TEXAS BANKING NEWS, PEOPLE AND IDEAS
TEXAS BANKING NEWS, PEOPLE AND IDEAS
El Paso-based WestStar Bank has hired Patricia Marquez to serve as a lender in its commercial banking group. She is responsible for developing and managing commercial lending relationships and expanding new business. Marquez brings 22 years of commercial banking and 12 years of business banking management experience to WestStar Bank. She has been successful in … Read more
Janin McGrath has joined the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas as an assistant vice president in the treasury services department. She previously served as a business application delivery manager in the retail payments office of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta. She joined the Federal Reserve System in 1997, starting her career at the Portland … Read more
Galveston-based HomeTown Bank recently hired Daniel Park as vice president/loan operations for its branch in League City. He recently moved to the area from Fayetteville, Arkansas. Prior to the move, he served as a senior bank examiner for the Arkansas State Bank Department. Park earned his bachelor’s degree in finance/commercial banking from the Sam M. … Read more
Arlington-based Worthington National Bank has hired Veronica Watkins to serve as chief financial officer. She will be taking the reigns from Les Schuler as he retires from his 46-year career in banking this month. As CFO, Watkins will oversee Worthington’s accounting, finance, operations, compliance and human resources departments. Prior to joining the Worthington National Bank … Read more
Rusty Hitt, CEO of Corsicana-based Community National Bank & Trust, recently announced the addition of Leslie Leerskov as vice president of business development. Heading up a new department at the bank, she will grow new business and provide service recommendations to aid existing customers. She has held positions with Kerens ISD, Raymond James Financial and LPL … Read more
Enterprise-level technology solutions expert Kenneth Arakelian has been tapped by Tulsa, Oklahoma-based ENACOMM to spearhead the advancement of the company’s suite of fintech products and services as senior vice president/chief product officer. He will scale the company’s intelligent interactive voice response system for deployment by major banks with numerous branches. He’ll also expand ENACOMM’s virtual personal … Read more
San Antonio-based USAA Federal Savings Bank is adding to its senior leadership team. In late October, the company announced two senior leadership additions focused on protecting members from fraud, driving technological capabilities and leveraging member data. Dave Gordon recently joined USAA Federal Savings Bank as senior vice president, chief technology and data officer, overseeing teams responsible … 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