Our guests on this episode of The Bolder Banking Podcast are Stephen Postier, from Henderson State Bank, Courtney Parsel, from State Bank of Southwest Missouri and Mike Stevens, President of GSBC.

In the first part of this episode, Stephen and Courtney share their experiences as participants of a strategic planning project sponsored by The Graduate School of Banking at Colorado. This select group of GSBC Alumni formed The Signals Group focused on technology.   Their task was to study technology innovations, their current applications in banking, technological possibilities in community banking and what it all means for GSBC.

Mike joined me for the second part of this episode to share the exciting news on how they are going to expand this idea to include students of GSBC.

Our guests on this episode of The Bolder Banking Podcast are Jennifer Docherty and Terrie Spiro, Co-Founders of Bank on Women.

Bank On Women is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization dedicated to educating the community banking industry on the importance of adding qualified women to the Board and C-suite, and to developing and promoting women leaders in community banking, with the goal of increasing the number of qualified women serving on boards of directors and in executive management.

This was an amazing conversation and we know you will be impressed with the important work the Bank On Women team is doing.

https://www.bankonwomen.org

Our guest on this episode of The Bolder Banking Podcast is Chris Craver, SVP, Head of Digital Products at Valley Bank.

The focus of our conversation was how technology is affecting the banking industry.  Chris has a unique perspective on this topic since he has a banking background and then spent many years in the tech world.  Pay special attention to Chris’ thoughts on what the banking industry is doing currently in terms of technology, but also what he believes the future looks like.

Our guest on this episode of The Bolder Banking Podcast is Tim Ohlde, President of Elk State Bank and CEO of Country Banker Systems.  He is also a GSBC faculty member.

We covered a lot of ground in this conversation.  We started with an explanation of how the Country Banker tool helps banks and bankers better serve their customers.  We then turned our attention to the topics Tim covers when he presents at state banking associations and banking schools when discussing ag lending.  Those topics included energy, effect of the Ukraine situation, climate change, inflation and the future of ag lending.

Our guests on this episode of The Bolder Banking Podcast are Kent Curtis and Sherry Waner of 1^st Southwest Bank.  Kent is President and CEO and Sherry is Chief Development Officer of the bank.

This was a fascinating conversation about what 1^st Southwest Bank is doing as a CDFI, a Community Development Financial Institution.  They have combined their CDFI certification with a nonprofit and a technology tool to help not only their underserved communities, but to also help other banks make loans that they normally could or would not. 

As you listen to the podcast, think about how you can help your customers by partnering with 1^st Southwest Bank.

Our guest of this episode of The Bolder Banking Podcast is Jon Scott, Professor of Finance at Fox School Of Business at Temple University.

This was a fascinating conversation focused on the findings Jon uncovered in the research for his white paper, The Community Bank View of a Changing Tech Landscape.

Our guest on this episode of The Bolder Banking Podcast is Richard Hamm, President Of Advantage Consulting & Training.  Richard has been training bankers for 29 years with a focus on Real Estate Lending.  He teaches all over the country and serves on the faculty of GSBC.

This was a fascinating conversation about all things Real Estate.  Richard gives some great advice about what bankers should be thinking and doing in these unique times.

Richard can be reached at [email protected]

Our guest on this episode of The Bolder Banking Podcast is Jason Mork, Director at Piper Sandler. Jason is a graduate of GSBC and currently serves on the faculty of GSBC.

This was a fascinating conversation in which Jason took us behind the curtain of what banks are doing in terms of their investment strategies. We also talk about the current state of the economy and what Jason thinks banks should be doing.

Our guest on this episode of The Bolder Banking Podcast is Cassie Solomon, President of The New Group, a company that helps leaders and teams accelerate successful strategic change.

We focused our conversation on the future and Cassie’s role as a Futurist.  Her definition of a Futurist demonstrates why she is so successful in helping companies and organizations think strategically about how the future will impact them.

https://thenewgroupconsulting.com

Our guest on this episode of The Bolder Banking Podcast is Don Musso, President at FinPro.  Don is a sought after speaker at conferences all across the globe and has been on the faculty of multiple Banking Schools, to include GSBC.

This was a fascinating conversation in which Don pulled no punches as we discussed the economy, the Fed, bank regulation, ESG and cryptocurrency.