Two KBA Members Graduate from GSBC

Kentucky Banker Magazine, Nov 2006

The Graduate School of Banking at Colorado (GSBC) would like to congratulate Julie Rose, Peoples Bank and Trust, Hazard, and Jayma Dobbs, Monticello Banking Company, on their graduation from GSBC on July 27th. They were two of 141 graduates from across the country of the 56th Annual School Session!

Eight other Kentucky bankers and regulators were in attendance this year: Joel Catron, Office of Financial Institutions, Frankfort; John Durden, Bank of Cadiz; Teresa Francis, First State Financial, Inc, Middlesboro; Willard Johnson, Monticello Banking Company, Albany; Eric King, River City Bank, Irvington; Katherine Reese, First State Financial, Inc, Middlesboro; Brian Webb, Commonwealth Bank & Trust, Shelbyville; and Tiffany Wilkerson, Independence Bank, Livermore.

GSBC offers the premier educational experience for community bankers. The three-year program (two weeks on campus in Boulder each summer) consists of a broad set of core classes which familiarize bankers with current concepts and issues facing bank leadership, as well as electives focusing in one or more areas such as financial management; lending; leadership and human resources; and general management. Students also complete intersession projects which apply concepts to their institution as well as a bank management simulation onsite during year three.

The dates for the next GSBC are July 15-27, 2007, and the cost is $3,375. For more information on the Graduate School of Banking at Colorado, please contact Liz Lutz at the GSBC office at 1-800-272-5138 orlizlutz@gsbcolorado.org.