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The nation’s most comprehensive and respected banking school

Our History

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Presenters at the front of a classroom of bankers working on laptops
Trustees
Smiling bankers seated in a full lecture hall during a GSB bank leadership training session
Sponsoring Organizations
A banker taking part in a discussion in a tiered lecture hall full of classmates
Staff
A banker listening closely with classmates during a GSB executive education lecture
Banker Advisory Board
Two bankers reviewing work on their laptops together during a hands-on project at the Graduate School of Banking
Advisory Committee

Structure, Governance and Resources

The Graduate School of Banking is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit corporation. It is governed by a Board of Trustees comprised of the managing executive officers of the sixteen states that are members of the Central States Conference of Bankers Associations. In addition, a representative of the University of Wisconsin-Madison serves on the Board.

In 1983 the School established the Herbert V. Prochnow Educational Foundation [also a 501(c)(3) organization]. The Prochnow Foundation operates solely to support the mission and purpose of the Graduate School of Banking. It provides funding for the development and acquisition of materials that enhance the educational programs of GSB, and for the various programs and activities described above. The Foundation also funds scholarship programs for bankers desiring to attend the Graduate School program.