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Bank Directors' Symposium

Virtual Learning  
Tuesday, August 11, 2026 9:00 AM - 4:30 PM   iCalendar Central Standard Time

Director training is essential for effective governance, ensuring that boards are equipped to lead organizations successfully in a complex and dynamic environment. The Bank Directors’ Symposium is designed to address the key challenges facing boards today. These sessions are engaging, focusing on strategic learning and strong leadership development as well as current regulatory issues. Whether you're an experienced director or just starting out, you'll leave with enhanced insights and tools to offer informed, prudent, and independent guidance to bank leadership.

Agenda Coming Soon!

9:00 a.m.Fiduciary Duties
John Geiringer, Partner, and Rob Fleetwood, Group Co-Chair & Partner, Barack Ferrazzano Financial Institutions Group
 BSA
Brian Crow, Managing Partner/Co-President, TCA Compliance
 Exam & Enforcement Actions
John Geiringer, Partner, and Rob Fleetwood, Group Co-Chair & Partner, Barack Ferrazzano Financial Institutions Group
 Lunch Break
 

Cybersecurity in the Boardroom: Hot Topics, Hard Questions, and What Examiners Expect in 2026
Ben LeClaire, Principal, Management Consulting, Plante Moran

Cybersecurity oversight has moved squarely into the boardroom, and community bank directors are being asked to demonstrate credible governance over an increasingly complex risk landscape. This session cuts through the noise to focus on what senior management and boards actually need to know right now. We will walk through the top cyber themes shaping community banking in 2026, including third party and vendor concentration risk, ransomware and incident readiness, patch and vulnerability management, and the shifting examiner focus following the retirement of the FFIEC Cybersecurity Assessment Tool. Directors will leave with a practical set of questions to bring to their CIO, CISO, internal audit team, and examiners, along with a clearer view of the reporting and evidence they should be seeing at every board meeting. The goal is confident, informed oversight without needing to become a technologist.

 AI
Ben Udell, CEO/Founder, Ben Udell Consulting
 

Balance Sheet Management & Regulatory Issues
Matt Miller, Executive Vice President, FinPro, Inc.

Balance sheet management is changing quickly in today's fast-paced regulatory and banking environment. This presentation will discuss:

  • Insuring excess deposits at Community Banks through CBIA and the Alliance
  • Implementing time series liquidity
  • Adding FHLB capacity to LCR calculations
  • Optimizing collateral pledging and utilization, and
  • Changing regulatory environment around funding
 M&A
John Geiringer, Partner, and Rob Fleetwood, Group Co-Chair & Partner, Barack Ferrazzano Financial Institutions Group

One Fee, Unlimited Attendees (per organization) 
Member $495
Nonmember $795
(Includes OnDemand Access)
 
Note: Once the first attendee registration is fully processed, additional attendees from the same institution can register and receive the unlimited special rate.
Virtual Learning