Pub. 15 2018 Issue 2

Issue 2 • 2018 25 O V E R A C E N T U R Y : B U I L D I N G B E T T E R B A N K S - H E L P I N G N E W M E X I C O R E A L I Z E D R E A M S BANKERS ON THE MOVE First National 1870 Names Overton Market President for Santa Fe and Los Alamos On April 9, First National 1870 announced that Dolores Overton has joined its Santa Fe office in the newly created role of market president. She is responsible for manage- ment and growth of the bank in two regions. “Dolores will work very closely with me and the rest of our leadership to advance our initiatives and build our presence in Santa Fe and Los Alamos,” said Scott Czarniak, First National 1870’s regional president. Overton has been in financial services for 25 years, with specializations in commercial banking, private banking, and wealth management. Most recently, she was a senior private banker at a national bank serving clients in NewMexico and West Texas. In addition to her extensive banking background, Overton previously owned a small business that provided strategic business consulting and management services. Overton holds a BBA in finance from St. Mary’s Universi - ty and has completed the Western States School of Banking program. First National 1870 is a division of Sunflower Bank NA, which has 56 banking locations and approximately $4 bil - lion in assets. The company operates as Sunflower Bank in Colorado, Kansas and Missouri and First National 1870 in New Mexico and Texas. n Wells Fargo’s Beebe to Retire After 40 years in the New Mexico banking industry, Wells Fargo’s Bruce Beebe retired in July. The senior vice presi- dent and regional business banking manager for Wells Far- go’s New Mexico/western border and central Texas regions has spent the past 34 years with the company. Forty years ago, Beebe started at Rio Grande Valley Bank before moving to United New Mexico Bank six years later, in 1984, when it became part of Wells Fargo. n Four Corners Community Bank Welcomes Thompson to Cortez Agriculture Lending Team Farmington-based Four Corners Community Bank has named Charles Thompson to its Cortez agriculture lending team as a senior loan officer. With 32 years of experience in the financial services industry, he previously serviced Central and Southern Colorado, administering loan pro- grams for farming, business, community facilities, water and waste and renewable energy. Thompson received a Bachelor’s of Science degree in range science from Brigham Young University and a Master’s of Science degree in range management from Kansas State University. He also holds a certificate from the OPM School of Management and is a former certified USDA appraiser. n Gretchen Claflin Named CEO of Pacific Coast Banking School Pacific Coast Banking School (PCBS), the largest nation - al graduate school of banking in the country, has named Gretchen Claflin as its new CEO. Claflin is the first woman CEO of any banking school in the United States. She had served as chief operating officer of PCBS since 2013 and as president in 2016. The board of directors voted unani - mously to name Claflin CEO effective April 6. “I am honored to be named the CEO of Pacific Coast Banking School,” Claflin said. “I am committed to our legacy of excellence and continuous improvement. Our students are the best and brightest in the industry and I’m thrilled to have the opportunity to continue working along- side them and our game-changing experts and teachers.” n Bank of New Mexico and TBK Bank Plan to Merge In April, Clemente Sanchez, Chairman, Peresident and CEO of Grants-based Bank of New Mexico, and Aaron P. Graft, CEO of Dallas-based TBK Bank SSB, announced the signing of an agreement for TBK Bank’s parent company, Triumph Bancorp Inc. to acquire Bank of New Mexico and its parent company, First Bancorp of Durango, Inc. Bank of New Mexico’s three branches in Albuquerque, Gallup and Grants will join TBK Bank’s 53-branch network. The transaction is anticipated to close in the third quarter of 2018, pending regulatory approval. “Bank of New Mexico will operate as TBK Bank following the close of the acqui- sition,” Sanchez says. “While the name will change, our values will endure.” n Fortune Recognizes U.S. Bank as a 2018 World’s Most Admired Company Fortune magazine recently named U.S. Bank a “World’s Most Admired Company,” recognizing several of U.S. Bank’s attributes as most admired among all companies and naming it the world’s most admired superregional bank for the eighth consecutive year. BANK NEWS