Conferences & Education

Why You Should Attend 

Get the latest business development concepts — relevant to today’s operating environment — from the best minds in independent banking.

Don’t reinvent the wheel — interact with peers, especially at our popular Peer Exchange Sessions, and find others who have successfully faced the challenges you’re currently facing.

Explore best bets to find new business, ways to shrink your sales cycle, techniques to keep future generations of your current clients with your bank, and  ways to attract the new generation of business owners.

Who Should Attend  

Bank officers, team leaders and those responsible for growing the bank’s loans and deposits.

Forum Advisory Committee

Bruce Gunther, VP, Business Development, Bank of American Fork, UT, Chairman
Brian Constable, Chief Commercial Banking Officer, Sunwest Bank, CA
William Demmin, CEO, Commerce Bank of Temecula Valley, CA
Stephen Fick, SVP, Borel Bank & Trust Co., CA
Donald Gruhl, SVP, Chief Lending Officer, Point Loma Community Bank, CA
Steve Herron, SVP, Exchange Bank, CA
Ray Lucero, VP, Business Development, NV
Mike Popovich, SVP, Corporate Banking, Mechanics Bank, CA