TEXAS BANKING NEWS, PEOPLE and IDEAS
On May 26, Longview-based Texas Bank and Trust Co. announced the promotions of Sandy Spier and Alex Myers. Spier has been promoted to senior vice president and mortgage loan underwriter in the bank’s residential mortgage lending division based in Longview. Employed with the bank since 1998, she has held several positions in mortgage lending, most … Read more
El Paso-based WestStar recently announced the following officer promotions. WestStar Bank Jacqueline Salais: senior vice president, audit director Ruby Vigil: vice president, district manager retail banking Xavier Parra: vice president, branch operations administration manager Angelica Quinonez: assistant vice president, Viscount branch manager Robert Spencer: assistant vice president, construction lender WestStar Title Janette Coon: senior vice … Read more
Elfis Cottingham has been hired by Mount Pleasant-based Guaranty Bank & Trust to serve as vice president/SBA business development officer in the Houston area. She has more than 25 years of experience in the banking industry with SBA commercial business development, packaging, closing, portfolio management, liquidation, and credit administration and loan review. Elfis has earned … Read more
After 18 years at Kilgore-based Citizens Bank and 50 years in the banking industry, CEO Sammy York will retire at the end of June. A native of Corsicana, York graduated from Texas A&M University with a BS degree in agricultural economics in 1974. He is also a 1981 graduate of the Southwestern Graduate School of … Read more
Karen Neeley, general counsel for the Independent Bankers Association of Texas (IBAT) since 1989, has announced her planned retirement from IBAT “no later than August 31.” She chose the August 31 deadline to correspond with the due date for comments on the proposed revisions to the Community Reinvestment Act. “A fitting finale,” Neeley notes. “After … Read more
Debbie Fox has been promoted to vice president/wealth management compliance officer and Cindy Castleberry has been promoted to administrative officer/wealth management division at Longview-based Texas Bank and Trust. Both officers will be based in Longview. Fox has been employed with Texas Bank and Trust for almost 18 years. Beginning as an administrative assistant, she was … Read more
Longview-based Texas Bank and Trust has promoted Cindi Jackson to senior vice president in its Richardson location. In addition, the bank has hired Lee Price (photograph unavailable) to serve as senior vice president/wealth and trust officer in Frisco and Cory Osterman (photograph unavailable) has joined the bank as banking officer/administrative assistant in Frisco. Jackson has … Read more
El Paso-based WestStar Bank has promoted Claudia Rodriguez to senior vice president/risk management director. She will manage the risk management division, including audit, BSA, compliance, information security, legal and loan review. Rodriguez previously served as operations center manager. Prior to working in operations, she was the bank’s internal auditor. Rodriguez has 20 years of banking … Read more
On May 11, the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas announced the appointment of Lorie K. Logan as president and chief executive officer. She will represent the 11th Federal Reserve District on the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) in the formulation of U.S. monetary policy and will lead the 1,200 employees of the Dallas Fed. She … Read more
On May 31, First State Bank of Burnet announced the promotion of Haley Rosipal to assistant vice president/branch manager of its Lampasas location. She joined the bank in September 2021, working in the operations department. Prior to that, she was an assistant branch manager at Wells Fargo Bank with responsibilities for operations, lending and personnel. … Read more