10/14/2026
Congratulations to the WBA members who completed the 2026 GSB Financial Managers School! The Graduate School of Banking at UW-Madison recently hosted more than 60 banking professionals from across the country for this program. Participants spent the weeklong course mastering the language of bank finance, gaining practical tools to manage the balance sheet with confidence, and learning how to clearly communicate strategy to senior leadership and the board.
WBA applauds our member bankers below who graduated from the program:
– Nick Depree, Bankers' Bank, Madison
– Kayla Ecker, State Bank of Chilton
– Stacey Franken, Citizens State Bank of La Crosse
– Traci Frase, Waldo State Bank
– Kaleb Liddicoat, Conservation First Bank, Benton
– Kirsten Loftus, Premier Community Bank, Pulaski
– Julie Manock, First Business Bank, Middleton
– Nicole Miller-Speich, Bank of Deerfield
– Lindsay Monacelli, Peoples State Bank, Wausau
– David Symons, Range Bank, Negaunee, MI (not pictured)
