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 officers 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 and CEO, Georgia Bankers Association, Atlanta, GA

Ballard W. Cassady, Jr.
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
President and CEO, West Virginia Bankers Association, Charleston, WV

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

Alejandro M. Sanchez
President and CEO, Florida Bankers Association, Tallahassee, FL

Eric Sandberg
President and Chief Executive Officer, Texas Bankers Association, Austin, TX

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:

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

James Eddie Creamer
President and CEO, Prosperity Bank, St. Augustine, FL

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

Michael E. Edens
SVP Private Banking, The National Bank of SC, Columbia, SC

Tyrone Fenderson Jr.
President and CEO, Commonwealth National Bank, Mobile, AL

Jay B. Forrester
Senior Vice President, Georgia Bank & Trust Company, Augusta, GA

B. Terry Keltz
President, Brady National Bank, Brady, TX

Guy M. Labbe
Executive Vice President and CFO, St. Martin Bank and Trust, St. Martinville, LA

Monte L. Layman
President and CEO, The Page Valley Bank, Luray, VA

Bill C. Lee
Community Bank President, Arvest Bank, Carthage, MO

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

Rick Pierce
Vice President, Simmons First National Bank, Pine Bluff, AR

George B. Spragens
President and CEO, Farmers National Bank, Lebanon, KY

W. Art Stevens
President, Trustmark Bank, MS Region, Jackson, MS

Brian K. Williams
Senior Executive Commercial Banking,First Farmers and Merchants Bank, Columbia, TN

Administrative Officers:

Bruce T. Whitehurst
Chairman of the Board of GSB and President and CEO, Virginia Bankers Association, Glen Allen, VA

Bradley L. Barrett
Vice Chairman of the Board of GSB and President, Tennessee Bankers Association, Nashville, TN

Thomas F. Darnell
Immediate Past President of GSB and President, BancorpSouth Hinds County Division, Jackson, MS

John T. Womack
President of GSB and Chairmand and CEO, Arvest Bank, Little Rock, AR

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

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