David Herndon is a banking executive with over 30 years of experience in all phases of community bank management including 22 years as President and Chief Executive Officer of a Kansas City, Kansas bank. In addition, he served as the Chief Operating Officer for his bank’s parent holding company. In that role he was responsible for all regulatory reporting and compliance matters and was instrumental in establishing a de novo bank for the holding company in 2000.

David began his banking career while a high school senior working part time as a paying and receiving teller with a Kansas City, Kansas bank. He ultimately earned his bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from Baker University. He also graduated from the Bank Administration Institute’s School Banking at the University of Wisconsin – Madison.

David has also held leadership positions in both professional and civic organizations. He served the banking industry as a director of the Kansas Bankers Association and was Chairman of KBA in 2008-2009, a time when the industry faced the huge economic challenges of the great recession. After his KBA Chairman’s term ended, David served as a director and board chairman of Banker’s Bank of Kansas.

David’s civic duties include serving on the Kansas Board of Indigent Defense Services including a term as Chairman of that board. He has been active in the Kansas City Kansas Area Chamber of Commerce where he earned the Civic Leadership Training Council d/b/a Leadership 2000 inaugural Distinguished Leadership Award. He was a member of the board of directors for the Shawnee Area Chamber of Commerce where he chaired several committees and was Chairman of the Board. His involvement with the Shawnee Chamber led that organization to award David a life membership to the organization. He is a member of the Shawnee Rotary Club where he serves as Foundation Secretary.