CONFERENCE SCHEDULE Sunday, April 12, 2015 11:30 am - Lunch and Golf Kearney Hill Golf Links (Details on registration form) 6:30 pm - Opening Reception (Regency Ballrooms - off main lobby) Mix & mingle with fellow bankers and associates. Heavy hors d’oeuvres & desserts will be served. (Note: For our golf fans, we will have a TV so you can catch the end of the PGA Masters.)
Monday, April 13, 2015 8:00 am - Breakfast – Patterson Ballrooms (lower level) 9:00 am - Pat Williams / Senior Vice President and Co-Founder / Orlando Magic - NBA - Patterson Ballrooms (lower level) Pat has been an integral part of NBA history, including bringing the NBA to Orlando. He has traded Pete Maravich as well as traded for Julius Erving, Moses Malone, and Penny Hardaway, and won four NBA draft lotteries, including back-to-back winners in 1992 and 1993 and most recently in 2004. He also drafted Charles Barkley, Shaquille O’Neal, Maurice Cheeks, Andrew Toney and Darryl Dawkins and signed Billy Cunningham, Chuck Daly, and Matt Guokas to their first professional coaching contracts. Additionally, Pat served for seven years in the United States Army, spent seven years in the Philadelphia Phillies organization—two as a minor league catcher and five in the front office—and has also spent three years in the Minnesota Twins organization. Pat Williams and his wife, Ruth, are the parents of 19 children, including 14 adopted from four nations, ranging in age from 21 to 34. Pat and his family have been featured in Sports Illustrated, Readers Digest, Good Housekeeping, Family Circle, The Wall Street Journal, and Dr. Robert Schuller’s Hour of Power. He has completed forty marathons, including the Boston Marathon 11 times, and also climbed Mt. Rainier. He is a weightlifter, Civil War buff, and serious baseball fan. He is considered one of America’s top motivational, inspirational, and humorous speakers. 10:00 am - “To Be or Not To Be” – Strategic Challenges for the Community Bank Henry Hawkins / Partner / Mountjoy Chilton Medley Hear about the latest strategic planning challenges community banks are faced with when evaluating growth and acquistions. What goes into the decision-making process? What should you consider when choosing the next step? This session will give you all you need to know “to be or not to be.” 11:00 am - Morning Break 11:15 am - “Making CRA Profitable” Jonathan Welty / Vice President / Ohio Capital Corporation for Housing Billie Wade, CPA / Executive Director / HOPE of Kentucky, LLC A discussion of products that can provide KBA members with secure investments while providing market rates of return and an abundance of CRA credit! 12:15 pm - Lunch – Regency Ballrooms (off main lobby)
September 19 - 22, 2015
124th Annual Convention