TEXAS BANKING NEWS, PEOPLE AND IDEAS
TEXAS BANKING NEWS, PEOPLE AND IDEAS
Neil Ferguson 
The board of directors of Paris-based Liberty National Bank has announced the promotion of President Carl T. Cecil to board chairman and Senior Vice President Chase Coleman to board member. Cecil will retain both the president and chairman titles. “I am humbled by the confidence the Liberty board has shown in me by promoting me to … Read more
The Texas Bankers Foundation, the charitable arm of the Texas Bankers Association (TBA), has committed $100,000 over three years to the Future Bankers Leadership Program at the Jesse H. Jones School of Business at Texas Southern University (TSU), which will prepare students for careers in the field of banking. The all-new banking program will launch in … Read more
Mike Davis, Midland president of Lubbock-based Lone Star State Bank, recently announced that Randy Silva has joined the bank as executive vice president. Working out of the bank’s Midland office, Silva will focus on commercial and energy lending, as well as business development. With 19 years of financial services experience, he previously served at San … Read more
Jeff Austin Jr., chairman of the board of Jacksonville-based Austin Bank, recently announced the hiring of Daniel Wolfson as senior vice president and market president. Wolfson is a tenured banker with more than 18 years in the financial services industry. His experience with credit analysis, loan production and management will be a tremendous asset as growth … Read more
Louis Soliz has joined Sweetwater-based Texas National Bank as senior vice president. He has more than 15 years of community bank operations experience, most recently serving as senior vice president and cashier at Community Bank of Snyder, now a branch of Dallas-based Oakwood Bank. “We’re excited to add Louis to our management team,” says Mike … Read more
Samuel Owen Kimberlin, former chief executive officer of the Texas Bankers Association, passed away on November 10 in Austin following a short illness due to COVID. After serving in the U.S. Marine Corps for two years at the end of World War II, he attended the University of Texas–Austin, graduating with a BBA degree and … Read more
On October 15, the Texas Municipal League (TML) and its 1,160 member cities announced that Coppell Mayor Karen Hunt has been elected president of the organization. Hunt has worked in the commercial banking industry for more than 40 years and she currently serves as market president for San Antonio-based Frost Bank in Coppell. Her experiences … Read more
Cynthia Conroy, assistant vice president and director of community outreach at El Paso-based WestStar Bank, has been appointed by Texas Governor Greg Abbott to the Governor’s Commission for Women. The commission is tasked with developing and implementing a strategy to help make Texas the No. 1 state for women-owned businesses and to address the issue … Read more
Andrew Rodriguez has been promoted to portfolio manager and banking officer at Longview-based Texas Bank and Trust Co.’s Tyler Grande location. He joined the bank in 2012 and has worked in its commercial lending division as a credit analyst since 2018. Rodriguez holds a Bachelor of Applied Arts and Sciences degree, as well as an MBA … Read more
Longtime Texas community banker James Robert “Jim Bob” Parker, 79 of Elkhart passed away October 28 in his home. His final days were spent surrounded by family and friends. After serving six years in the U.S. Air Force, Parker went to work for Elkhart State Bank in 1968. Upon the passing of his father in 1987, he … Read more