OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE KANSAS BANKERS ASSOCIATION

Pub. 12 2023 Issue 4

KBA Leadership on the Road Again … 2023 No-Ties Tour

Feature image (above): Brandon Oien, President & CEO, and Gary Walter, Board Chairman of The Bank in Oberlin.

KBA President & CEO Doug Wareham along with Alex Greig, President — KBA Insurance, Inc.; Terri Thomas, EVP & COO; Mary Taylor, SVP — Communications & Marketing Director; Kansas Bankers Educational Foundation Ambassador Ron Johnson; Kathy Taylor, EVP — General Counsel and Alex Orel, SVP — Government Relations hit the road this summer visiting banks as part of the annual summer “No Ties Tour.”

Thank you, Kansas bankers, for taking the time to visit with us! We truly value these conversations! Our journeys are not yet complete, so stay tuned for more in the next issue of The Kansas Banker

Brad Zimmerman, KBA Board Member and President of Farmers Bank & Trust in Atwood.
Chris Wente, President & CEO at Golden Belt Bank in Hays.
Irv Mitchell, President of Wilson State Bank in Russell.
Dale Winklepleck, KBA Board Member and President & CEO of Solutions North Bank in Stockton.
Matt Engel, President & CEO at Farmers State Bank in Oakley.
Rodger Van Loenen, President & CEO at Farmers State Bank in Phillipsburg.
Jean Ann Wagner, President & CEO of Farmers National Bank in Phillipsburg.
Bank of Hays President John Clarke in Hays.
John Engelbert, KBA Board Member and President & CEO of First State Bank in Norton.
Taylor Hight, President & CEO at American Bank of Baxter Springs.
Sharon Schamberger, President & CEO of Outdoor Bank in Hoxie, Kansas.
Southwind Bank President Vance Ruggels in Russell.
GNBank, N.A. team in Girard.
Laura and Hunter Cox, Vice Presidents at Baxter State Bank in Baxter Springs.
Exchange State Bank team in Girard.
Greg Saville, CEO; Kent Culbertson, SVP; and Brandi Archer, Consumer Loan Officer, at First National Bank and Trust in Phillipsburg.
Commercial Bank team in Parsons.
Bill Wyckoff, CEO, of Labette Bank in Altamont.
Peoples State Bank team in Cherryvale.
KBA Past Chairman Mike Ewy, CEO, (far left) and Jeff Stewart, President, (far right), Community State Bank in Coffeyville.
Tyson Rucker, Chairman/COO, of Home State Bank & Trust in Eureka.
Frank Carson III, Chairman of the Board, and Frank Carson IV, President & CEO, of Carson Bank in Mulvane.
Dwight Nelson, President and team of Goppert State Service Bank in Garnett.
Bank of Greeley team in Greeley.
Garrett Sharp, VP of Community National Bank and Trust in Chanute receives his BLOK.
FirstOak Bank team in Independence.
President Martin Hunter and team at Howard State Bank in Howard.
President & CEO John Hill and team at The City State Bank in Fort Scott.
President & CEO Mike Dixson of Southwest National Bank in Wichita.
Chairman & CEO Steve Carr of Community Bank of Wichita.
Patriots Bank team in Garnett.
Farmers State Bank team in Blue Mound.
Union State Bank team in Uniontown.
Landmark National Bank team in Topeka.
CEO Calvin Coady of Bankers’ Bank of Kansas in Wichita.
Jonathon Johnson, President & CEO, and his team at Home Savings Bank in Chanute.
Alex Jones, Vice President from Bank of Commerce in Neodesha receives his BLOK.