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January News Briefs

January 29, 2007

  • First Community Bank San Antonio, TX, Taps Billie J. Galvin as Senior Vice President
  • Christopher C. Arsement Elected Chairman of Rayne State Bank, Rayne, LA
  • Premier Commercial Bank, Mesa, AZ, Opens; Cofounders are: Ash Patel CEO, Steven Ellsworth, EVP and COO, Denny Barney, Director and Brent Payne, Director
  • Robert Spears Joins Arvest Bank, Fayetteville, AR, as Senior Vice President, Private Banking
  • Bank of the Southwest, Roswell, NM, Promotes Rick Bertram to Executive Vice President and CLO; Wanda Porter to Senior Vice President and Cashier; and Georgia Hewitt to Senior Vice President
  • Diane M. Murrell and Brian Hunt Promoted to Senior Vice President, Frost Bank, San Antonio, TX
  • William Drew Leigh Jr. Elected Senior Vice President, First Security State Bank, Cranfills Gap, TX
  • Randy Sahm Appointed Executive Vice President/CFO, NorthStar Bank, Denton, TX
  • Donald Hengst and Tom A . Murff, both Executive Vice Presidents, Selected to Lead Post Oak Bank's Newest Houston Branch
  • Retired West Bank & Trust President and CEO Grady H. Langford Jr. Dies December 20 in West, TX
  • Anthony Restel Named Senior Vice President/COO, IBERIABANK, Lafayette, LA
  • Bank of the Rio Grande, Las Cruces, NM, Names Shannon Sims SVP/COO
  • Gulfport, MS-based Hancock Holding Co., EVP/CFO Carl J. Chaney Honored as Outstanding Faculty Member at the Graduate School of Banking at LSU
  • Countrywide Bank, Phoenix, AZ, Names Fernando Camino Executive Vice President

January 22. 2007

  • Tom Steves Sr. Named Executive Vice President, David Straessle Senior Vice President, for Twin City Bank, North Little Rock, AR
  • Tandy L. Hix Elected President of Fannin Bank, Bonham, TX
  • Ernest Freyou Appointed to Teche Federal Bank Board in New Iberia, LA
  • Larry W. Coy Named President and CEO of First National Bank, Heavener, OK and David Roberts Named President of Community Bank, Bristow, OK
  • Dana R. Hassell Promoted to Executive Vice President and COO of Synergy Bank, Waco, TX
  • First National Bank of Alamogordo (NM)'s Pete Cook Elected by the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas to its Board of Directors
  • Jerry Woods Named Executive Vice President of Commercial Banking for Choice Bank, Scottsdale, AZ
  • Organizers File Application for The Bank of San Antonio, San Antonio, TX
  • Tulsa, OK-based BOK Financial Corp. Makes Forbes List of Best Big Companies in the U.S.

January 15, 2007

  • Bank of Oklahoma, Tulsa, OK, Appoints Barron D. Beal Executive Vice President of Wealth Management
  • Manual J. Mehos and Robert V. New Jr. to Head Green Bancorp Inc., Houston After Its Merger With Redstone Bank, N.A., Houston; Mehos as Chairman/CEO Green Bancorp Inc., and New as President/CEO of Redstone Bank
  • United Bank and Trust Company Reopens Dec 29 in New Orleans, LA
  • Searcy, AR-based First Security Bank Names Barbara Sloan Vice President in Arkansas
  • Peoples Bank, Lubbock, TX, Promotes Troy banderburg to Senior Vice President and Cashier
  • John Taylor Appointed Regional President for Bank of America Global Wealth and Management
  • Richard Brock Named Senior Vice President and Regional Director for Wachovia Wealth Management
  • Scott West Appointed Senior Vice President, Western National Bank, San Anotnio, TX
  • Morgan Stanley Inc., New York, NY, Plans to Spin Off Discover Unit
  • McAllen National Bank Is Now Border Capital Bank, N.A., McAllen, TX

January 8, 2007

  • Mickey Falconer Named President, Bret Meekins Bowie Branch President for Legend Bank, Bowie, TX
  • Cris Smith Named Senior Vice President, The Bank, N.A., McAlestor, OK
  • Texarkana First Bank Opens in Texarkana, TX; John Mays is President
  • Kim Wyatt Named President/CEO of Corsicana National Bank And Trust; John B. "Abe" Stroud to Retire
  • Robert L. Bacon Named Deputy Banking Commissioner by Texas Banking Commissioner Randall S. James
  • Bob Lowrimore Appointed Senior Vice President of Bank of the Ozarks, Frisco, TX
  • Teresa A. Robinett and Thomas H. Pully Named Branch Presidents for Citizens National Bank's (Fort Worth, TX) Cityview Banking Center and Mid-Cities Banking Center, Respectively
  • Shamrock Bank, Coalgate, OK, Appoints John Horschler Community Banking President of its Altus Location
  • Jean Alexander Named Senior Vice President for Signature Bank of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR
  • Investar Bank, Baton Rouge, LA, Names Rachel Cherco Executive Vice President, COO and Holly Hidalgo-DeKeyzer Executive Vice President and CLO
  • First State Bancorporation, Albuquerque, NM, to Sell Stock for Front Range Deal


January 1, 2007

  • Jack W. Alldredge Elected President/CEO of State National Bank of Texas, Iowa Park, TX
  • Western States Banking School Moves to New Mexico State University in Las Cruces, NM, Effective as of the June 2007 Session
  • Valliance Bank, Oklahoma City, OK, Reports $100 Million in Assets in Two Years and Announces Opening of LPO in Norman, OK
  • Signature Bank of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR, Promotes Kai Dare to Executive Vice President of Marketing and Names Missy Ross Senior Vice President
  • Thomas Turner Returns to Banking With Park Cities Bank in Fort Worth, TX
  • SWACHA's Dennis Simmons Joins NACHA's Board of Directors
  • Dell CFO James M. Schneider to Join Frontier Bancshares Inc., Austin, TX, Replacing CEO James Dyess as Executive Chairman of the Board
  • Charlotte, NC-based Bank of America's CFO Al G. de Molina Resigns, Joe Price Named to Succeed
  • The Conference of State Bank Supervisors (CSBS) Promotes Mary Beth Quist to Senior Vice President for Supervisory Processes, and Michael Stevens to Senior Vice President for Regulatory Policy
  • Wells Fargo & Company, San Francisco, CA, Acquires Dallas, TX-based Evergreen Funding Corp.
  • Shareholders OK Merger of Prosperity Bancshres Inc., Houston, TX, and Texas United Bancshares, La Grange, TX
  • The Bank of Weatherford (TX) Sings Agreement to Sell Stock to Kansas-based Columbian Financial Corporation
  • Arkansas State Bank Department Pitches Easing Branch Rule


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