CBAI is pleased to introduce the Senior Lender Forums. The Forums provide an opportunity for community bank lenders to discuss important issues with non-competing community bankers. The Senior Lender Forums are designed to be a rewarding experience where you can grow professionally, as well as personally. 

 

How Do the Forums Work? 

 

Benefits of the Forums  

 

Meet Your Facilitator 

Paul Sims, president of Guided Solutions, Franklin, Tennessee, is facilitating the Senior Lender Forums for the seventh consecutive year.  Guided Solutions is a consulting and training firm that assists community banks with strategies to improve profitability, risk control, and business-development effectiveness. Sims is a frequent speaker on small business, credit, and risk-control topics and has made presentations for the National Conference for Community Bankers, the ABA Annual Convention, the RMA Annual Conference of Lending and Credit Risk Management, and bank regulatory agencies. 

 

Prior to founding Guided Solutions, Sims spent 28 years in commercial banking and financial services, and has served as senior lender and chief operating officer for a community bank, managed asset-based lending and the other specialized lending functions for a regional bank, served as metropolitan-area president for a regional bank, and was director of bank services for a vendor to community banks nationwide. Sims received his MBA degree from the University of Chicago and his undergraduate degree from Vanderbilt University. 

 

Possible Forum Topics 

 

Profitability Issues 

 

Regulatory Issues 

 

Lending/Risk Issues 

 

Personal Growth 

 

Alternative Products/Emerging Issues 

 

Sales Issues 

 

People Issues 

 

Technology Trends 

 

What Others Have Said 

"I believe the Senior Lender Forum is the most effective money we spend on training and education. The forum format allows open discussion of compliance which allows the members to stay up to speed on the ever-changing banking environment." 

Dax Garrison 

Community Trust Bank, Irvington 

 

"The interaction with the other senior lenders is invaluable. I feel I get information that is on the forefront of the banking industry." 

Ted Strack 

Resource Bank, N.A., DeKalb 

 

"Paul Sims is an excellent facilitator and always has up-to-date and relevant issues for discussion. Open discussion among bank members is very beneficial, plus networking between meetings." 

Kerry Hoops 

German-American State Bank, German Valley 

 

"The Senior Lender Forums offer excellent topics for discussion. After every meeting, I go back with great ideas on how to improve the bank." 

Joe Leonard 

Midland Community Bank, Kincaid 

 

CBAI 2012 SENIOR LENDER FORUMS GROUP LIST TO COME 

 

Senior Lender Pricing – $1,100 per year 

 

Click here for a registration form   

 

You may attend the first meeting at the pro-rated fee of $275. Then, if you decide to join the Forum on a permanent basis, you must pay for the remaining three quarters, or $825. 

 

For more information, call Tracy McQuinn at 217/529-2265.