TEXAS BANKING NEWS, PEOPLE and IDEAS
On April 22, Home BancShares Inc. and its wholly owned subsidiary, Conway, Arkansas-based Centennial Bank, announced that J. Pat Hickman, former chairman of Amarillo-based Happy Bancshares Inc., has been appointed to the company’s board of directors as contemplated by the merger agreement for the company’s acquisition of Happy Bancshares, which was completed on April 1. … Read more
Corpus Christi-based Charter Bank has appointed Casey Haney to its board of directors. He has served the governor of Texas and members of the U.S. House of Representatives, Texas House of Representatives and the Texas Senate in roles ranging from senior advisor to chief of staff. He also served in executive roles at the Texas Railroad … Read more
Lucien Rollins has joined the staff of Longview-based Texas Bank and Trust Co. as senior vice president and commercial lender in the bank’s McKinney branch. He most recently served as vice president and commercial lender at Prosperity Bank in Plano. He has been involved in the financial services industry for more than 10 years with … Read more
Omaha, Nebraska-based Security National Bank has appointed James “Jim” V. Huerter III, senior vice president and director of commercial banking, and James E. Landen Jr., senior vice president and Texas market president, to its board of directors. This marks the fourth generation of the Landen family to serve on the Security National Bank board of … Read more
Chasity Peiffer has been named Longview-based Texas Bank and Trust’s “2021 Employee of the Year.” This award, determined by the bank’s officers, recognizes an employee who distinctly exhibits the bank’s core values of integrity, excellence, mutual respect, professionalism and joy. Peiffer has been employed by the bank since 2018. She currently serves as retail field … Read more
Several promotions were announced at Longview-based Texas Bank and Trust’s employee awards dinner held in Longview on March 22. Caryn Pepper was promoted to vice president and executive assistant. She joined Texas Bank and Trust in its mortgage division in 1993, then transferred to the bank’s trust and investments division in 1996. In 1998, she … Read more
Anita Lewis has been promoted to senior vice president and regional retail manager for Longview-based Texas Bank and Trust’s Dallas/Fort Worth region. The promotion was announced at the bank’s employee awards dinner on March 22. Lewis has been involved in the financial services industry since 1991, beginning as a teller while attending high school, and … Read more
Jason Vinson has been hired to serve as Fort Worth area chairman for Mount Pleasant-based Guaranty Bank & Trust. He is a veteran 18-year Tarrant County banker with experience in all facets of commercial lending and banking operations. He comes to Guaranty Bank after serving as executive vice president and Fort Worth market leader for … Read more
In mid-April, Dallas-based Texas Capital Bank named Jocelyn Kukulka head of investor relations and corporate development. She will be instrumental in helping drive the bank’s strategy and developing opportunities to improve shareholder returns. Prior to Texas Capital Bank, Kukulka served as vice president of corporate development and investor relations for Western Alliance Bancorporation in Phoenix, … Read more
Dallas-based PlainsCapital Bank recently announced that Danny Schroder has been promoted to Houston region chairman. In his new role, he will oversee and coordinate banking operations and market development for PlainsCapital’s branches in the greater Houston area. “Danny has added tremendous value to our banking initiatives and expansion in East Texas,” says Jerry Schaffner, president … Read more