April News Briefs

April 30, 2007

Powell Thompson Promoted to President/COO, Bill Adkins Executive Vice President, and Brick Sudderth to Senior Vice President at Wolfforth, TX-based American Bank of Commerce
Walter Elcock Tapped as Bank of America, N.A., Charlotte, NC, Dallas Market Preident Executive
Signature Bank of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR, Names Carla Clark Senior Vice President
W. Randy Thomas Appointed Executive Vice President and Director for Wilburton State Bank, Wilburton, OK
Arkansas Bankers Association 117th Annual Convention Set for May 3-5, Embassy Suites Hotel and Hot Springs Convention Center in Hot Springs, AR
First National Bank of Midland, TX, Taps Gerald C. Nobles Jr. as Senior Vice President and Trust Officer
Texas Capital Bank, Dallas, TX, Promotes Peter Stringer to Executive Vice President
J. Marshall Hodge Appointed Senior Vice President and Branch Manager, The First National Bank of Forney, TX
American National Bank of Texas, Terrell, TX, Taps Greg Hillis Banking Center President in Wylie and Trent Brown Banking Center President in Forney
Three Executives (Jerry Carmichael, NW AR President; EVP Bruce Branch and EVP Barbara Davidson) Leave Parkway Bank of Rogers, AR
Billy Blount Joins New Mexico Bank & Trust, Clovis, NM, as Senior Vice President
Citizens State Bank, Princeton, TX, Celebrates 100th Anniversary

April 23, 2007

Jerry Nowlin Jr. Promoted to President, East Texas National Bank, Palestine, TX
Keith Merritt Upped to Senior Vice President, OMNIBANK, Metairie, LA
Mike L. Adams Named President and CEO for First Texas Bank, Laspasas, TX
Charles R. Martin Joins Arkansas Valley State Bank, Broken Arrow, OK, as Senior Vice President and Commercial Lender
David Matthews Named Market President of the Recently Opened Mesa, AZ Branch of Irwin Union Bank, FSB, Columbus, IN
Lubbock, TX-based PlainsCapital Bank Promotes Barry N. Ballinger to EVP of Commercial Lending: Jerry D. Holmes to EVP of Agricultural Lending; Billy G. Moore to EVP and Manager, Correspondent Lending; and Dwight I. Overton to EVP of Real Estate Lending
Jeff Anderson Appointed President of State National Bank in Lubbock, TX

April 16, 2007

PlainsCapital Bank, Lubbock, TX, Names David R. Seim Vice Chairman and Lee Eubank President
MidFirst Bank, Oklahoma City, OK, Promotes President Bob Dilg to CEO and Elects Todd Dobson Director
Herbert L. Blum Named Senior Vice President at Hancock Bank of Lousiana, New Orleans, LA
Janna Blackwell Promoted to Esecutive Vice President and CFO, Farmers Bank and Trust Co., Magnolia, AR
M. Brad Rejebian Promoted to Market President of Corporate Banking at the Park Cities Financial Center, Frost National Bank, San Antonio. TX
Becky Malkemus Named Senior Vice President of the Proposed Marble Falls Office of Treaty Oak Bank, Austin, TX
William F. Ottinger Named Executive Vice President, National Sales Director for Compass Bank Wealth Management Group
Staci Charles and Sandra Zazula Promoted to Executive Vice Presidents at East Valley Community Bank, Chandler, AZ
Eric McDuffie Promoted to SEnior Vice President, Centennial National Bank of Little Rock, AR
Wesley M. Harmon Elected Chairman, Community Bank and Trust, Tulsa, OK
Sunstate Bank, Casa Grande, AZ, to Become Part of Great Western Bank, Sioux Falls, SD
Ware Family to Invest in de novo Lone Star Bank of West Texas, Lubbock, TX; Alan Lackey Named CEO

April 9, 2007

Tim Stubenrouch Named President and Director, First Community Bank Fort Bend, N.A., Sugar Land, TX
Janet Myer Named Senior Vice President and CLO at The Bank of Greensburg, LA
Rose Rock Bank, Oklahoma City, OK, Taps C. H. Wyatt Jr. Community Bank President for El Reno
Brian J. Lucas Joins First National Bank of Midland, TX, as Executive Vice President
Two AR Banks - Arkansas Diamond Bank of Glenwood (Formerly The Bank of Glenwood) and Diamond State Bank of Murfresboro Merge to Form Diamond Bank, Murfreesboro, AR (Leadership Team Includes Duke Bainum (CEO), Mark Skelton (President), Harold A. Smith (COO) and Marnie Oldner (CFO)
Post Oak Bank, N.A., Houston, TX, Elects Fernando D. Parra, Executive Vice President, Galleria; Robert N. Burnham, Senior Vice President, Town & Country; Romi Sandel, Senior Vice President, Galleria; and Michael W. Morris, Senior Vice President, Pasadena
Laura Whitley Named President, Bank of America Dallas, TX
Russell Workman Promoted to President of Commercial Lending Community Bank, Franklin Bank, SSB, Houston, TX
Edinburg, TX-Based First National Bank Promotes Sean Denton to Regional President in Austin, TX
Frank Sewell Joins UMB Bank, N.A., Oklahoma City, OK, as Senior Vice President
Beth Lee, Senior Vice President, to Lead Wealth Management Dept at OMNI Bank, Metairie, LA
Ray Hines Promoted to Senior Vice President, M&I Bank, Arizona Region
First State Bank _ Bremond, SSB, Bremond, TX, Now Titled First Star Bank, SSB

April 2, 2007

Randall W. Wimmer Named President, John C. Myers Senior Vice President and John Ransdell Sr. Vice Chairman of Regent Bank, Nowata, OK
Andy Black Promoted to President/COO and Jan Scofield to CIO, Franklin Bank, Houston, TX
Steve Keith Promoted to President and Scott N. White to Executive Vice Presdient, Farmers Bank & Trust, Magnolia, AR
Brad D. Burgess, President, and David R. Quintanilla, Executive Vice President, to Lead First Texas Bank's Lubbock, TX, LPO
First Financial Bank, Cleburne, TX, Elects Donna J. Feller Senior Vice President
John V. Anderson, Chairman of Farmers & Merchants Bank in Crescent, OK, Celebrates 60-Year Career in Banking
Donald D. Taylor Named Senior Vice President of Lending for Purcell, OK-based First American Bank
Meridian Bank, N.A., Phoenix, AZ, Names Sue Gilchrist, Marci Gillette Tell, Julie Storey, and Nivia Gonzales-Schnieper Senior Vice President, and Scott Parker CCO

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