Tony Clark has been tapped to serve as CEO of Arlington-based Worthington Bank’s newest location in Denton, which opened last August. He will also serve on the bank’s board of directors. His addition to the Denton team cements a reunion as he rejoins a group he has worked with for 30 years and counting.

“It is fantastic to work with this dedicated group of professionals again,” Clark says. “Banking in Texas is all about building strong, lasting relationships, and the team at Worthington Bank is ready to build those with the businesses and people of Denton.”

While Worthington Bank is new to the Denton area, its bankers are not. Clark has provided financial services in Denton since 1993. Worthington Bank President Debbie Irby-Rhoads started her career in Denton in 1989 and Denton is the hometown of Tracey Long, commercial loan officer, who started her career in 2012.

Before joining Worthington Bank, Clark served as executive vice president at McKinney-based Independent Bank, overseeing 14 Texas locations and assets exceeding $1 billion. Clark joined Independent Bank after it acquired Denton-based Northstar Bank, a bank of which Clark was a founding member and first worked with Irby-Rhoads. At the time of the acquisition, Clark and his team had built Northstar Bank to more than 40 locations throughout Texas and Colorado with assets of approximately $2.5 billion.

Clark holds a BBA degree in finance from Midwestern State University and graduated from the SW Graduate School of Banking at Southern Methodist University. He currently sits on the board of the City of Denton Economic Development Partnership.

Established in 2002, Worthington Bank has four locations in Tarrant County and one location in Denton County. In 2022, it was acquired by Oklahoma-based BancFirst Corp., which, in addition to Worthington Bank, operates Oklahoma-based BancFirst and Pegasus Bank, which has three banking locations in the Dallas metroplex.