Impact Your Industry by Joining a Committee
Consider volunteering to serve on one of WBA’s many committees and see firsthand how you can have an impact on Wisconsin’s banking industry. Committee members brainstorm ideas and legislation, meet with elected officials, plan conferences, give out scholarships, and discuss industry trends. They also make many important decisions for WBA, such as future education and training programs to offer.
Volunteers are not just bank presidents, but come from a variety of areas of the bank, including personal banking, lending, sales and marketing, compliance, security, information technology, trust, human resources, accounting, insurance, and more.
Thank you to every banker who has dedicated their time and expertise to serving Wisconsin’s banking industry as a representative on one of these committees!
Make Your Voice Heard as a WBA Committee Volunteer
The application period for 2026–27 committees and sections is now closed. Please check back in January 2027 to access the 2027–28 application.
WBA Agricultural Bankers Section Board
Contact: Lori Kalscheuer, lkalscheuer@wisbank.com
The WBA Agricultural Bankers Section Board, with members who specialize in agricultural lending, is very active in government relations as it affects agriculture. They meet four to six times per year and oversee and plan the WBA Agricultural Bankers Conference, and other ag-related events. Members receive a monthly newsletter, membership directory and educational discounts. There are currently 120 members.
WBA BOLT Section Board
Contact: Lori Kalscheuer, lkalscheuer@wisbank.com
The WBA Building our Leaders of Tomorrow (BOLT) Board helps to advance the mission of building exceptional leaders through involvement, peer networking, educational growth and leadership development. The Board meets four to six times per year to oversee the WBA BOLT Leadership Summits, Regional Peer Group Meetings and other membership activities.
WBA Trust Banking Section Board
Contact: Scott Birrenkott, sbirrenkott@wisbank.com
The WBA Trust Banking Section monitors legislative issues and provides educational programs for trust professionals. Section members receive a monthly newsletter, a membership directory and educational discounts. Membership in the WBA Trust Banking Section is based on institution size and includes 17 member institutions.
WBA Financial Crimes Committee
Contact: Scott Birrenkott, sbirrenkott@wisbank.com
The WBA Financial Crimes Committee serves to inform and educate the Wisconsin banking industry, law enforcement and the general public on the changing security and criminal threats to the financial sector and develops solutions to those threats. In addition, this group monitors financial crimes legislation and plans the WB Secure-I.T. Conference. Meetings are quarterly.
WBF Financial Literacy Advisory Board
Contact: Elizabeth Fenton, efenton@wisbank.com
The Financial Literacy Advisory Board represents bankers involved in WBA’s financial education efforts and assists the Wisconsin Bankers Foundation Board of Directors with several programs, including planning an annual training conference, creating the yearly Reading Raises Interest Kits, and providing insight on Foundation initiatives. The group meets virtually up to four times per year.
FIPCO® Software Users’ Committee
Contact: Chris McDermid, cmcdermid@fipco.com, or Haylee Herget, hherget@fipco.com
The FIPCO Software Users’ Committee meets quarterly and has 15 representatives from banks using Compliance Concierge™ Loan, Deposit and Mortgage. The committee serves as an information liaison between all FIPCO software users and FIPCO staff. The committee helps plan the FIPCO Compliance & Software Forums and provides input for future product enhancements and new products.
WBA Government Relations Committee
Contact: Lorenzo Cruz, lcruz@wisbank.com, or Tyler Foti, tfoti@wisbank.com
The WBA Government Relations Committee formulates WBA’s legislative agenda and monitors legislation that directly or indirectly impacts Wisconsin’s tax-paying financial institutions. The committee has approximately six to eight meetings or conference calls per year.
WBA Human Resources Committee
Contact: Miranda Gustafson, mgustafson@wisbank.com
The WBA Human Resources Committee serves the needs of Human Resources professionals in Wisconsin’s banking industry. Committee members provide guidance on policy and process issues that impact human resources management and give input on how WBA can best meet banking employee needs. They oversee and plan the WBA Human Resources Conference and other educational events.
WBA Marketing Committee
Contact: Jackie Lindquist, jlindquist@wisbank.com
The WBA Marketing Committee develops speaker and topic ideas for the fall FLEX Retail & Marketing Summit. The group also writes a bimonthly Strategic Connections column for Wisconsin Banker, and serves as an informational resource for bank marketers by contributing to the Best Practices Library. The committee has approximately three to four meetings per year.
WBA Mortgage Lending Committee
Contact: Heather MacKinnon, hmackinnon@wisbank.com
The WBA Mortgage Lending Committee monitors the educational and training needs, state and federal legislative and regulatory concerns, compliance issues and technical developments in the real estate lending area. The committee generally has four meetings
or conference calls per year.
WBA Retail Committee
Contact: Miranda Gustafson, mgustafson@wisbank.com
The WBA Retail Committee assists in the development of seminars and workshops to retail bankers and loan officers. In addition, each spring the Committee awards scholarships to high school seniors who work at a WBA Retail Committee member financial institution or whose parents work for a member financial institution. The Committee has three to four meetings and two to three conference calls per year. Committee members receive a monthly newsletter, membership directory and educational discounts.
WBA Technology and Operations Committee
Contact: Nick Loppnow, nloppnow@wisbank.com
The WBA Technology and Operations Committee acts as a sounding board for WBA in its development of new technology-oriented products and services. This group investigates new technological advancements as well as current technology and risk management issues that have the potential to impact the banking industry. The committee assists WBA in providing timely training on topics in the technology and bank operations fields. In addition, they play a key role in the planning of the annual WBA Secure-I.T. Conference. The group meets four times per year.
