June News Briefs

June 25, 2007

Bruce Beach Named Chairman of Alliance Bank of Arizona, Phoenix, AZ, Board of Directors
Edward F. Keller Joins Board of Summit Bank in Tulsa, OK
Robert "Bob" T. Taylor Elected CEO of the Louisiana Bankers Association
Guaranty Bank, Dallas, TX, Promotes Ronald Murff to Senior Executive Vice President and CFO, and Kevin Hanigan Senior Executive Vice President - Retail BankRick Tatum Joins First Community Bank in San Antonio, TX, as Executive Vice President
Keith Willis Named JPMorgan Chase Market President in Amarillo
Rick Calero Named Retail Banking Chief, Citibank Texas, Dallas, TX
Business First Bank, Baton Rouge, LA, Taps Warren McDonald Senior Vice President/Senior Lender
John N. Floyd & Associates, Baytown, Buys VigilanceFinancial Systems, LLC, Austin, TX
American National Bank of Texas, Terrell, to Acquire Fort Worth's Citizens National Bank

June 18, 2007

BANKERS DIGEST Marks 65 Years of Publishing
Mike Rigby Named Chairman of the Texas Bankers Association for 2007-2008; Joining Him are Chairman-elect Victor Pierson and Treasurer Wesley Hoskins
Andrew L. Adler Named State Bank & Trust (Ridgeland, MS) Executive Vice President in Baton Rouge, LA
Oklahoma City-based BancFirst Promotes Keith Askew and Elisabeth "Betsy" Blue to Executive Vice President in Tulsa, OK
Highlands Bank, Dallas, TX, Assembles Seasoned Management Team for Dallas Banking Center: Thomas R. Yenne, Chairman/CEO; Robert D. Butler, President/COO; Lawrence M. Bates, Managing Director, Entrepreneurial/Commercial Banking; J. Terry Smith, Managing Director, Real Estate; Samuel Baughman, CFO; Steven V. Boswell, CRO; Robin Wantland, Managing Director/President of Commercial Banking; Eliza Lott, Senior Vice President and Banking Center Manager;Alan Sniadecki, Senior Vice President/HR; Eliot Gilbert, Seior Vice President, Operationsand Administration; and Jim Ludman, Senior Vice President of Mortgage Lending
Ken W. Crump Named Senior Vice President, First United Bank, Amarillo, TX
David McGuire Tapped as Houston Community Bank President, Houston, TX
International Bank of Commerce, Laredo, TX, Promotes Julie Tarvin to Senior Vice President
Robert Potter Upped to Senior Vice President, Lone Star Capital Bank, San Antonio, TX
Jane Fielding Promoted to Senior Vice President, National Bank of Arizona, Phoenix & Prescott, AZ
Sue Tull Joins Twin City Bank, North Little Rock, AR as Senior Vice President
M. Paige Miller Hired as Executive Vice President and CFO for Summit Bank, Tulsa, OK
ICBA/NM Annual Meeting Set for July 26-29 in Taos, NM at the Sagebrush Inn and Conference Center/Executive Suites

June 11, 2007

Louisiana Bankers Association Installs E. Graham Thompson as 2007-2008 President in New Orleans; Other Delegates Confirmed Include: Jerome Bascocu, President-elect; Boyd R. Boudreaux, Treasurer; and Directors Ray Kron, Capitol Region; Kent Hale, Central Region; Glen Bertrand, Southwest Region; and Donnie Landry, Acadiana Region
MidFirst Bank Opens Arizona Headquarters in Phoenix
A. James Grant is Dallas Regional Executive for Houston, TX-based FC Holdings Inc.
Gayle Earls Joins SAMCO Capital Markets Inc., Dallas, TX, as Senior Managing Director
Norma Halick, Phillip Montgomery and Donald W. Graff Jr. Named Senior Vice Presidents, First Bank, in Houston and Dallas
Karen L. Schmeeckle Named Senior Vice President, Comerica Bank, Dallas
Louis T. Brusini Appointed Senior Vice President, Pavillion Bank, Richardson, TX
James Neill and Elaine Cooper Elected Executive Vice Presidents, Texas Capital Bank, N.A., Dallas
BJ Stolowoski Upped to Senior Vice President, Frost Bank, San Antonio and Mike Milich to Executive Vice President of Frost Financial Management Group
Beth Humphries Elected Senior Vice President and CLO for The Bankers Bank, Oklahoma City, OK
Robert Gabaldon Promoted to Senior Vice President, Bank of Albuquerque, N.A., Albuquerque, NM
Jacksonville, AR-based First Arkansas Bank and rust Fiiles Protest Over First State Bank of Conway's Plans to Open a Branch in Quitman, AR
OK-based BOK Financialm to Acquire First United Bank, Denver, CO

June 4, 2007

Vision Bank-Texas Opens as De Novo in Richardson, TX; Gary Mulhollen is President/CEO, Mitchell Ty Maxfield CCO/Director; Linda Larr CFO, James John Melino Chairman
Oklahoma Bankers Association 2007 Leadership Forum and Annual Convention Set for June 11-12 at the Cox Convention Center, Oklahoma City, OK
EVP Steve Lousteau Named Baton Rouge, LA, City President for Capital One Financial Corporation
Tarrant Co., TX-based Worthington National Bank Names Dan Mocio Executive Vice President, Scott Long Executive Vice President, Susan Cross Senior Vice President and Elsie Gunter President of the Colleyville Location
Annette H. Mullins Promoted to Senior Vice President in Amarillo, by Perryton, TX-based Interstate Bank, ssb
Stephens T. Harper Named Vice Chairman, First National Bank of Midland, TX
Kelley C. Lee Promoted to Executive Vice President and Managing Director - East TX, at Franklin Bank, SSB, Houston, TX
Lamar Spencer and Mark Harris Join Houston-based Amegy Bank of Texas, N.A., in San Antonio as Senior Vice Presidents
Michael D. Lowrimore Joins Bank of the West, Albuquerque, NM, as New Mexico Regional Manager/Senior Vice President
Bank 7 Appoints Gary Stocking Regional President in Woodward, OK
National Bank of Arizona, Phoenix, Names Dianne James Senior Vice President, Human Resources
Centennial Bank, Kingsland, AR, Names John O. Moore Executive Vice President, and Sheila Harrison, Donna Capp and Todd Bridges Senior Vice President
Bank of Montgomery, Natchitoches, LA, Taps Ronald D. Roy and Jim Gibson as Senior Vice Presidents
First Community Bank in Broken Arrow Now Pulaski Bank

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