
Julie Beswick joined Advantage Trust Company in 2005. Julie currently holds the title of Executive Vice President & Chief Administrative Officer. Julie received her Bachelor of Science in Accounting from University of Illinois at Chicago in 1997, and her Juris Doctor from the University of Kansas in 2000. Julie has completed the basic and advanced Trust Schools offered by the Kansas and Nebraska Schools of Banking. Julie and her husband, Marc, have three very active daughters. When Julie is not attending her daughters’ activities she enjoys spending time outdoors.
WORK EXPERIENCE
2005 – PresentADVANTAGE TRUST COMPANY, Salina, Kansas
2002 – 2005FIRST NATIONAL BANK, Abilene, Kansas
2000 – 2002BARBER EMERSON, SPRINGER, ZINN & MURRAY, L.C., Lawrence, Kansas
EDUCATION
2003 – 2005KANSAS & NEBRASKA BANKERS SCHOOLS OF BANKING
1997 – 2000UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF LAW, Lawrence, Kansas, J.D.
1995 – 1997UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO, Chicago, Illinois, B.S., Accounting
1992 – 1995UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS, Lawrence, Kansas
1989 – 1992CLIFTON-CLYDE HIGH SCHOOL, Clyde, Kansas
COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT
2017-PresentKANSAS AND NEBRASKA BANKERS SCHOOLS OF BANKING
2015-PresentMEMORIAL HEALTH SYSTEM
2015-PresentMEMORIAL HEALTH SYSTEM FOUNDATION
2008-PresentDICKINSON COUNTY FOOD 4 KIDS PROGRAM
2006-PresentABILENE ROTARY CIVIC CLUB
2003-PresentDICKINSON COUNTY BAR ASSOCIATION
2000-PresentKANSAS BAR ASSOCIATION
2009-PresentCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF DICKINSON COUNTY
2006-2014ABILENE PUBLIC LIBRARY BOARD OF TRUSTEES
2008LEADERSHIP DICKINSON COUNTY