Mark Schifferdecker
Mark Schifferdecker, Vice Chairman
Mark is the Chairman, President and CEO of GNBank N.A in Girard, where he has been since 1995. He is a CPA, and prior to returning to his hometown bank, he was a Senior Manager at KPMG, Kansas City. He earned a B.S. in Accounting, Business Management, and Computer Science from William Jewell College and is a graduate of the ABA Stonier Graduate School of Banking. He was Chairman of the KBA Education/HR Committee and served on the Employee Benefits Committee. He serves on the FHLBank Topeka Board of Directors and is Chairman of the Audit Committee. Previously, he served on the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City and the Bankers’ Bank of Kansas Boards of Directors. Outside of banking, Mark enjoys traveling, hiking, running, yard work, golf, and is active in his church. He and his wife Nancy reside in Girard and have two children: Sara and Bethany and one granddaughter.
Julie Hower
Julie Hower, Regional Representative
Julie has been at Farmers & Drovers Bank in Council Grove for 21 years and has been Chairman and CEO since 2015. She obtained her Bachelor of Science from Kansas State University and a Juris Doctorate Degree from The University of Kansas. She served on the KBA State Affairs Committee and is a graduate of the BLOK program. Outside of banking, Julie serves on the boards of the Symphony in the Flint Hills, Kansas Golf Foundation and Huck Boyd Institute. She and her husband John live in Council Grove and have two children, Hailey and Ally. In her spare time, she enjoys golf, travel and K-State sports.
John Engelbert
John Engelbert, At-Large Representative
John is President and CEO at First State Bank in Norton, where he has been employed since 1989. He earned a B.A. in Economics from Bethany College in Lindsborg and is a graduate of The Graduate School of Banking at Colorado. He has served on KBA’s State Affairs, Federal Affairs and Bank Management Committees and was a prior KBA Board member and a former Bankers’ Bank of Kansas Board member. John and his wife, Pam, live in Norton and have five children: Amber, Jared, Kendra, Katelyn and Allison. He enjoys hunting, fishing, golf and spending time with his eight grandchildren.
Jay Meyer
Jay Meyer, Kansas Ag Bankers (KAB) Division President
Jay is President and Director at Centera Bank in Sublette, where he has worked since 1991. He graduated from Kansas State University with a Bachelor of Science in Ag Economics and graduated from The Graduate School of Banking at Colorado. He currently serves on KBA’s State Affairs Committee and has served on KBA’s Lending Committee. He is also on the USD 374 School Board as well as the Sublette Chamber of Commerce. He is married to Elizabeth, and they have two children, Hannah and Emily, and granddaughter, Lilly. He enjoys K-State sports, listening to music, golf and collecting coins.
Brian Dutton
Brian Dutton, Trust Division President
Brian is Executive Vice President and Trust/Investment Officer at Community National Bank in Winfield, where he has been employed since 2016. Before that, he was a Trust/Investment Officer at Southwest National Bank. He earned a Bachelor of Science and a Master of Business Administration degree from Southwestern College in Winfield. He is also a graduate of Cannon Financial Institute. Brian enjoys family time, farm life and riding motorcycles. He is married to Kimberly, and they have three children, Kyndal, Brianna and Marshall.
Grant Paitz
Grant Paitz, KBA-Young Bank Officers of Kansas (YBOK) Division President
Grant is an Investment Strategist at INTRUST Bank N.A. in Wichita, where he has been since 2018. Previously, he was AVP – Information Technology at Bankers’ Bank of Kansas, where he started in 2006. Paitz earned a Bachelor of Science in Management Information Systems and IT from Newman University and graduated from Bank Technology Management School at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He received his Certified Investment Manager Analyst (CIMA) in 2019, and has served on the YBOK Board for the past seven years. Grant enjoys his kids’ sports, golf, home improvement projects, playing the piano, and traveling. He is married to Laura, and they have three children, Gwen, Drew and Nora.
Derek Bailey
Derek Bailey, Chairman’s Appointment
Since 2018, Derek has been a Senior Commercial Lender for Great Western Bank in Shawnee and previously a Vice President at Great American Bank for 12 years prior to that. He obtained a Bachelor of Science in Business Finance from The University of Kansas and has received numerous lending diplomas/certificates from the American Bankers Association. He is also a graduate of The Graduate School of Banking at Colorado in 2015. He has been actively involved in the Young Bank Officer’s of Kansas (YBOK) since 2018 and has served as Treasurer, Secretary, President and now serves as Past President. Outside of banking, Derek has served on the USD 497 Finance Council, as Chairman of the Bill Self Boy Scout Annual Golf Classic, is a member of the Knights of Columbus and Luncheon Optimists selling Christmas trees annually. He and his wife Jackie live in Lawrence with their two children, Oliver and Britton, as well as their miniature golden doodle, Cupcake. Derek enjoys KU sports, golf, professional sports and is accepting all challengers in Ping Pong.
