob LaRue (Bank of Commerce, Chanute); Mike Waldman (Community National Bank & Trust, Iola); Mark Lair (Bank of Commerce, Chanute); Kristen Wesolowsky (Legacy Bank, Wichita); Crissy Shumard (INTRUST Bank, N.A., Wichita); Chris Bilby (Home Savings Bank, Chanute); Carmelita Taylor (Astra Bank, Abilene); Suzan Saville (FHLBank Topeka, Topeka); and Lindsey Voss (Farmers Bank & Trust, Overland Park). 3rd Row (left to right): Frank Suellentrop (Legacy Bank, Wichita); Eric Clemenson (Arvest Bank, Mission); Chris Wente (Golden Belt Bank, Hays); Gary Yager (VisionBank, Topeka); Brent Padgett (The Citizens National Bank, Lansing); Jared Brown (Impact Bank, Wellington); Kelli Galbrecht (CrossFirst Bank, Leawood); KBA SVP-General Counsel Kathy Taylor; Don Reinsch (Central National Bank, Junction City); and Kyle Campbell (Astra Bank, Abilene). 4th Row (left to right): Tyler Walden (Allen, Gibbs & Houlik L.C., Wichita); Joe Karnes (Central National Bank, Lawrence); Alex Williams (The Halstead Bank, Halstead); Alan Meyer (State Bank of Bern, Axtell); Jeff Martin (First Heritage Bank, Centralia); Derek Bailey (Great Western Bank, Shawnee); Blake Meyer (Denison State Bank, Holton); Shan Hanes (Heartland Tri-State Bank, Elkhart); Leonard Wolfe (United Bank & Trust, Marysville); Brad Elliott (Equity Bank, Wichita); and Jeremy Hacker (United Bank & Trust, Concordia).