July News Briefs

July 30, 2007

Whitney National Bank Taps Barry Kilpatrick City President for Baton Rouge, LA
Lynn Dorrough Joins Metropolitan National Bank, Little Rock, AR, as Senior Vice President and CFO
Olney Bancshares of Texas Inc. to Buy Union Bank, Oklahoma City, OK from Parent Company MB Financial Inc. of Chicago, IL
First United Bank Denton (TX) Names Joseph Hansen Senior Vice President and Loan Officer
Comerica Bank Names Rosemary Davis Fusaro Senior Vice President of Middle Market Banking in Dallas, TX
Herb Hildebrand Appointed Senior Vice President of Private Banking at Houston, TX's Encore Bank
Eric Kern Named Senior Vice President and Managing Principal in Houston, TX for Salt Lake City, UT's MagnetBank
Arkansas State Bank Department Names Susannah Marshall Deputy Bank Commissioner
Bank of Oklahoma, N.A., Tulsa, OK, Appoints Brian K. Renz Senior Vice President
Rick Chaney Named COmmunity Banking President for Sharock Bank, N.A., in Coalgate, OK

July 23, 2007

David Seitze Named IBAT Leadership Division President, Kyle Irwin President-elect, Todd Price Executive Vice President and Board Members Mark Sheffield, Zoe Kuschel, Doak Crabtree, CHuck Phelan, Scott Sharp, Michael Moores, Michael Murphy, and Steve Doty
Teresa O. Breaux Promoted to President of IBERIABANK Mortgage in Louisiana
Inrust Bank Promotes Glen Rice to Executive Vice President in Oklahoma City, OK, and Hired Clint Stone as Senior Vice President in Edmond, OK
Gerald Ernst Resigns as President/CEO of Community Bank of Arizona; Edward M. Jamison Appointed Interim President and CEO
W. Craig Overstreet, President and CEO of First Bank of Farmersville, TX, Receives IBAT Leadership Division Award
Julie Cripe Promoted to President and CEO of OMNIBANK, N.A., Houston, TX
Todd Gaudin Joins First National Bank Houston as Branch President
Highlands Bank, Dallas, TX, Appoints Eliza Lott, Senior Vice President, Market President and Michael Riggin Senior Vice President, Market President
Rick Krenz Promoted to Executive Vice President, Boardway National Bank, San Antonio
Tom Kaupie Named Senior Vice President, National Bank of Arizona, Phoenix, AZ
City National Bank, Mineral Wells, TX, Now First Financial Bank, N.A.
Trade Groups Urge Treasury to Reject OCC/OTS Merger
American Bankers Association & America's Community Bankers Announce Merger Plans

July 16, 2007

Alliance Bank of Arizona Promotes Don Garner, Harry Harvey and Ed Zito to Executive Vice President
G. Bart Griffith Joins First Community Bank The Woodlands (TX) as Executive Vice President
Commerce Bank, Tulsa, OK, Names Chris Amburgy Senior Vice President of Corporate Banking
Happy State Bank, Happy, TX, Promotes Kerry Adair to President of the Amarillo Market
John C. Stumpf Succeeds Richard Kovacevich as CEO, Wells Fargo & Co.
Link Harris Named Senior Vice President of First National Bank of Central Texas, Waco
Bank of America, Charlotte, NC, Complete US Trust Corporation Acquisition

July 9, 2007

Randy Allison Named Tulsa President, Randy Crews Senior Vice President for Home National Bank, Blackwell, OK
Candace A. Franks Appointed Bank Commissioner for Arkansas State Bank Department
National Bank of Arizona, Phoenix, AZ, Hires Mitchell Jones as Southeast Valley Market President
Regions Bank, LA, Taps Robert Merkle Commercial Banking Executive for Houston, Dallas and Austin, TX, Markets
Mary Murray Joins Amegy Bank of Texas, N.A., Houston, as Senior Vice President and Manager of Operations in Treasury Management
ZaneJohnson Named Levelland Bank Center CEO for Citizens Bank, Kilgore, TX
Arvest Bank, Fayetteville, AR, Promotes Katy Leis to Senior Vice President of Human Resources in Rogers, AR
Albuquerque, NM-Based First Community Bank's Executive Vice President James E. Warden Dies in Accident at 49
Dallas Federal Reserve Bank Expands Check Processing in Nationwide Consolidation of System

July 2, 2007

Oklahoma Bankers Association Installs Don Abernathy as 2007-08 Chairman at 110th Annual Convention, Bradley W. Krieger as Vice Chairman, and Marty Hansen as First Vice Chairman; New Directors are C. Todd Huckabay, David J. Cook, Felton Gatlin, G. Bridger Cox, John W. Osborne, and Wade Edmundson
Tim Carter is President and CEO of OnmiAmerican Bank, Fort Worth, TX
Michael S. Brumfield Named Executive Vice President, State Bank & Trust Company's North Shore Region, LA
Russell "Rusty" Workman Named D/FW President for Oklahoma City, OK-based Coppermark Bank
Compass Bancshares Inc. CEO D. Paul Jones Moves to Houston to Lead the Integration of Texas Banks for New Owner Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria SA
Compass Bank Promotes Rob Glenn and Jeanne Bennett to Senior Vice President in San Antonio, TX
Jay Howard Joins Trusttexas Bank, SSB, Cuero, TX, as Executive Vice President and CLO
John M .Lweis, Retired Founder of The Bank of Fayetteville, AR, Dies at Age 67
Bank of Oklahoma, N.A., Tulsa, OK, Promotes Wes W. Webb to Senior Vice President
Three Texas Banks Celebrate 100 Years of Service: Buckholts State Bank, Justin State Bank, and FirstBank Southwest, Amarillo

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