More than 250 individuals from South Dakota and North Dakota and their business partners came together and celebrated all that was accomplished this past year at the 2022 SDBA/NDBA Annual Convention on June 13-15 in Bismarck, N.D. The theme of this year’s event was “Onward!”

The convention opened with a welcoming party on Monday evening at Heritage River Landing with the option of a Lewis and Clark riverboat cruise to close the evening. Day one of the convention began with hosted breakfasts in downtown Bismarck. The activity options on Tuesday included a golf tournament and a tour of downtown Bismarck, followed by a women in banking gathering, an emerging leaders reception, and the opening party and tradeshow. Day one ended with a rooftop reception to celebrate the outgoing Chair Kristina Schaefer.

Day two began with individual business meetings of the two state bankers associations, followed by a day full of speakers on a variety of relevant topics. Speakers included Jocelyn Lamoureaux-Davidson and Monique Lamoureaux-Morando, Sean M. Snaith, Michael Cartwright, a cybersecurity panel with Rick Olivier, Pete Jahner, Bobbie Larson, Adam Lund, and Luke Schwingler, Sunil Sachdev, and closed with Clint Pulver. The convention concluded with a closing reception at the Bistro.

Thank you to all of the bankers, sponsors and business partners who helped make this year’s convention a huge success.

Next year South Dakota will host the annual convention in Sioux Falls on June 5-6, 2023.