TN Banker Brian Walhood elected Chairman
Memphis, TN (November 10, 2021) – The Paul W. Barret, Jr. School of Banking today announced the election of it’s 2021-2022 Executive Committee during its fall Board meeting.
Brian Walhood, President/Community Banking of BancorpSouth in Memphis, TN will serve as Chairman.
Joining Walhood on the Executive Committee are:
Jim Gowen, Jr. (Chair – Elect) – CEO/M & P Bank/Newport, AR
Steve Handke (Immediate Past Chair) – President/1st Option Bank Bank/Horton, KS
Jeff Gerrish (Secretary) (Legal Concerns) – Attorney/Gerrish Smith Tuck/Memphis, TN
Jennifer Nunley (Chair, Banking Assoc. Committee) – President/Security Bank/Dyersburg, TN
Mike Hobbs (Chair, Curriculum/Faculty Comm.) – President/FM Bank/Dexter, MO
Shane Clayton (Chair, Finance Comm.) – CEO/1st Choice Bank/Pontotoc, MS
Jim Reber (Chair, Lecture Series Comm.) – CEO/ICBA Securities/Memphis, TN
Jeanie Rittenberry (Chair, Special Programs Comm.) – SVP/Mktg/First Bank/Nashville, TN
Ray Skinner (At-Large) – CEO/TC Bank/Rolla, MO
Boris Dover (At-Large) – President/1st Community Bank/Batesville, AR
Robert Herrera (At-Large) – President/1st Western Bank/Booneville, AR
Additional members of the Board of Regents include:
· Adrian Breen – CEO/Bank of MO/Perryville, MO
· Larry Coggin – President/Commercial Banking/Renasant Bank/Tupelo, MS
· Tim Compton – CEO/Traditions Bank/Cullman, AL
· Katya Farmer – 2018 Class Rep./Product Develop. Manager/Arvest Bank/Lowell, AR
· Dave Finnerty – 2021 Class Rep./EVP/COO/Guilford Savings Bank/Guilford, CT
· Lisa Foley – EVP/Pinnacle Financial Partners/Memphis, TN
· Eric Hallman – CEO/NE Ind. Community Bankers/Lincoln, NE
· Barry Haugen – President/ICB of ND/Bismark, ND
· David Hayes – CEO/Security Bank/Dyersburg, TN
· Gene Henson – President, N. Region/Trustmark Bank/Memphis, TN
· Danny Kelly – CEO/Hometown Bank/Oneonta, AL
· Lindsay LaNore – Group EVP, Community Banker Univ./ICBA/Minneapolis, MN
· Sam McClatchy – CEO/Unity Bank MS/Holly Springs, MS
· John McNair – CEO/CBA of GA/Atlanta, GA
· Shawn Mitchell – CEO/CBA of KS/Topeka, KS
· Chris Padgett – Executive Director/AR Community Bankers/Little Rock, AR
· Bob Palmer – CEO/CBA of OH/Columbus, OH
· Justin St. Pierre – CEO/Peoples Bank & Trust/Troy, MO
· Matt Ruge – Executive Director/MO Ind. Bankers Assoc./Jefferson City, MO
· Douglas Scarboro – SVP, Regional Exec./FRB of St. Louis/Memphis, TN
· Milton Smith – CEO/1st National Bank/Walnut Ridge, AR
· Jim Strickland – 2017 Class Rep./President, Greene County/BankSouth/Greensboro, GA
· Donna Tanner – Executive Director/CBA of WV/Beckley, WV
· Mike Tierney – President/CEO/CB of MI/East Lansing, MI
· John Witkowski – CEO/Ind. Bankers Assoc. of NY State/Albany, NY
· Whitney Watson – 2019 Class Rep./Sales Manager/Arvest Bank/Bartlesville, OK
· Steve Yeakel – President/VA Assoc. of Comm. Banks/Richmond, VA
About the Barret School of Banking:
Barret School of Banking is an endowed, non-profit, independent school created and governed by a Board of Regents, whose members are executives from banks and other firms involved with the financial services industry. The School provides an adult learning experience for the career-oriented individual in commercial banking or a related financial services industry business.
