Distinguished Lecture Series

Earl McVicker
Distinguished Lecturer
Chairman, President and CEO
Central Financial Corporation

Wednesday, April 30, 2008
10:30 a.m.
Forum Hall
Kansas State University

Earl McVicker is chairman, president and CEO of Central Financial Corporation and its subsidiary, Central Bank and Trust Co. of Hutchinson, Kan.   McVicker began his banking career in 1971, after his graduation from K-State. He has been involved in community banking for 37 years. He has been a bank president and CEO since 1983, and chairman and majority owner since 1992.

McVicker has been instrumental in chartering numerous new community banks in Kansas, Texas, Nevada, Missouri, Georgia, Florida, Colorado and Arizona. He has served as chairman of four different community banks in three states, and has served as a director or advisory director of eleven community banks in six states. McVicker currently serves on the Board of Community First National Bank in Manhattan, Kan.

In 2007, McVicker was chairman of the American Bankers Association.  He is currently co-chairman of the ABA nominating committee. He served as chairman of the ABA Community Bankers Council in 2002, and has served on or chaired several ABA committees. McVicker is also past president and chairman of the Kansas Bankers Association.

McVicker was president of the K-State Alumni Association in 1989, and currently serves as a trustee and on the Executive Committee of the KSU Foundation. 

McVicker holds a B.S. from Kansas State University, and a graduate degree in banking from the University of Colorado. 

Mr. McVicker is married to Molly (McGugin), a 1971 K-State graduate. Molly serves on the Kansas 4-H Foundation board and the Kansas State Fair Foundation board.

They have three children: Scott ('98, '99),  Kelly and Brett.