Pub. 7 2019 Issue 4

www.uba.org 14 2019 BANK EXECUTIVE WINTER CONFERENCE T he 9th Annual UBA Bank Executive Winter Conference, held December 6, 2019, at the Little America Hotel, was well attended by bank executive officers from across the state of Utah in a setting designed to provide executive management teams with a “New Year Risk Radar” to guide their banks through the industry’s most pressing issues for the coming year. This year’s conference kicked off with a New Year Risk Radar Regulator Panel with representatives of the Federal Reserve, FDIC, OCC, Utah Department of Financial Institutions, and Jones Waldo. This year featured keynote speaker Former Utah Governor and U.S. Ambassador Jon M. Huntsman, who sat down with Utah Bankers Association President Howard Headlee for a fireside chat. Other sessions included Dave Defazio, StrategyCorps, who addressed the “Evolving Battle for customers and Cross-Selling in a Mobile World;” and Eric Cook, WSI, who spoke about “Using Social Media and Online Tools to Build Your Brand, Grow Relationships, and Serve More Customers.” At lunch, graduates of the 2017 EDP program were honored by their respective bank management. n