FHLBank Topeka
TOPEKA – Christopher D. Wente of Hays has been elected to the board of directors of the Federal Home Loan Bank of Topeka, a wholesale bank that serves as a source of credit for member financial institutions in Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska and Oklahoma.
Wente will serve on the Operations and Mission & Governance committees.
Wente has served as president and CEO of Golden Belt Bank since 2017.
He earned a bachelor of science in industrial engineering from Kansas State University and is a 2014 graduate of the Graduate School of Banking at Colorado.
Wente has served as a director for Banker’s Bank of Kansas since 2022, on the Hays Medical Center board of directors since 2024, as a member of the KBA Bank Management committee, and as a board member of the Ellis County Coalition for Economic Development.
FHLBank’s 17-member board of directors oversees policy decisions and ensures FHLBank’s senior managers prudently operate the organization.