2026 CEO & Senior Management Summit and Annual Meeting HIGHLIGHTS The KBA CEO & Senior Management Summit and Annual Meeting at The Broadmoor in Colorado Springs was an outstanding week of leadership, learning and networking with banking industry leaders from across Kansas and beyond! A record-breaking crowd of more than 560 attendees joined to hear an outstanding lineup of speakers and connect with our incredible sponsors. KBA Chairman’s Address To begin the event, KBA Chair Julie Hower, Farmers & Drovers Bank, Council Grove, shared her Chairman’s Address, highlighting a year of accomplishments for the Kansas banking industry. Hower shared KBA-spearheaded achievements ranging from pushing back on federal credit card policy mandates and price controls to the adoption of state legislation designed to help prevent scams and protect vulnerable bank customers from fraud. Hower encouraged Kansas bankers to look to the KBA for their education, insurance, legal and compliance needs, and she applauded the dramatic growth of the Kansas Bankers Educational Foundation, which is having a positive impact on bank workforce development, financial literacy and fraud protection. (L-R) Mark Schifferdecker, President and CEO of GNBank, Girard; Rob Nichols, President and CEO of the American Bankers Association; and Doug Wareham, President and CEO of the Kansas Bankers Association Mountainside Policy Chat Rob Nichols, President and CEO of the American Bankers Association, joined Mark Schifferdecker, President and CEO of GNBank, Girard, and Doug Wareham, President and CEO of the KBA, for the Mountainside Policy Chat. Nichols provided updates on key federal policy issues, including the CLARITY Act, ongoing efforts to include an ACRE Act fix in a year-end tax extender package, and the Credit Card Competition Act. He concluded with a look ahead at the 2026 election cycle and its potential implications for the banking industry. 8
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