Board of Directors

Mr. Garrett is a residential and commercial real estate developer and has served as the President of Fair Oil Company, a Tyler based oil and gas exploration and production company, since 2002. Mr. Garrett is also President of the R. W. Fair Foundation and a member of the University of Texas at Tyler Development Board and the UT Tyler School of Medicine Steering Committee. He is a former Chairman of the Board of Regents at Stephen F. Austin State University. He is a past president of both the Tyler Area Builders Association and the Texas Association of Builders.

Mr. Thedford has been the owner and President of Don’s TV & Appliance, Inc., a home appliance and electronics store, since 1979. He is a member of the National Appliance Retail Dealers Association and the Nationwide Marketing Group. Mr. Thedford currently serves as a board member of the Smith County Sheriff's Foundation and has previously served on the Board of Directors of the Tyler Area Chamber of Commerce, Better Business Bureau of East Texas, KitchenAid Trade Partner Council, Retail Dealers Association and The Salvation Army.

Mr. Gibson has served as President and Chief Executive Officer (“CEO”) of the Company since January 2017. He has served as President of the Company since December 2015 and served as an executive and the Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”) of the Company from 2000 to 2015. He joined Southside Bank in 1984 and is also a director of Southside Bank. He currently serves as a Director of the Texas Bankers Association, Director and Executive Committee Member of the Tyler Economic Development Council and serves as a Board member of the R.W. Fair Foundation and Bethesda Health Clinic. He previously served as Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas for six years and Council of Federal Home Loan Banks for two years.

Dr. Anderson was the founder of Dermatology Associates of Tyler and served as the medical director from 1996 to 2012. He then served as Chief Medical Officer for Oliver Street Dermatology from 2012 to 2016 and in the same role for U.S. Dermatology Partners until 2019. He is a graduate of Washington State University and Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences in Bethesda, Maryland. He is a published author with a number of publications, presentations and lectures to his credit.

Ms. Anderson has a BBA with a major in accounting from Indiana University and has been a licensed CPA since 1976. She served as a director of OmniAmerican Bancorp, Inc. from 1996 to December 17, 2014 and as independent Chairperson of the Board from May 2010 to December 17, 2014, when OmniAmerican was acquired by the Company. She served for 24 years with Texas Health Resources as Senior Vice President and Chief Compliance Officer prior to retiring in January 2016. In that role, she had responsibilities for compliance, privacy, information security and enterprise risk management. Texas Health Resources is one of the largest nonprofit healthcare systems in the U.S. Her prior professional experience includes serving in various positions with the international accounting firm, PricewaterhouseCoopers from 1980 to 1991. Ms. Anderson currently serves as the Treasurer for Arborlawn United Methodist Church Foundation. Her memberships have included the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, the Texas Society of Certified Public Accountants and the Health Care Compliance Association.

Mr. Bosworth joined Bosworth & Associates in 1977 as an Independent Insurance Agent and Risk Manager and has served as the President and CEO of Bosworth & Associates since 1987. He has attained Certified Insurance Counselor, Certified Work Compensation Advisor and Accredited Advisor of Insurance certificates and has extensive experience in Risk Management. Mr. Bosworth graduated from Texas Tech University. He is currently on the Board and Executive Committee of Combined Agents of America, President of the board of TMF Covenant Corporation, and a member of the board of directors of Willow Brook Country Club. Mr. Bosworth is a member of Christ Episcopal Church where he has served on the Vestry as the Senior Warden and chairman of the Endowment Committee. In addition to his current board commitments, he has also served on the following boards: East Texas Communities Foundation, Tyler Economic Development Council, All Saints Episcopal School, American Red Cross of Smith County, Children's Village, Independent Insurance Agents of Tyler and the Independent Insurance Agents of Texas.

Mr. Buie was Chief Executive Officer of Tyler Packing Corporation, Inc., a meat-processing firm, from 1955 to 2020. He serves on the Board of Directors of the University of Texas Health Science Center at Tyler, the Development Board of Directors of the University of Texas at Tyler, Tyler Economic Development Council and the University of Texas at Tyler Foundation. He serves as Director Emeritus for The Salvation Army, East Texas State Fair and All Saints Episcopal School. Mr. Buie brings to our Board an extraordinary understanding of our business, history and organization, as well as management, leadership and business skills.

Ms. Callan is a principal of Callan Consulting, which has provided sales management, insurance, managed care and healthcare related consulting services in the Dallas/Fort Worth area since 2001. She previously held executive management positions in Texas and Kentucky for regional and national insurance companies and owned an independent insurance agency in Lexington, Kentucky. She also served on the Board of Directors of OmniAmerican from 2006 to December 17, 2014, when OmniAmerican was acquired by the Company. Ms. Callan holds a Texas General Lines License.

Ms. Dacus is President and owner of the Dacus Firm, a minority and female-owned law firm in Tyler, Texas. She has been a licensed and practicing attorney since 1994, with a focus on business litigation. She currently serves as the president of both the CHRISTUS Northeast Texas and the Bethesda Health Clinic boards of directors. She also serves on the boards of the Tyler Area Chamber of Commerce, East Texas Communities Foundation, and Hospice of East Texas. She served on the board of an East Texas bank for almost 5 years, where she served as a member of the Audit Committee and Chair of the Risk and Compliance Committee. Ms. Dacus holds the distinction of being the first Hispanic female to chair the boards of the East Texas Communities Foundation, CHRISTUS Northeast Texas, the Texas Bar Foundation and the Tyler Economic Development Council, among others. She has received numerous honors including Professional of the Year from the Hispanic Business Alliance, the Legacy of Service Award from Women in Tyler, and the Award of Excellence from the Smith County Bar Association.

Mr. Frailey is President of Alton L. Frailey & Associates, LLC, specializing in leadership development, community engagement, school board team building, and executive coaching. Mr. Frailey earned his bachelor’s degree in Elementary Education and master’s degree in Educational Administration from Stephen F. Austin State University. He received his superintendent certification from the University of Texas at Tyler. Mr. Frailey has been involved in education for 36 years, serving most recently as the past superintendent for Katy Independent School District, as well as one other district in Texas and one in Ohio. Mr. Frailey served as past chair of the Stephen F. Austin State University Board of Regents, president of the American Association of School Administrators, the Texas Association of School Administrators, and the Urban Superintendents Association of America, as well as chairman of the University Interscholastic League Legislative Council. He served on the boards of directors for the Katy Area Chamber of Commerce, Katy Area Economic Development Council, Junior Achievement of Southeast Texas, West Houston Association and The Bible Seminary. Mr. Frailey has received numerous honors and awards including Texas Music Educators Association Distinguished Administrator, Region 4 Administrator of the Year, Who’s Who in Executives and Professionals, and the Trailblazer Award by South Dallas Business and Professional Women’s Club, Inc.

Mr. Henderson is the owner of Henderson Mineral, Inc. and a graduate of Texas A&M University with a bachelor's degree of Science in Agricultural Economics. Mr. Henderson currently serves on the Board of Directors for Brookshire Brothers, the Pineywoods Foundation and the George H. Henderson, Jr. Expo Center, and as trustee for the Texas A&M University 12th Man Foundation. He has worked closely with the Lufkin/Angelina Economic Development Board to bring new businesses to Angelina County. He previously served on the Board of Directors for First Bank & Trust East Texas.

Mr. Morgan is a Certified Public Accountant, and retired on January 1, 2021 from Gollob Morgan Peddy P.C., an East Texas public accounting firm in which he was a founding partner. He began his career as an accounting professional in 1972 and specialized in Business Valuation and Litigation Support. In addition to being a CPA, he is also accredited in Business Valuation and certified in Financial Forensics. Mr. Morgan is a graduate of Stephen F. Austin State University and has served in various community service roles for organizations including East Texas Communities Foundation, Tyler Salvation Army Board, Children’s Village, the East Texas Area Council and Boy Scouts of America.

Mr. Sammons is the current Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Mid States Services, Inc., a nationwide distributor of products and services to the corrections industry. He is also the owner of Temple Supply Company with investments in various non-public businesses related to sales to the convenience store industry. Mr. Sammons enjoyed an extensive public service career serving as mayor of Temple, Texas and also served on the Board of the Texas Department of Commerce among numerous other state and national appointments. He was Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors of OmniAmerican from 2009 until December 17, 2014, when OmniAmerican was acquired by the Company.

Mr. Shands retired on April 30, 2020 as Southside Regional President, East Texas, a role he held since the acquisition of Diboll State Bancshares, Inc. by the Company on November 30, 2017. He previously served as President and CEO of First Bank & Trust East Texas for 26 years and was Treasurer of Temple Inland Inc., a major manufacturer of corrugated packing and building products, with diversified banking and financial services operations. Mr. Shands served as Vice Chairman of the Finance Commission of Texas where he represented the banking industry for 8 years. He is a Trustee for the T.L.L. Temple Foundation and the I.D. and the Marguerite Fairchild Foundation. He is currently a director for Contractor's Supply Inc. He also served on the Board of Directors and was Past Chairman for CHI Memorial Health Center of East Texas, City of Lufkin 4B Economic Development and First Bank of Conroe, N.A.

Mr. Smith has been the President and owner of PSI Production, Inc., a petroleum exploration and production company since 1985. He is a member of the Independent Petroleum Association of America and served as Northeast Texas Representative to the Board of Directors from 1999 to 2005. Mr. Smith is a managing member of Wildwood Environmental Credit Company, which serves as the conservation steward for over 40,000 acres of protected, high value ecosystems including the Pineywoods Mitigation Bank. Mr. Smith served on the Board of Trustees for All Saints Episcopal School of Tyler from 1994 to 2014, is Chairman of the Board of CHRISTUS Trinity Mother Frances Health System, and a member of the University of Texas at Tyler Engineering School Advisory Board.