{"id":448564,"date":"2019-11-18T03:36:15","date_gmt":"2019-11-18T03:36:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.abnewswire.com\/pressreleases\/?p=448564"},"modified":"2019-11-18T03:36:15","modified_gmt":"2019-11-18T03:36:15","slug":"knutson-appointed-to-serve-on-government-relations-council","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.abnewswire.com\/pressreleases\/knutson-appointed-to-serve-on-government-relations-council_448564.html","title":{"rendered":"Knutson Appointed to Serve on Government Relations Council"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"float:right;  width:250px; padding:8px 10px 10px 10px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.abnewswire.com\/uploads\/1574056663.png\" style=\"border:none !important;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-29\" title=\"Knutson Appointed to Serve on Government Relations Council\" src=\"https:\/\/www.abnewswire.com\/uploads\/1574056663.png\" alt=\"Knutson Appointed to Serve on Government Relations Council\" width=\"225\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"font-style:italic; padding:8px 0px;\">Written by Freedom Bank<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" dir=\"ltr\"><span><strong>Overland Park, Kansas &#8211; November 18, 2019 &#8211;<\/strong> Kurt A. Knutson has been appointed to serve on the American Bankers Association&rsquo;s (ABA) Government Relations Council for the 2019-2020 year. Mr. Knutson is the Founder, Chairman, and CEO of Freedom Bank in Overland Park.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" dir=\"ltr\"><span><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.abnewswire.com\/uploads\/56e92859db03c54ecacd0829e37e0ba4.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" dir=\"ltr\"><span>The Government Relations Council (GRC) is the leadership committee within the ABA with the exclusive responsibility for recommending annual policy priorities to ABA&rsquo;s Board of Directors. The Council also provides ongoing policy guidance to ABA leadership as policy issues arise throughout the year.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" dir=\"ltr\"><span> GRC&rsquo;s diverse membership is reflective of the industry at large, representing banks from across the country of varying size, charter type, and business structure, making it a critical voice in representing both specific interests of industry segments and the broader industry.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" dir=\"ltr\"><span>Mr. Knutson currently serves as Chairman of the Kansas Bankers Association, is Chairman of the Board of Freedom Bancshares, Inc. and is a past Chairman of the Kansas State Banking Board.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" dir=\"ltr\"><span>Freedom Bank is an independent, state-chartered, FDIC-insured community bank headquartered in Overland Park, Kansas. The bank is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Freedom Bancshares, Inc. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" dir=\"ltr\"><span>For more information about Freedom Bank, please visit the website at <\/span><a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ibankwithfreedom.com\"><span>www.ibankwithfreedom.com<\/span><\/a><span> or please call 913-563-5678.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style='font-size:18px !important;'>Media Contact<\/span><br \/><strong>Company Name:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.abnewswire.com\/companyname\/ibankwithfreedom.com_52463.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">Freedom Bank<\/a><br \/><strong>Contact Person:<\/strong> Kurt Knutson, Founder, Chairman and CEO<br \/><strong>Email:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.abnewswire.com\/email_contact_us.php?pr=knutson-appointed-to-serve-on-government-relations-council\" rel=\"nofollow\">Send Email<\/a><br \/><strong>Phone:<\/strong> (913) 563-5678 direct, (913) 530-6842 mobile<br \/><strong>Address:<\/strong>6640 West 143rd Street  <br \/><strong>City:<\/strong> Overland Park<br \/><strong>State:<\/strong> Kansas 66223<br \/><strong>Country:<\/strong> United States<br \/><strong>Website:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ibankwithfreedom.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/www.ibankwithfreedom.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><object type=\"text\/html\" data=\"https:\/\/www.ibankwithfreedom.com\/\" style=\"width:900px; height:400px;\"><\/object><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.abnewswire.com\/press_stat.php?pr=knutson-appointed-to-serve-on-government-relations-council\" alt=\"\" width=\"1px\" height=\"1px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Written by Freedom Bank Overland Park, Kansas &#8211; November 18, 2019 &#8211; Kurt A. Knutson has been appointed to serve on the American Bankers Association&rsquo;s (ABA) Government Relations Council for the 2019-2020 year. Mr. Knutson is the Founder, Chairman, and &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.abnewswire.com\/pressreleases\/knutson-appointed-to-serve-on-government-relations-council_448564.html\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[426,436,412,423,404],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-448564","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-Financial-Market","category-India","category-News-Current-Affairs","category-Professional-Services","category-US"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.abnewswire.com\/pressreleases\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/448564","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.abnewswire.com\/pressreleases\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.abnewswire.com\/pressreleases\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.abnewswire.com\/pressreleases\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.abnewswire.com\/pressreleases\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=448564"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.abnewswire.com\/pressreleases\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/448564\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.abnewswire.com\/pressreleases\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=448564"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.abnewswire.com\/pressreleases\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=448564"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.abnewswire.com\/pressreleases\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=448564"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}