NBA Elects 2021-22 Board of Directors
Kirk Riley
At its May 5 annual meeting, the Nebraska Bankers Association (NBA, nebankders.org) elected its 2021-22 Board of Directors, chairman, and chairman-elect. Kirk Riley, president, CEO, and chairman of the board of Waypoint Bank in Cozad, was selected to serve as chairman for the coming year. Riley has more than 40 years of experience in banking, has served in leadership roles in various banks, and joined Waypoint as executive vice president in 2004. He succeeds Chris Hove, president and CEO of Nebraska Bank of Commerce in Lincoln, as NBA president.
Stephen Stull
Selected as chairman-elect for the coming year is Stephen Stull, president and CEO of Farmers State Bank in Dodge. Stull received his degree in administration and finance from the University of Nebraska Lincoln and served at various banks in the state before he and his father and brother organized an investment group to purchase Farmers State Bank in 2011. Stull will assume the chairmanship of the NBA in May 2022.
Curtis Heapy of Western Nebraska Bank in Curtis and Ryne Seaman of Cattle Bank & Trust in Seward were elected to serve in at-large positions on the 2021-22 NBA Board. Appointed to represent their respective institutions—the eight largest Nebraska financial institutions as of June 30, 2020—are Nicholas Baxter, First National Bank of Omaha in Omaha; Cory Bergt, Wells Fargo Bank in Lincoln; John Kotouc, American National Bank in Omaha; Kim Hammes, Bank of the West in Omaha; Zachary Holoch, Cornerstone Bank in York; Joseph Sullivan, U.S. Bank in Omaha; Dan Svehla, Union Bank & Trust in Lincoln; and Chris Wiedenfeld, Great Western Bank in Omaha.
For more information about the Nebraska Bankers Association, visit nebankders.org or call (402) 474-1555.