Texas Bankers Association Elects 2025-2026 Board

6/10/2025

(AUSTIN) – The Texas Bankers Association (TBA) recently announced the elected Board of Directors for the 2025-26 fiscal year. Named were:

Chairman Ron Butler, First Financial Bank, N.A., Abilene; Vice Chair William Lucas, Shelby Savings Bank, SSB, Center; Treasurer Michael Neill, First State Bank, Athens; and Past Chairman Jan Mills, First National Bank of Winnsboro.

The officers’ terms run from June 1, 2025 through May 31, 2026.

Also, includes:

Deke Alexander

President

State National Bank, Groom

Groom

Brian Aycock

COO, EVP

First Community Bank     

Corpus Christi

R. Mark Bain

Chief Executive Officer

First United Bank

Lubbock

Casey Barrett

President & CEO

Texas State Bank

San Angelo

Micah Boles

President & CEO

First National Bank of Bosque County

Valley Mills

Noah Layne Brandt

President

Crossroads Bank

Yoakum

Timothy Cooper

Chairman & CEO

Clear Fork Bank, N.A.

Abilene

Shana De Paoli

Chairman of the Board & CEO

Ubank

Huntington

Greg Dodds

President & CEO

TexasBank

Brownwood

Wade Donnell

President & CEO

NBT Financial Bank

Fort Worth

Sheila Donnelly

President

The American National Bank of Mount Pleasant

Mount Pleasant

A.C. (Corky) Evans

President & CEO

First National Bank of Livingston

Livingston

Jeff Fahler

Chief Operating Officer

First Bank Texas

Willow Park

Bryce Hale

President & CEO

Perryton National Bank

Perryton

Dana Hassell

President & CEO

American Bank, N.A.

Waco

Elizabeth Hetrick

Director of Trust & Asset Services

Las Aguilas

San Antonio

Mindy Hopper

Chief Executive Officer

MCBank

Goldthwaite

Jesse Jackson

First United Bank and Trust Company

Plano

Brady Johnson

President

The Bank and Trust SSB

Sonora

Bowden Jones

EVP/Chief Consumer Officer

FirstBank Southwest

Amarillo

Lonnie Key

President & CEO

First State Bank

Clute

Christopher Kincaid

Chief Executive Officer

Extraco Banks, N.A.

Waco

Norma Lane

President

Lovelady State Bank

Lovelady

Stephen Lee

President & CEO

First National Bank of Bastrop

Bastrop

Todd Moore

Chairman/ CEO

Alliance Bank Central Texas

Woodway

Michael Neill

Chief Executive Officer

First State Bank

Athens

Mikella Newsom

SVP/CRO

City Bank

Lubbock

Greg Quarles

President & CEO

United Texas Bank

Dallas

Lance Ramesh

Senior Vice President

Citizens State Bank

Porter

Craig Scheef

Chairman of the Board & CEO

Texas Security Bank

Dallas

Reave Scott

President & CEO

Coleman County State Bank

Abilene

Chad Stary

President & CEO

First State Bank of Uvalde

Uvalde

Kelly Stretcher

President & CEO

First Liberty Bank

Liberty

Dezi Vargas

President

First Federal Bank Littlefield, SSB

Littlefield

Ramon Vitulli

Chief Executive Officer

Stellar Bank

Houston

Danny Weems

President & CEO

The First National Bank of East Texas

Gilmer

Founded in 1885, the Texas Bankers Association is the largest state-based banking association in the US. TBA advocates for roughly 400 member banks in Austin and Washington; trains more than 20,000 bankers annually; provides nationally-recognized community bank services; and invests in Texas communities through financial literacy, scholarship and charitable activities. 

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