TEXAS BANKING NEWS, PEOPLE AND IDEAS
TEXAS BANKING NEWS, PEOPLE AND IDEAS
Moulton-based SouthStar Bank SSB has hired Barbara Shaffer to serve as vice president/business development officer in Leander. With more than 40 years of banking experience, Shaffer joins SouthStar Bank having previously worked in a similar position at R Bank in Round Rock since 2013. Prior to that, she was vice president/Frost at Work specialist at … Read more
On January 8, Bowie-based Legend Bank announced the appointment of Ricky Taylor as Wichita Falls branch president/senior vice president and Colton Sheffield as vice president/commercial lender in North Richland Hills. Taylor has been in the financial industry for more than 20 years, specializing in agriculture, commercial real estate, small business, equipment and construction loan needs. … Read more
Henderson-based VeraBank has promoted Shea Vestal to vice president/trust and wealth advisor. She will focus on the bank’s Henderson, Mt. Enterprise, Kilgore, Tatum and Carthage regions. Vestal joined VeraBank in 2010. She earned a bachelor’s degree in business from Stephen F. Austin State University and has completed the graduate program at the SW Graduate School … Read more
Ben Butler has joined Bowie-based Legend Bank as vice president/commercial lender. He will serve customers in the bank’s Sherman and Denison markets. Butler brings more than nine years of experience in banking. Prior to joining Legend Bank, he was a mortgage loan officer at Be My Neighbor Mortgage in Denison and before that served as … Read more
Fort Worth-based Bank of Texas has hired Grier Patton for its San Antonio corporate banking team. He will serve as a vice president. Patton brings more than 10 years of experience in corporate and commercial banking, including expertise in financial forecasting, financial analysis and specialized industries. He joins Bank of Texas from Truist Bank, where … Read more
Harlingen-based Texas Regional Bank has hired Woodmir Gervais to serve as vice president and wealth management advisor. He has more than 15 years of financial services experience and a distinguished career in corporate banking and military service. Gervais’s career trajectory has led him through prominent roles with major financial institutions, working across retail, business and … Read more
Pictured above: (seated) Janine Marshall, senior vice president/market president; and Patrick White, vice president/deposit and liquidity specialist; (standing) Dawn Chavez, senior vice president/treasury management solutions officer; and Diana Stringfellow, assistant vice president/senior relationship assistant.Dallas-based Susser Bank opened its first full-service branch in Collin County on November 25 at 6900 N. Dallas Pkwy. in Plano’s Legacy … Read more
The Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas has named Jeff Bongiovanni vice president with responsibility for overseeing the regional bank supervision team. In his new role, he takes over a group responsible for a growing portfolio of 11th District state member banks and bank holding companies with assets between $10 billion and $100 billion. Bongiovanni joined the … Read more
Fort Worth-based Bank of Texas has welcomed Addyson Brooks to its San Antonio corporate banking team to serve as vice president. She brings more than seven years of experience in portfolio management and financial analysis to her new role. Prior to joining Bank of Texas, Brooks served as vice president/commercial and corporate banking at Amegy … Read more
Curtis Wilkinson, Angel DeLeon and Austin Hughes have recently joined Brownwood-based TexasBank to strengthen its corporate and lending teams further. Curtis “Curt” Wilkinson joined the bank as senior vice president/controller. He brings a wealth of financial and industry expertise to TexasBank, having served in similar capacities for several other successful, high-growth large commercial banks over … Read more