The Graduate School of Banking is managed by a thirty-four member Board of Trustees which meets annually to review the School's operations and to establish policy. The chief executive officer of the fifteen sponsoring state banker associations are permanent members of the Board and a banker from each state, who is a graduate of the School, serves on the Board. The banker member is appointed for a two-year term by the association executive and may serve two consecutive terms. Also serving on the board is the President, President-Elect, Executive Vice President, and the Immediate Past President.

Current members of the Board of Trustees are:

State Association Executives:

Dan G. Bailey
Chief Executive Officer, Alabama Bankers Association, Montgomery, AL

Bradley L. Barrett
President, Tennessee Bankers Association, Nashville, TN

Roger M. Beverage
President and CEO, Oklahoma Bankers Association, Oklahoma City, OK

J. Joseph Brannen
President, Georgia Bankers Association, Atlanta, GA

Ballard W. Cassady
President and CEO, Kentucky Bankers Association, Louisville, KY

Max Cook
President and CEO, Missouri Bankers Association, Jefferson City, MO

McKinley W. Deaver
President, Mississippi Bankers Association, Jackson, MS

Joe L. Ellison
Chief Executive Officer, West Virginia Bankers Association, Charleston, WV

Lloyd I. Hendricks
President & CEO, South Carolina Bankers Association, Columbia, SC

Alejandro M. Sanchez
Chief Executive Officer, Florida Bankers Association, Tallahassee, FL

Robert T. Taylor
Chief Executive Officer, Louisiana Bankers Association, Baton Rouge, LA

Bruce T. Whitehurst
President and CEO, Virginia Bankers Association, Glen Allen, VA

Thad Woodard
President and CEO, North Carolina Bankers Association, Raleigh, NC

Appointed Banker Trustees:

Patrick J. Anderson
Senior Vice President, Simmons First National Bank, Pine Bluff, AR

Michael T. Bryant
Executive Vice President, Southern Bank and Trust, Rocky Mount, NC

James Eddie Creamer
Chief Executive Officer, Prosperity Bank, St. Augustine, FL

Timothy L. Cutsinger
President, RCB Bank, Pryor, OK

Ann D. Duplessis
Senior Vice President, Liberty Bank and Trust, New Orleans, LA

Jane Fraebel
Chief Financial Officer, Bank of Blue Grass, Lexington, KY

John H. Jordan
President and CEO, The Community Bank of East TN, Clinton, TN

Teresa W. Knight
Executive Vice President, The Palmetto Bank, Laurens, SC

Edward T. Livingston
President and CEO, BankTrust of Brewton, Brewton, AL

William A. Loving, Jr.
EVP and CEO, Pendleton Community Bank, Franklin, WV

Meredith F. Malcom
Senior Vice President, National Bank of Walton County, Monroe, GA

C. Britt McConnell
Community President, Focus Bank, Sikeston, MO

James B. Randall
President and COO, Planters Bank and Trust Co., Indianola, MS

Jeffrey M. Szyperski
Chairman and President, Chesapeake Bank, Kilmarnock, VA

Barry N. Williams
President, First State Bank, New Braunsfels, TX

Administrative Officers:

J. Joseph Brannen
Chairman of the Board of GSB and President, Georgia Bankers Association, Atlanta, GA

Joe L. Ellison
Vice Chairman of the Board of GSB and President, WV Bankers Association, Charleston, WV

Stephen P. David
President of GSB and President and CEO, Peoples Bank and Trust Co., New Roads, LA

Clifton B. Fowler
Immediate Past President of GSB and President, Bank of Forest, Rankin County, Flowood, MS

Thomas F. Darnell
President-Elect of GSB and President, BancorpSouth, Jackson, MS

Don L. Woodland
Executive Vice President and Director, Graduate School of Banking, Baton Rouge, LA