President’s Message ABA OFFICERS Jon Harrell, Chairman
Lorrie Trogden | President & CEO Arkansas Bankers Association
Generations Bank, Rogers
Jim Cargill, Chairman-Elect Arvest Bank, Little Rock
Randy Scott, Vice Chairman Farmers Bank & Trust, Blytheville
Tom Grumbles, Treasurer First Service Bank, Greenbrier
Rob Robinson, IV, Past Chairman Simmons Bank, El Dorado
Lorrie Trogden, President & CEO
Arkansas Bankers Association, Little Rock
BOARD OF DIRECTORS Craig Attwood, Pine Bluff Nathan Gairhan, Springdale Robert Husong, Rogers Gary Kleck, Springdale Cody Knight, Piggott Lance Lanier, Van Buren Barry Ledbetter, Little Rock Wilson Moore, Little Rock Evelyn Morris, El Dorado Marnie Oldner, Little Rock Mark Roberts, Malvern Todd Smith, Magnolia Jamie Waller, Magnolia Lynn Wright, Little Rock
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The Arkansas Banker n Summer 2020
The Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) started in early April, but it feels as if it has been going on for years. PPP and its lack of guidance, and the quest to keep employees and customers safe while fulfilling essential banking needs, has everyone frustrated and exhausted. Thus, our focus at the ABA has been to meet YOUR needs, to take care of you, and make sure you have all the resources you need to be successful during this crisis. I hope we have accomplished that and served you well. We are still hosting our daily calls and sending out daily recap emails with information and notes from the calls. If you have not joined us, you are missing out. We discuss PPP, have guest speakers, and are now turning the conversation towards best practices for reopening lobbies. If for some reason you are not receiving these daily emails, please contact me or anyone at the ABA and let us know you want to get them, and we will add you to the list or troubleshoot with your IT department as to why they are not making it into your inbox. Speaking of reopening lobbies, we have an ABA COVID Task Force hard at work on that topic. Special thanks to Task Force Chairman Cathy Owen and members Kenneth Barnard, Scott Brady, Dave Dickson, Aaron Huntley, Scott Miller, Chuck Morgan, and Paige Mulhollan. The task force has already accomplished several things: wrote a survey about reopening lobbies and compiled results that were shared with members; completed a matrix of best practices which was pulled together from six different sources; and are talking with the AR Department of Health about the guidelines they have established and what might be the best fit for financial institutions.
