The Graduate School of Banking at Colorado (GSBC) is honored to present the GSBC Class of 2022. The school concluded its 71st Annual School Session on July 29, 2022, awarding 168 community bankers and regulators from across the nation with its prestigious diploma in banking.

Honors Graduates

GSBC awarded 21 students with honors, who graduated in the top 10 percent of their class:

  • Kristopher Ahmann, Bank of North Dakota, Bismarck, ND
  • Shane Anderson, Central Bank & Trust, Lexington, KY
  • Ryan Baker, Pinnacle Bank, Moorcroft, WY
  • Matthew Brown, Bank of Stockton, Lodi, CA
  • Julie Byron, First United Bank, Park River, ND
  • Matthew Foote, First National Bank of America, East Lansing, MI
  • Daniel Harbour, Federal Reserve Bank, Kansas City, MO
  • Adam Heun, Home State Bank & Trust Co., Jefferson, IA
  • Nickalas Hevner, The Eastern Colorado Bank, Cheyenne Wells, CO
  • Daniel Kaputska, Alpine Bank, Breckenridge, CO
  • Trace Larman, Great Plains National Bank, Oklahoma City, OK
  • Adam Malone, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, Golden Valley, MN
  • Lyndsay McClung, PWC Bank, Sidney, NE
  • Michael Miller, Mid-Missouri Bank, Springfield, MO
  • Douglas Nielson, United Community Bank, Perham, MN
  • Carol Pelster, NebraskaLand Bank, Kearney, NE
  • Caitlin Phillips, Benchmark Bank, Plano, TX
  • William Ramsey, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, Kansas City, MO
  • Ryan Riggan, Plumas Bank, Quincy, CA
  • Nicholas Schaffer, Cornhusker Bank, Lincoln, NE
  • Ashton Spieker, Midwest Bank, Norfolk, NE

  • 2022 Honors Students | Photo credit: Kira Vos Photography

About the Diploma

Graduates receive a diploma upon successfully completing two weeks of classroom training for three consecutive years, classes of which focus on 1) Financial management and strategy, 2) Innovation and engagement, 3) Leadership and culture and 4) Lending. The students also completed intersession projects and ended their curriculum at GSBC with an extensive bank management simulation course. The 2022 session marks the school’s second consecutive sellout session to meet the demand for community banking education.

GSBC’s 72nd Annual School Session is scheduled for July 16-28, 2023. Enrollment will open in October 2022.