About Us our mission Together we support our member banks and bankers with leadership, advocacy, and education to benefit the communities and customers they serve. Annual report Download Now 2020-2021 Board of directors Mike Ewy KBA Chairman CEO, Community State Bank Coffeyville Shan Hanes KBA Chairman-Elect President & CEO, Heartland Tri-State Bank Elkhart Mark Schifferdecker KBA Vice Chairman Chairman, President & CEO, GNBank Girard Jonathon Johnson KBA Past Chairman President & CEO, Home Savings Bank Chanute Derek Bailey Director Appointed by KBA Chairman Senior Commercial Lender, Great Western Bank Shawnee Mission Dan Bolen Regional Representative President & CEO, Bank of Prairie Village Prairie Village Mike Day Regional Representative President, Denison State Bank Holton Brian Dutton Trust Division Representative VP-Trust Officer, Community National Bank & Trust Winfield John Engelbert At Large Representative President & CEO, First State Bank Norton Allison Grace At Large Representative President, Andover State Bank Andover Craig Heideman Regional Representative President & CEO, Kaw Valley Bank Topeka John Hill At Large Representative President & CEO, The City State Bank Fort Scott Julie Hower Regional Representative President, Farmers & Drovers Bank Council Grove Jay Meyer Kansas Ag Bankers Division Representative President, Centera Bank Sublette Grant Paitz YBOK Division Representative INTRUST Bank, N.A. Wichita Gil Trout Director Appointed by KBA Chairman EVP, Emprise Bank Wichita Ronald Wente Regional Representative Chairman, Golden Belt Bank FSA Hays Patrick Wiederholt Regional Representative Chairman & CEO, Flint Hills Bank Hartford Alex Williams Regional Representative CEO, The Halstead Bank Halstead Brad Yaeger Regional Representative President & CEO, Legacy Bank Colwich Brad Zimmerman Regional Representative President & CEO, First National Bank Scott City Leadership Doug Wareham President & CEO Kathy Taylor EVP-General Counsel Terri Thomas EVP-Legal Department Director Brenda Unruh SVP-Education & Conferences, Member Services Alex Orel SVP-Government Relations Eric Stofer SVP-Chief Financial Officer Mary Taylor SVP-Communications & Marketing Administration Julie Taylor VP-Computer & Information Systems Sara Blubaugh VP-Executive Assistant to the President & CEO Lynne Mills Receptionist/Special Projects Brianna Magee Communications & Marketing Coordinator Education & Conferences Becky Milne VP-Education & Conferences Nicole Ortiz AVP-Education & Conferences, Division Coordinator LeAnn Mott AVP-Education & Conferences, Division Coordinator Insurance Kent Owens SVP-KBA Insurance, Inc. Elizabeth Roche SVP-Employee Benefits Administration Jenny Figge VP-Operations, KBA Insurance, Inc. Cari Charter AVP-KBA Insurance, Inc. LEGAL Jackie Kuhn VP-Staff Attorney Gwen Hill VP-Staff Attorney Allison Carpenter VP-Staff Attorney-Senior Compliance Auditor Dylan Serrault VP-Staff Attorney/ Compliance Auditor Bobby Young VP-Staff Attorney (HR&IT) Consultant Adeel Syed AVP-Staff Attorney Neal Barclay AVP-Compliance Specialist/Auditor Jeff Narron AVP-Compliance Specialist/Auditor Kelly VanZwoll AVP-Staff Attorney and Government Relations Lewis Walton Compliance Auditor Meridith DeForest Administrative Legal Assistant Koren Kabriel Part-time Administrative Legal Assistant Kerry Clark Publications Editor and Compliance Specialist History Learn More about our History
