The sixth-annual Certified Community Bank Director’s program (CCBD) will be held via Zoom October 21–23. Spread over three afternoons, the program will feature the industry’s top minds discussing the essentials of community bank directorship in a time of unprecedented disruptions and black swans. From corporate governance and understanding performance metrics to risk management and compliance, everything needed for the certified director’s designation is included in the program. There will also be a regulatory panel during which you can ask questions directly related to your bank.

CCBD will offer two tracks and the sessions will be recorded for later viewing. Level 1 addresses the most important governance skills needed by directors today. It is suitable for new as well as experienced directors wanting to be certified on core director responsibilities. Level 2 is for those directors who have completed Level 1 (or the equivalent) and are ready to drill down into more areas the modern director needs to master.

Featured speakers will include Sanford M. Brown, partner at Alston & Bird; James J. Clarke, an expert on interest rate risk, investments, bank strategic planning and board governance; Kelly Goulart, IBAT regulatory compliance manager; S. Scott MacDonald, president and CEO of the SWGSB Foundation; Karen M. Neeley, IBAT general counsel; R. Jay Phillips, president of the Cerfis Group; Merrill J. Reynolds, partner at the Reynolds Williams Group; Steve Scurlock, IBAT director of government relations; Dale S. Sheller, senior vice president of The Baker Group; and Christopher L. Williston VI, IBAT president and CEO.

CCBD is presented by the Southwestern Graduate School of Banking at Southern Methodist University and the IBAT Education Foundation, drawing on the combined powerhouses of access and exclusive intellectual property.

To register, call 214/768-2991, email [email protected] or sign up online.