Graduate School of Banking at LSU Announces 2021 Bank Management Simulation Winners

The senior class of the Graduate School of Banking at Louisiana State University annually participates in the program’s Bank Management Simulation course.  This computer-based curriculum is specifically designed to recreate decision making and management scenarios in certain banking areas like funds management, investments, asset and liability management loans, and risk management.  This year students were able to travel to Baton Rouge, Louisiana to participate in the 2021 session.  Due to Covid restrictions on LSU’s campus, students stayed and studied at the Renaissance in Baton Rouge.

The graduating class is divided into teams for this simulation.  Each team is responsible for overseeing the operation of an $800 million bank, with effective management and profitability being the key focuses.  BMSim, the computer model on which this assessment is based, provides rapid feedback on future decisions that these students make for their hypothetical bank.  The critical considerations when making decisions in this simulation include: competition, regulatory constraints, and the current economy.

The BMSim condenses two year’s-worth of bank operations management experience into a two-week program.  The results of this program are examined by state and federal regulators on a quarterly basis. Upon course completion each team is graded on a variety of factors, such as: consistency, organization, earnings, their ability to report to shareholders, and ultimately how well their bank is positioned for future profitability and success.

The winners in each simulation are recognized, along with their home bank’s president and CEO with a letter and certificate of recognition honoring their outstanding work during the Bank Management Simulation.  We are pleased to share the team winners that were announced at graduation on June 2, 2021.

SIM	NAME	EMPLOYER	CITY	STATE
A1	Samuel C. McCord	Merchants Bank of Alabama	Cullman	AL
A1	Samuel Jared McCullough	First Commerce Bank	Lewisburg	TN
A1	Donald E. Quintana	Hancock Whitney	New Orleans	LA
A1	Steven A. Rogers	The Piedmont Bank	Peachtree Corners	FL
A1	Alicia M. Rudd	Mid Florida Credit Union	Ocala	FL
A1	Jon-Michael Trimm	Trustmark National Bank	Ridgeland	MS
A1	Ryan M. Waddle	Peoples Bank	Mooresville	NC
B2	Ramsey R. Diament	Hancock Whitney	New Orleans	LA
B2	Chad S. Hancock	Bank of America	Charlotte	NC
B2	Cal Thomas Hodges	BankFirst	Brookhaven	MS
B2	Michael J. Leonard	Paragon Bank	Memphis	TN
B2	Alan Lunsford	Kentucky Bank	Richmond	KY
B2	Rochelle Dawn Mallett	JD Bank	Westlake	LA
B2	Kyle Stewart Morgan	Crews Banking Corporation	Lakeland	FL
C5	Jeffrey Daniel Baker	Mid Florida Credit Union	Ocala	FL
C5	David A. Brown Jr.	Trustmark National Bank	Huntsville	AL
C5	Charles Warner Cannada	Origin Bank	Ridgeland	MS
C5	Leanne Drapeza	Hancock Whitney Bank	Gulfport	MS
C5	Ryan E. Haydel	B1 Bank	Houma	LA
C5	Jonathan Henry Pope	Exchange Bank	Milledgeville	GA
C5	Owen C. Shirk	Fourth Capital	Nashville	TN
C5	Misha Jo Wilson	Farmers National Bank	Lebanon	KY