2025 Pub. 14 Issue 1

INTRODUCING THE 2025 BLOK CLASS NEAL BARCLAY, CRCM Assistant Vice President — Compliance Specialist & Auditor, Kansas Bankers Association, Topeka Neal has worked in multiple banks and has over 30 years of banking experience in Compliance, BSA and Mortgage/Consumer Lending. He earned a Bachelor of Business Administration with an emphasis in Finance and Economics from Pittsburg State University in 1987. He graduated from the Graduate School of Banking at the University of Wisconsin in 1992 and obtained the ABA’s Certified Regulatory Compliance Manager (CRCM) designation in 2005. Neal has been an instructor at the KBA/NBA Compliance School since 2018 and has been with the KBA for the past eight years. MATYSON BARNES Assistant Vice President, Credit Analyst Supervisor, Farmers Bank & Trust, Overland Park Matyson Barnes grew up in Council Grove, Kansas. She graduated from Fort Hays State University with a Bachelor of Business Administration in Finance with a banking concentration, a Bachelor of Business Administration in Accounting, and a certificate in Agricultural Business. Matyson has worked at Farmers Bank & Trust in the Credit Department for four and a half years, serving as the Credit Analyst Supervisor over the last year. Her previous banking experience includes working as a Teller at Farmers & Drovers Bank and interning at Bankers’ Bank of Kansas. Additionally, she volunteers throughout the year with the Salvation Army and a retirement community. In her free time, she enjoys spending time with family and traveling with her husband, Nick. DAN DUCHNOWSKI Senior Vice President, Chief Services Officer, Equity Bank, Wichita Dan Duchnowski has been with Equity Bank for two years as the Chief Services Officer, overseeing deposit operations, loan operations, mortgage operations and operations compliance. He has 25 years of banking experience, working at various banks throughout his career, including an internet-only bank, a private/commercial bank and community banks. His banking career has taken him from Georgia to Pennsylvania and, ultimately, Kansas. Dan has held diverse roles throughout his career, including Chief Banking Officer, Chief Marketing & Chief Deposit Officer, Digital Solutions Manager, Customer Service Center and Digital Banking Manager, and Client Care Senior Officer. He is currently attending Banking School at the University of Georgia and is scheduled to graduate in 2025. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Marketing from Indiana University of Pennsylvania and a General Banking Degree from the American Bankers Association. Dan resides in Wichita with his wife, Melissa, and their two teenage sons. 9

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