November News Briefs

November 26, 2007

Marcus E. Angle Jr. Named Area Executive, Regions Bank Operations in Austin, Dallas and Houston, TX
Thirty-Five Banks in Oklahoma Honored for 100+ Years; Banks Chartered Before 1900 are Union National Bank of Chandler (1891), First Texoma National Bank, Durant (1898), First National Bank of Pawnee (1894), Payne County National Bank, Perkins (1898) and Stroud National Bank, Stroud (1898)
Lynn Bowers Named Senior Vice President, Bank of Arizona in Phoenix
Douglas Ruhl Appointed Chairman and CEO at Bank of Albuquerque, NM
Fidelity Bank of Texas, Waco, Appoints Terry Whitley President and CEO and John Shank Senior Vice President/Chief Lending Officer
Belinda-Leigh Hall and Glen R. Bell Named Executive Vice Presidents for Green Bank, Houston, TX
Beverly J. Gaines Hired as Senior Vice President, Happy State Bank, Happy, TX
Gene Meyers Named Branch President, First National Bank of Seguin, TX
Western National Bank, Midland, TX, Reports Plans for Dallas Branch, Taps Terry Owen McCarter as Managing Director, John G. Murray as Senior Vice President and Robert J. Surko as Executive Vice President
Andy Rapoport Elected Senior Vice President at Coppermark Bank, Oklahoma City, OK
Dallas FDIC's Stan Ivie Named San Francisco Reg Director

November 19, 2007

Access 1st Capital Bank opens as De Novo in Denton, TX; Randy Robinson Is President and CEO, George Highfill and David Stanley Executive Vice Presidents, and Carol Gardner Senior Vice President
TechMecca 2007 Set for November 28-29 at the Red Rock Casino, Resort & Spa in Las Vegas, NV
SunBank N.A. Opens as De Novo in Phoenix, AZ; Deron Brooks is President and John Shannon Senior Vice President
Elisabeth "Betsy" Blue and Keith Askew Promoted to Executive Vice Presidents, BancFirst, Tulsa, OK
First Bank Ups SVP Michele Alvarado to Manager of Texas Real Estate Group, Dallas and Houston, TX
Comerica Incorporated, Dallas, TX, Appoints Jim Weber to Senior Vice President
Philip W. "Buzz" Stagg Appointed Executive Vice President and Chief Credit Officer for Green Bank, N.A., Houston, TX
Kim A. Uhlemann Named Senior Vice President, Northern Trust, N.A., Dallas, TX
Keith Odom Upped to Senior Vice President, Compass Bank, Temple, TX
Kevin Melancon Named Senior Vice President, United Community Bank, Gonzales, LA
Karen Hail, COO and Sr. EVP of Lafayette-based MidSouth Bank, Named one of the "25 Most Powerful Women in Banking" by U.S. Banker Magazine
Sandy W. Wright Joins Whitney National Bank, New Orleans, LA, as Senior Vice President
Grand Bank, Tulsa, Names Jim Marshall Senior Vice President

November 12, 2007

Alamogordo Federal Savings & Loan Association, Alamogordo, NM, Appoints Steven C. Cox President and CEO and R. Miles Ledgerwood Vice Chairman
Danny Payne Resigns as Commissioner of the Texas Department of Savings and Mortgage Lending
Randy Kellogg Named Senior Vice President, Farmers & Merchants Bank, Guthrie, OK
Comerica Bank Opens as State Bank in Dallas
Heritage Bank, N.A., Phoenix, AZ, Names Kathleen Harris President/CEO and Rick Williams, Claudia Achmoody and Jeri Safcik Senior Vice Presidents
Independent Bank of McKinney Taps Greg Steglich as Senior Vice President
Brent Raindl Named President of the Preston Center Branch of PlainsCapital Bank, Lubbock, TX; J.J. Gomez Named Executive Vice President and Eddie Ricks Upped to Executive Vice President/Controller
SpiritBank, Tulsa, OK, Names Scott Veitch its New Mortgage Division President
Albuquerue, NM-based First Community Bank's Chairman/CEO Michael R. Standford Reappointed to Board of the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City

November 5, 2007

First Community Bank, Albuquerque, NM, Hires Lonnie Talbert as Executive Vice President
Tim Farris Upped to Rural Markets President, Peoples Bank, Lubbock, TX
Terry Chase Named President of First Fidelity Mortgage; H.J. "Joey" Snyder Prseident of First Fidelity Bank's Tulsa Operations and Keith Hazelton Senior Private Banker, First Fidelity Bank Oklahoma City, OK
Lynn Bowers Hired by Bank of Arizona, Phoenix, AZ, as Senior Vice President
Carole Smith Tapped as Senior Vice President, Delta Trust & Bank, Little Rock, AR
Meridian Bank Texas, Fort Worth, Opens Denton Branch; Paul Chandler Named President
Arkansas State Bank Department Names Richard D. Buzbee Chief Examiner
Gary Goodfriend Named Senior Vice President/Branch President and Regional Manager for Austin by Houston-based Southwestern National Bank
Andrew "Drew" Williams Joins Bank of the West, Oklahoma City, OK, as Senior Vice President, Retail Banking Group Region Manager
Rick Chaney Promoted to Community President, Shamrock Bank, Coalgate, OK
Susan Chapman Upped to Senior Vice President, First Fidelity Bank, Phoenix
Jerry Reaux Elected CEO of Tri-Parish Bank, Eunice, LA, Replacing E. Earner Veillon Who Will Continue as Chairman
Bradley E. ROck Elected Chairman of the American Bankers Association for 2007-2008

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