Elected to the Board of a Nasdaq-Traded Nebraska Bank

In July of this year I was appointed to the board of directors of Central Plains Bancshares, Inc. (Nasdaq: CPBI), a bank holding company headquartered in Grand Island, Nebraska. On August 25, 2026, at the company’s Annual Meeting of Stockholders, the shareholders made it their own decision: I was elected to a three-year term with 2,908,679 votes in favor — the highest vote total of any director nominee on the ballot.

Readers of this site know how I treat recognitions: I tell you what they are, and I show you where to verify them. This one comes with the strongest documentation there is. The election results are filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission — you can read the 8-K filing itself, browse the company’s filings on Nasdaq, or read the independent coverage.

What a Director Actually Does

A public-company director is not management. The board’s job is oversight — of strategy, of risk, of the audit, of leadership itself — and every director owes the shareholders fiduciary duties of care and loyalty: study the materials, ask the hard questions, and put the owners’ interests ahead of your own, every time. It is a duty-driven role, taken on under the scrutiny of federal securities law, and I don’t accept obligations like that casually.

Why This Matters to My Clients

Honestly framed: a bank board seat doesn’t try a case. But three things carry over directly. First, the financial discipline — the same balance-sheet and present-value thinking a bank board demands is what valuing a lifetime of lost earnings demands, and my clients get the benefit of both. Second, the fiduciary habit of mind: putting the interest of the people you serve above your own is how I have always run this practice — the board room just makes it a legal obligation twice over. And third, it is a vote of confidence with a number attached, from nearly three million shares held by people who scrutinize whom they trust. It also deepens my roots in Grand Island and central Nebraska, where I’ve represented injured workers and families for years.