THE WESTERN STATES DIRECTOR EDUCATION FOUNDATION SYMPOSIUM

November 13 - 15, 2011 at the Intercontinental Montelucia Resort & Spa, Paradise Valley, AZ

"Crossroads in Community Banking"

"Just How Far Have the White House and the Fed Blundered on the Economy?"
Dr. Stephen Happel, Professor of Economics, Arizona State University

"Current Conditions in Community Banking"
Bob Walters, Chairman, The Bank Advisory Group, LLC, Austin, TX

"Breakthrough Strategies of Smart Bankers"
Roxanne Emmerich, President & Founder, The Emmerich Group, Inc., Minneapolis, MN

"Solving the Identity Theft Epidemic"
Robert Siciliano, author of "The Safety Minute:01"

Panel Discussion
"Building Size and Profits Without Cashing out: Mergers in this Community Banking Environment"
Wes Brown, Managing Director St. Charles Capital, LLC, and I Thomas Bieging, Partner, Bieging Shapiro & Barber LLP

"The Upside of Down"
Joe Malarkey, CSP, CPAE, Oklahoma City, OK