The Southwestern Graduate School of Banking (SWGSB) Foundation will convene its 154th Assembly for Bank Directors at The Lodge at Spruce Peak in Stowe, Vermont, August 25–28 to plan for a successful future, focusing on community banking and new imperatives. The conference will be guided by the industry’s leading authorities on community banks and their competitive edge. On the agenda are critical issues bank boards are facing nationwide, including specific areas of corporate governance, strategic planning and best practices. Extensive Q&A and director engagement moderated by panels of experts will afford you the opportunity to drill down further to gain a complete understanding of what’s expected of today’s boards of directors and their senior management. Recent peer exchanges at our other programs have been transformative.
The Assemblies for Bank Directors draw bank directors and senior management from throughout America to discuss the latest issues affecting the national banking industry. By monitoring the banking industry’s hot topics we ensure that the bank director program content is always fresh and dynamic. The locations are calm and relaxing; the speakers, top-notch. The bank faculty and facilitators are drawn from the nation’s leading banking experts. With an eye on new bank regulatory expectations and D&O insurance provisions, these national banking programs are designed to complement a financial institution’s own efforts in assembling a board whose strategic vision and oversight is second to none.
The assembly will cover a number of important topics, including:
- Strategic Planning for a Changed Environment, Philip K. Smith, president, Gerrish Smith Tuck, PC;
- Ethical Lapses in Banking: How, Why and What To Do to Prevent Them, Marianne M. Jennings, Ph.D., emeritus professor, W.P. Carey School of Business at Arizona State University;
- A Quick Look Behind Five Industry Headlines—from M&A to Tech, moderated by William T. Chittenden, Ph.D., chief academic officer, SWGSB Foundation;
- Community Banks and Governance, Shane Goodwin, Ph.D., associate dean/professor of practice, Cox School of Business at Southern Methodist University;
- Building a Bank Performance Plan, Victor R. Pierson, chairman, president and CEO, Moody National Bank;
- The Fed’s 2022 Great Policy Pivot: A Bank Director’s Guide, Edmond J. Seifried, Ph.D., co-chairman, Seifried & Brew, LLC; and
- 2022–23 Economic Forecast, Edmond J. Seifried, Ph.D., co-chairman, Seifried & Brew, LLC.
The event will also include a keynote address by Lieutenant General Jon A. Jensen, Army National Guard, with an introduction by Dory Wiley, president and CEO of Commerce Street Holdings, which is sponsoring the address. In addition, the assembly will include roundtable discussions and Q&A panel discussions.
The 154th Assembly for Bank Directors will be held at The Lodge at Spruce Peak in Stowe, Vermont. Click here to make reservations for accommodations. Click here to register for the event. For more information, write, call or email SWGSB, SMU Box 214, Dallas, Texas, 75275; 214/768-2991; [email protected]. Click here to download a brochure with details on the event.
Established in 1957, the Southwestern Graduate School of Banking has become one of the top banking educational institutions in the nation. It is a professional school for bank officers, regulators and others holding management positions in the financial services industry. The graduate school’s sponsoring partners include the Arkansas, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas bankers associations, the Independent Bankers Association of Texas and Southern Methodist University.
