Charles A. Stones retired as the President of the Kansas Bankers Association (KBA) in August 2019 after 33 years of service to the KBA. Before being named President in 2004, he worked in Kansas Statehouse government relations and agricultural banking policy. He served as the industry’s advocate in the Kansas Legislature for several years. He also served on the Board of Directors of the Schools of Banking in Lincoln, Nebraska, on the Board of Trustees of the Graduate School of Banking in Madison, Wisconsin, and on the Board of Trustees of the Prochnow Educational Foundation in Madison, Wisconsin. Charles graduated from Washburn University in Topeka, Kansas in 1978 with a degree in Communications.