July News Briefs

July 31, 2006

Gregg Vandaveer Inducted as Chairman of the Oklahoma Bankers Association for 2006-2007; Don Abernathy Jr. as Vice Chairman and Bradley W. Krieger, OBA First Vice President
Hotch Manning Named Chairman of Citizens Bank of Las Cruces, NM
Frank Scheer Promoted to President of First Security Bank, Flower Mound, TX
Prosperity Bancshares Inc., Houston, TX, and Texas United Bancshares Inc., La Grange, TX, to Merge
Frost National Bank, San Antonio Promotes Debbie Elppert and Mary Ann White To Senior Vice Presidents, Private Trust Services
Brian Happel Named President of Compass Bank-Fort Worth, TX
Arlington, TX-based Southwest Securities FSB Taps Wayne A. Spencer to Lead North Dallas Expansion
Pat Cady Promoted to Senior Vice President, Community Bank & Trust, Waco, TX
Scott Norvell Named Senior Vice president, Bank of Oklahoma, N.A., Tulsa, OK
Brad Kent Upped to Senior Vice President, Bank of Commerce, Wetumka, OK
Theresa Ewing and Todd Hogue Promoted to Senior Vice President/Trust Manager and Senior Vice President/Risk Manager, Respectively, for Bank of Fayetteville, AR
First Security Bank, Searcy, AR, Hires Andy Marshall as Executive Vice President
Boyd Bass Elected Executive Vice President at First National Bank & Trust Company of McAlester, OK
Virginia Nelson Appointed Senior Vice President/Commercial Services, MidFirst Bank, Oklahoma City, OK
MidSouth Bancorp. Inc., Lafayette, LA, Appoints J. Eustis Corrigan Jr. To Executive Vice President/CFO
David Craig Peak Named Executive Vice President for IBERIABANK, Lafayette, LA

July 24, 2006

Scott Tennyson Named Market President of Regions Bank in Harrison, AR
Max Myers Named Executive Vice President, New Mexico Bank & Trust, Santa Fe, NM
Tom Bennett III Promoted to President-MidTown Division at Oklahoma National Bank and Trust, Tulsa; John Schemmer Named President of Private Banking
Darrell Brown to Lead Leadership Division of Independent Bankers Association of Texas
Chris Hopkins Named Dallas Regional President for First Bank, Based in St. Louis, MO; Paul Patrick Joins in Dallas as Senior Vice President
Gerardo Ventura Tapped as Senior Vice President at First Community Bank San Antonio
Summit Bank, Arkadelphia, Adds Five to Little Rock Mortgage Lending Team - Among Them Jeff Teague, President, and Steve Phillips, Executive Vice President of Lending
MidSouth Bancorp Inc., Lafayette, Subsidiary Lamar Bank to Adopt MidSouth Name
FDIC Reports First Quarter Results for DIF
Organizers File for De Novo Charter for Vision Bank-Texas, Richardson, TX

July 17, 2006

Philip E. Norwood to be President, Nathan Robinett Regional Chairman After Cullen/Frost Bankers Inc., San Antonio, and Summit Bancshares, Fort Worth, Merger
ONB Bank & Trust Co., Tulsa, OK, Elects Gary Groom Director, Roger Freeman Executive Vice President
Doug Wingert, Senior Vice President, to Manage New Bank of Arizona Office, Phoenix, AZ
The Independent Community Bankers of New Mexico, Farmington, Announces 2006 Annual Meeting at Inn of the Mountain Gods Resort & Casino Near Ruidoso, July 27-30
Don Briscoe Named Senior Vice President/Cashier at TIB-The Independent BankersBank, Dallas, TX
Comerica Bank Names Dan M. Connelly Senior Vice President in Austin
Colonial Bank of Texas Named Wayne Parkman Austin President
Bank of the West, Irving, TX, Appoints Mike Pearce President, Anita Gossett, Executive Vice President
Clark A. Smith Joins Prosperity Bank, El Campo, as president of Portland Office
Michael G. Witsken Promoted to SVP, Frost Bank, San Antonio, TX
Ning Weng, Former Chairman, President/CEO of Concord Bank, Houston, Elected to Summit Bank Corp. Board After Summit's April Acquisition of Concord Bank
MidFirst Bank, Oklahoma City, Names Dwayne Boggs Senior Vice President
Bob Gossard Is SVP of First National Bank of Santa Fe, NM
Jon T. Rymer Sworn In as Inspector General of FDIC
Bush Nominates Columbia Professor Frederic S. Mishkin to Federal Reserve Board of Governors
U.S. Government Plans to Redesign $5 Note in 2008

July 10, 2006

Sheila Bair Sworn In as 19th Chairman of the FDIC
Guynn to Retire as President of the Atlanta Federal Reserve Bank
Wells Fargo Taps Glen Kelley Community Bank President for North New Mexico
First National Bank of Central Texas, Waco, TX, Elects Ricky Thompson President
Doug L. Ruhl Joins Bank of Oklahoma, N.A., Oklahoma City, OK, as Executive Vice President
JPMorgan Chase Bank, Columbus, OH, Appoints Wade Carruth Regional Business Banking Manager for Chase's South Region
Lonnie J. Copps Appointed Senior Vice President/ Senior Trust Officer for Bank of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR
Capital Bank, Houston, Taps Ken Clark Market President in Deer Park, TX
Lucy Perez Named Executive Vice President, First National Bank of Refugio, Refugio, TX
Main Street Bank, Kingwood, TX, Appoints Kevin Ward Senior Vice President and General Manager of the Healthcare Division

July 3, 2006

Carter Tolleson Named president of Tolleson Private Bank, Dallas
Shannon White Named Northwest Division President for Bank of the Ozarks, AR
Derek B. Gill Joins Durant, OK-based First United Bank and Trust Co.'s as Oklahoma City Market President
Oklahoma Bankers Association To Meet July 10-12 at 109th Annual Convention and Trade Show at the Oklahoma City Cox Business Services Convention Center and Adjoining Renaissance Hotel
Cecil Caid Joins Moore, OK-based Exchange National Bank as Senior Vice President
OmniAmerican Bank, Fort Worth, Appoints Stan Gray Regional Banking President, Cleburne; Toni Simmons Senior Vice President of Retail Operations; and Bryan Thomas Senior Vice President/Director of Treasury Management
Kevin Mitchell Joines Peoples Bank, Lubbock, TX, as Senior Vice President
Frost Bank Appoints Julius Eccell Jr. Executive Vice President; Ty Mayo, Joan L. Mason and Wayne Becak Named Senior Vice Presidents
Mark P. Revard Named President of F&M Mortgage in Tulsa, OK
James W. Caudle Tapped as Regional President for First Texoma National, Durant, OK
OmniBank's Jim Hudson Awarded SBA Financial Services Champion of the Year Award
Britton & Koontz, Natchez, MS, Elects Robert R. Punches Chairman, R. Andrew Patty II Vice Chairman
Jeffrey Jurgenson Named Senior Vice President for Western Security Bank of Arizona
IronStone Bank, Scottsdale, AZ, Appoints Cheryl Gonzales Senior Vice President
Texas Enterprise Bank Opens in Bryan, TX

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