Graduate School of Banking Trustees

The Graduate School of Banking is sponsored by the Central States Conference of Bankers Associations and the University of Wisconsin-Madison. The chief executive officers of these associations, along with a representative of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, serve as of Trustees of the Graduate School of Banking and its Prochnow Educational Foundation.

Adrian Beverage
Chair

President & CEO
Oklahoma Bankers Association
Oklahoma City, OK

Jenifer Waller
Vice Chair

President & CEO
Colorado Bankers Association
Denver, CO

T. Rann Paynter
Treasurer

President & CEO
Michigan Bankers Association
Lansing, MI

Karl Adam
Immediate Past Chair

President
South Dakota Bankers Association
Pierre, SD

Vallabh 'Samba' Sambamurthy
UW Representative

Albert O. Nicholas Dean
Wisconsin School of Business
Madison, WI

Paul Katz
President & CEO

Graduate School of Banking
Prochnow Educational Foundation
Madison, WI

Mike Adelman

President & CEO
Ohio Bankers League
Columbus, OH

Randy Hultgren

President & CEO
Illinois Bankers Association
Springfield, IL

Richard Baier

President & CEO
Nebraska Bankers Association
Lincoln, NE

Ballard W. Cassady, Jr.

President & CEO
Kentucky Bankers Association
Louisville, KY

Rick Clayburgh

President & CEO
North Dakota Bankers Association
Bismarck, ND

Jackson Hataway

President & CEO
Missouri Bankers Association
Jefferson City, MO

Rose Oswald Poels

President & CEO
Wisconsin Bankers Association
Madison, WI

Adam Gregg

President & CEO
Iowa Bankers Association
Johnston, IA

Lorrie Trogden

President & CEO
Arkansas Bankers Association
Little Rock, AR

Amber R. Van Til

President & CEO
Indiana Bankers Association
Indianapolis, IN

Doug Wareham

President & CEO
Kansas Bankers Association
Topeka, KS

Joe Witt

President & CEO
Minnesota Bankers Association
Eden Prairie, MN

Curriculum Advisory Committee Representatives

Vicki Kraai
Chair

Chief Engagement Officer
InterAction Training
Lincoln, NE

Lisa Yaffe
Vice Chair

CEO
Yaffe Consulting, LLC
Mundelein, IL

Banker Advisory Board Representatives

Kevin Pernick
Chair

President & CEO
Bank Plus
Estherville, IA

Julie Redfern
Vice Chair

Chief Banking Officer
Lake Ridge Bank
Madison, WI