Send us Feedback

Sterling Bancshares (SBIB)
Analysis
SUMMARY
BULLS
BEARS
TOPICS
Data
DATA CENTRAL
STOCK CHART
OPERATING METRICS
REVENUE SOURCES
Financials
SEC FILINGS
BALANCE
INCOME
CASH FLOW

SBIB » Topics » Directors continuing in office:

This excerpt taken from the SBIB DEF 14A filed Mar 16, 2009.

Directors continuing in office:

 

EDWARD R. BARDGETT, age 66

Class III Director and Director of the Bank (Human Resources Programs Committee)

    Director since 2006. Mr. Bardgett is President of Zachry Nuclear, Inc. which encompasses Zachry Nuclear Construction and Zachry Nuclear Engineering, based in San Antonio, Texas. Mr. Bardgett has held numerous senior management positions in his 20-year career with the Zachry organization, including his most recent, Senior Vice President of Special Initiatives. Additionally, he serves on the board of directors of Zachry Holdings, Inc. Mr. Bardgett is a former member of the U.S. Chamber’s Labor Relations Committee and the chairman of the board of the American Heart Association in San Antonio. He is a former member of the board of directors of Petroleum Services, Inc., a Baton Rouge, Louisiana-based distribution/services corporation.

 

4

Table of Contents

GEORGE BEATTY, JR., age 70

Class I Director and Director of the Bank (Executive and Risk Management Committee, Human Resources Programs Committee, and Strategic Planning Committee)

    Director since 2002. Mr. Beatty has served as President of George Beatty Associates, a consulting firm for small to medium sized businesses, since June 2002. Prior to his retirement from the Greater Houston Partnership in 2002, he was President of the Chamber of Commerce Division from 1998 to 2002. Mr. Beatty also serves as a director for First Commonwealth Mortgage Trust, Holly Mortgage Trust and Africap, LLC. Mr. Beatty served as senior vice president of the Greater Houston Partnership’s Member Services Division prior to assuming the role of Chamber Division President. Mr. Beatty joined the Partnership in 1990 from the position of Dean of Development at College of the Mainland in Texas City, Texas.

ANAT BIRD, age 57

Class I Director and Director of the Bank (Human Resources Programs Committee, Strategic Planning Committee, and Trust Administrative Committee of the Bank)

    Director since 2002. Ms. Bird has been the President and Chief Executive Officer of SCB Forums, Ltd., a company she founded that arranges and facilitates peer group meetings for bank executives as well as provides consulting services to financial services companies, since May 1994. Ms. Bird served as Chief Executive Officer of California Community Bankshares from March to November 2001. She served as Executive Vice President of Wells Fargo Bank in Sacramento, California from August 1997 to March 2001. Ms. Bird also serves as a director of Sun Bancorp, Inc., which is a public company that is subject to the reporting requirements of the Exchange Act, as a director of MidFirst Bank based in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma and as a director of AmTrust Bank based in Cleveland, Ohio.

J. DOWNEY BRIDGWATER, age 51

Class I Director and Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company and the Bank (Executive and Risk Management Committee, Strategic Planning Committee, Asset/Liability Management Committee of the Bank, and Trust Administrative Committee of the Bank)

   Director since 1998. Mr. Bridgwater was elected Chairman of the Company and of the Bank in November 2005. Mr. Bridgwater assumed the role of Chief Executive Officer of the Company and the Bank in January 2002 and has been President of the Company and the Bank since December 1997.

BRUCE J. HARPER, age 74

Class III Director (Audit Committee and Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee)

    Director since 1996. Mr. Harper is a certified public accountant who has been advising business owners on developing strategies to improve operational effectiveness since January 1998. From formation in 1962 until January 1998, Mr. Harper served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Harper & Pearson Company, a Houston-based accounting and consulting firm, with emphasis on serving financial institutions and owner-managed businesses.

 

5

Table of Contents

BERNARD A. HARRIS, JR., MD, age 52

Class III Director (Audit Committee, Asset/Liability Management Committee of the Bank, and Trust Administrative Committee of the Bank)

    Director since 2006. Dr. Harris has been President and Chief Executive Officer of Vesalius Ventures, a Houston-based venture capital firm, since June 2001. He has also been the Managing Director of The Space Agency, a marketing agency, since 2001. Dr. Harris served as Vice President for Space Media, Inc., from 1999 to 2001, where he established an international space education program. Since 1998, Dr. Harris has also been President of PBI, Inc., an investment firm. He is the founder and President of the Harris Foundation, which supports math and science education for youths. Dr. Harris is a director of U.S. Physical Therapy, Inc., a public company that is subject to the reporting requirements of the Exchange Act.

GLENN H. JOHNSON, age 68

Class III Director (Trust Administrative Committee of the Bank)

    Director since 1990. Mr. Johnson is currently an owner and President of the Houston law firm of Johnson & Wurzer, P.C. and has been associated with that firm since 1973. Mr. Johnson has served on numerous civic boards including the Kiwanis Club of Houston, the ESCAPE Family Resource Center, and the Periwinkle Foundation.

R. BRUCE LABOON, age 67

Class III Director (Executive and Risk Management Committee, Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee, and Strategic Planning Committee)

    Director since 2004. Mr. LaBoon re-joined the Locke Lord Bissell & Liddell LLP law firm in 1988 and now serves in a non-equity of counsel position with the firm. Mr. LaBoon serves on the Board of Governors of the American Red Cross. Mr. LaBoon is a director of the Texas Medical Center, the Greater Houston Partnership (2001 Chair), and the University of Houston Law Center Foundation. He also serves on the Board of Trustees of the Nimitz Foundation and Texas Children’s Hospital.

ROLAND X. RODRIGUEZ, age 56

Class I Director (Audit Committee and Trust

Administrative Committee of the Bank)

    Director since 2007. Mr. Rodriguez has been the managing principal and co-founder of Mir, Fox & Rodriguez, P.C., a Houston-based public accounting firm, since January 1988. Mr. Rodriguez has more than 30 years of public accounting experience. His expertise ranges from advising clients on mergers and acquisitions and international business transactions to personal estate planning. Mr. Rodriguez serves on the board of the Greater Houston Partnership, the Houston Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, and the Jones School of Management Council of Overseers at Rice University in Houston, Texas.

 

6

Table of Contents

ELIZABETH C. WILLIAMS, age 66

Class I Director (Asset/Liability Management Committee of the Bank)

    Director since 2008. Prior to her retirement in December 2008, Ms. Williams served as the Treasurer of Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas, since 1989. From 1989 to 1999 she served as the Vice President, Business and Finance for Southern Methodist University. Ms. Williams served as Vice Chancellor of the University of Denver from 1978 to 1989. From 1975 to 1978, Ms. Williams served as Assistant to the President of Arkansas State University. Ms. Williams is also a director of School College and University Underwriters, Ltd., an insurance and reinsurance company.

 

7

Table of Contents
This excerpt taken from the SBIB DEF 14A filed Mar 7, 2008.

Directors Continuing in Office:

 

EDWARD R. BARDGETT, age 65

Class III Director (Human Resources Programs

Committee)

    Director since 2006. Mr. Bardgett has been Senior
Vice President of Zachry Construction Corporation,
based in San Antonio, Texas, since 1987. Mr.
Bardgett has nearly 40 years of experience in human
resources in a variety of industry and business
environments. In addition to his tenure at Zachry
Construction, Mr. Bardgett has held various
managerial positions in the energy and chemical
industries.

BRUCE J. HARPER, age 73

Class III Director (Audit Committee and Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee)

    Director since 1996. Mr. Harper is a certified public accountant who has been advising business owners on developing strategies to improve operational effectiveness since January 1998. From formation in 1962 until January 1998, Mr. Harper served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Harper & Pearson Company, a Houston-based accounting and consulting firm, with emphasis on serving financial institutions and owner-managed businesses.

 

4

Table of Contents

BERNARD A. HARRIS, JR., MD, age 51

Class III Director (Asset/Liability Management

Committee of the Bank)

    Director since 2006. Dr. Harris has been President and Chief Executive Officer of Vesalius Ventures, a Houston-based venture capital firm, since June 2001. He has also been the Managing Director of The Space Agency, a marketing agency, since 2001. Dr. Harris served as Vice President for Space Media, Inc., from 1999 to 2001, where he established an international space education program. Since 1998, Dr. Harris has also been President of PBI, Inc., an investment firm. He is the founder and President of the Harris Foundation, which supports math and science education for youths. Dr. Harris is a director of U.S. Physical Therapy, Inc., a public company that is subject to the reporting requirements of the Exchange Act.

DAVID L. HATCHER, age 65

Class II Director (Executive Committee, Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee and Strategic Planning Committee)

    Director since 1999. Mr. Hatcher was named Lead Director in November 2005. From 1980 to 2005, Mr. Hatcher was President and Chief Executive Officer of KMG Chemicals, Inc., a specialty chemical manufacturer and a public company that is subject to the reporting requirements of the Exchange Act. In 2005, Mr. Hatcher became Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of KMG Chemicals, Inc. Mr. Hatcher retired as Chief Executive Officer in June 2007 but continues to serve as Chairman.

GLENN H. JOHNSON, age 67

Class III Director (Trust Administrative Committee of the Bank)

    Director since 1990. Mr. Johnson is currently an owner and President of the Houston law firm of Johnson & Wurzer, P.C. and has been associated with that firm since 1973. Mr. Johnson has served on numerous civic boards including the Kiwanis Club of Houston, the ESCAPE Family Resource Center, and the Periwinkle Foundation.

R. BRUCE LABOON, age 66

Class III Director (Executive Committee,
Corporate Governance and Nominating
Committee and Strategic Planning Committee)

    Director since 2004. Mr. LaBoon re-joined the Locke
Liddell & Sapp LLP law firm, now Locke Lord
Bissell & Liddell LLP, in 1988 and has been a senior
partner with the firm since 2001. Mr. LaBoon serves
on the Board of Governors of the American Red
Cross. Mr. LaBoon is a director of the Texas Medical
Center, the Greater Houston Partnership (2001
Chair), and the University of Houston Law Center
Foundation. He also serves on the Board of Trustees
of the Nimitz Foundation and Texas Children’s
Hospital.

 

5

Table of Contents

G. EDWARD POWELL, age 71

Class II Director (Audit Committee and

Corporate Governance and Nominating

Committee)

   Director since 2000. Since April 2002, Mr. Powell has been a partner with Mills and Stowell, an investment banking firm. From 1994 until 2002, Mr. Powell provided consulting services to emerging and middle market businesses. From 1982 until his retirement in 1994, Mr. Powell served as the managing partner of the Houston office of Price Waterhouse & Co., a major public accounting and consulting firm. Mr. Powell also serves as a director and member of the audit committee of The Endowment Fund, a closed end investment fund that is subject to the Investment Company Act of 1940.

RAIMUNDO RIOJAS E., age 67

Class II Director (Human Resources Programs

Committee)

    Director since 1994. For the last sixteen years, Mr. Riojas has been the President of Duwest, Inc., a joint venture of Westrade, Inc. and E.I. DuPont de Nemours, engaged in the distribution of crop protection products and the manufacture of industrial and automotive coatings.

DAN C. TUTCHER, age 59

Class II Director (Executive Committee and

Asset/Liability Management Committee of the Bank)

    Director since 2005. Since May 2007, Mr. Tutcher has been a principal and director of Center Coast Capital Advisors, L.P., an investment firm. Mr. Tutcher was President of Enbridge Energy Partners and Enbridge Energy Management from 2001 until May 2006. From 1988 until 2001, Mr. Tutcher was Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Midcoast Energy Resources. Mr. Tutcher has over 30 years of experience in owning and operating companies involved in petroleum production, gas processing, and natural gas gathering and transmission. Mr. Tutcher serves as a director for Enbridge, Inc., a public company that is subject to the reporting requirements of the Exchange Act. Mr. Tutcher is the former Chairman of Cancer Counseling, Inc. and currently serves as Chairman of Houston’s Alley Theater.

MAX W. WELLS, age 74

Class II Director and Director of the Bank

    Director since 2005. Mr. Wells is currently Vice-Chairman of Sterling Bank for the North Texas Region. Mr. Wells founded the Dallas-based former Oaks Bank & Trust Company in 1985, which was acquired by the Company in 2005, and has over 40 years of experience in banking. He recently concluded his service as Chairman and Board Member of the DFW International Airport as well as Council Member of the Regional Transportation Council.

 

6

Table of Contents
This excerpt taken from the SBIB DEF 14A filed Mar 16, 2007.

Directors Continuing in Office:

 

GEORGE BEATTY, JR., age 68

Class I Director and Director of the Bank (Human Resources Programs Committee and Strategic Planning Committee)

    Director since 2002. Mr. Beatty has served as President of George Beatty Associates, a consulting firm for small to medium sized business, since June 2002. Prior to his retirement from the Greater Houston Partnership in 2002, he was President of the Chamber of Commerce Division from 1998 to 2002. Mr. Beatty also serves as a director for First Commonwealth Mortgage Trust, Holly Mortgage Trust and Africap, LLC. Mr. Beatty served as senior vice president of the Greater Houston Partnership’s Member Services Division prior to assuming the role of Chamber Division President. Mr. Beatty joined the Partnership in 1990 from the position of Dean of Development at College of the Mainland in Texas City, Texas.

 

4

Table of Contents

ANAT BIRD, age 55

Class I Director and Director of the Bank (Human Resources Programs Committee and Strategic Planning Committee)

    Director since 2002. Ms. Bird has been the President and Chief Executive Officer of SCB Forums, Ltd., a company she founded, that arranges and facilitates peer group meetings for bank executives as well as provides consulting services to financial services companies, since May 1994. Ms. Bird served as Chief Executive Officer of California Community Bankshares from March to November 2001. She served as Executive Vice President of Wells Fargo Bank in Sacramento, California from August 1997 to March 2001. Ms. Bird also serves as a director of First Indiana Corporation and Sun Bancorp, Inc., both of which are public companies that are subject to the reporting requirements of the Exchange Act, and as a director of MidFirst Bank based in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

J. DOWNEY BRIDGWATER, age 49

Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company and the Bank, Class I Director of the Company and Director of the Bank (Executive Committee, Strategic Planning Committee and Asset/Liability Committee of the Bank)

    Director since 1998. Mr. Bridgwater was elected Chairman of the Company and of the Bank in November 2005. Mr. Bridgwater assumed the role of Chief Executive Officer of the Company and the Bank in January 2002 and has been President of the Company and the Bank since December 1997.

DAVID L. HATCHER, age 64

Class II Director (Executive Committee and Strategic Planning Committee)

    Director since 1999. Mr. Hatcher was named lead director in November 2005. From 1980 to 2005, Mr. Hatcher was Chief Executive Officer and President of KMG Chemicals, Inc., a specialty chemical manufacturer. In 2005, Mr. Hatcher became Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of KMG Chemicals, Inc. Mr. Hatcher also serves as a director of KMG Chemicals, Inc., a public company that is subject to the reporting requirements of the Exchange Act.

G. EDWARD POWELL, age 70

Class II Director (Audit Committee and Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee)

    Director since 2000. Since April 2002, Mr. Powell has been a partner with Mills and Stowell, an investment banking firm. From 1994 until 2002, Mr. Powell provided consulting services to emerging and middle market businesses. From 1982 until his retirement in 1994, Mr. Powell served as the managing partner of the Houston office of Price Waterhouse & Co., a major public accounting and consulting firm. Mr. Powell also serves as a director, and is a member of the audit committee, of The Endowment Fund, a closed end investment fund that is subject to the Investment Company Act of 1940.

RAIMUNDO RIOJAS E., age 66

Class II Director (Human Resources Programs Committee)

    Director since 1994. Mr. Riojas has been the President of Duwest, Inc., a joint venture of Westrade, Inc. and E.I. Dupoint de Nemours, engaged in the distribution of agricultural chemical products, for more than the past five years.

 

5

Table of Contents

ROLAND X. RODRIGUEZ, age 54

Class I Director (Audit Committee and Trust Administrative Committee of the Bank)

    Director since 2007. Mr. Rodriguez has been the managing principal and co-founder of Mir, Fox & Rodriguez, P.C., a Houston-based public accounting firm, since January 1988. Mr. Rodriguez has more than 30 years of public accounting experience. His expertise ranges from advising clients on mergers and acquisitions and international business transactions to personal estate planning. Mr. Rodriguez serves on the board of the Greater Houston Partnership, the Houston Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, and the Jones School of Management Council of Overseers at Rice University.

DAN C. TUTCHER, age 58

Class II Director (Executive Committee and Asset/Liability Management Committee of the Bank)

    Director since 2005. Mr. Tutcher was President of Enbridge Energy Partners and Enbridge Energy Management from 2001 until his retirement in May 2006. From 1988 until 2001, Mr. Tutcher was Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Midcoast Energy Resources. Mr. Tutcher has over 30 years of experience in owning and operating companies involved in petroleum production, gas processing, and natural gas gathering and transmission. Mr. Tutcher serves as a director for Enbridge, Inc., a public company that is subject to the reporting requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Mr. Tutcher currently serves as Chairman of Cancer Counseling, Inc. and is President of Houston’s Alley Theater.

MAX W. WELLS, age 73

Class II Director and Director of the Bank

    Director since 2005. Mr. Wells is currently Vice-Chairman of Sterling Bank for the Dallas Region. Mr. Wells founded the Dallas-based former Oaks Bank & Trust Company in 1985 and has over 40 years of experience in banking. He recently concluded his service as Chairman and Board Member of the DFW International Airport as well as Council Member of the Regional Transportation Council.

Advisory directors.    Thomas B. McDade currently serves as an advisory director of the Company. It is anticipated that Mr. McDade will be re-appointed as advisory director at the annual meeting of the Board that immediately follows the Meeting. In addition, the Board may from time to time appoint additional advisory directors to the Board.

 

6

Table of Contents
This excerpt taken from the SBIB DEF 14A filed Mar 7, 2006.

Directors Continuing in Office:

 

GEORGE BEATTY, JR., age 67

Class I Director and Director of the
Bank (Human Resources Programs Committee)

    Director since 2002. Mr. Beatty has served as President of George Beatty Associates, a consulting firm for small to medium sized business, since June 2002. Prior to his retirement from the Greater Houston Partnership, he was President of the Chamber of Commerce Division of the Greater Houston Partnership from 1998 to 2002. Mr. Beatty also serves as a director for First Commonwealth Mortgage Trust, Holly Mortgage Trust and Africap, LLC. Mr. Beatty served as senior vice president of the Partnership’s Member Services Division prior to assuming the role of Chamber Division President. Mr. Beatty joined the Partnership in 1990 from the position of Dean of Development at College of the Mainland in Texas City, Texas.

ANAT BIRD, age 54

Class I Director and Director of the
Bank (Human Resources Programs Committee)

    Director since 2002. Ms. Bird has been the President and Chief Executive Officer of SCB Forums, Ltd., a company she founded which arranges and facilitates peer group meetings for bank executives as well as provides consulting services to financial services companies, for more than the past five years. Ms. Bird served as Chief Executive Officer of California Community Bankshares from March to November 2001. She served as Executive Vice President of Wells Fargo Bank in Sacramento, California from August 1997 to March 2001. Ms. Bird also serves as a director of First Indiana Corporation, a public company that is subject to the reporting requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and as a director of MidFirst Bank.

JAMES D. CALAWAY, age 48

Class III Director (Human Resources
Programs Committee)

    Director since 2000. Mr. Calaway has been President of Calaway Interests, Inc., and investment consulting company, since June 2005. From November 2001 until June 2005, Mr. Calaway was President and Chief Executive Officer of the Center for Houston’s Future. Mr. Calaway previously served as Chairman of the Board of DigiContract, Inc., a business-to-business application services provider, from June 2000 until its acquisition in August 2001. Mr. Calaway was President and Chief Operating Officer of Edge Petroleum Corp., a publicly traded independent energy company, from December 1996 to January 2000.

 

5

Table of Contents

BRUCE J. HARPER, age 71

Class III Director (Audit Committee and
Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee)

    Director since 1996. Mr. Harper is a certified public accountant who has been advising business owners on developing strategies to improve operational effectiveness since January 1998. From formation in 1962 until January 1998, Mr. Harper served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Harper & Pearson Company, a Houston accounting and consulting firm, with emphasis on serving financial institutions and owner-managed businesses.

GLENN H. JOHNSON, age 65

Class III Director (Trust Administrative Committee
of the Bank)

    Director since 1990. Mr. Johnson is currently an owner and President of the Houston law firm of Johnson & Wurzer, P.C. and has been associated with that firm since 1973. Mr. Johnson serves on numerous civic boards including the Kiwanis Club of Houston, the ESCAPE Family Resource Center, and the Periwinkle Foundation.

R. BRUCE LABOON, age 64

Class III Director (Corporate Governance
and Nominating Committee and Executive Committee)

    Director since 2004. Mr. LaBoon re-joined Locke Liddell & Sapp LLP, a Texas-based law firm, in 1988 and has been a senior partner with the firm since 2001. Mr. LaBoon serves on the Board of Governors of the American Red Cross. He also serves as Chairman of Texas Environmental Research Consortium, an air quality research initiative. Mr. LaBoon is a director of the Texas Medical Center, the Greater Houston Partnership (2001 Chair), and the University of Houston Law Center Foundation. He also serves on the Board of Trustees of the Nimitz Foundation and Texas Children’s Hospital.

THOMAS A. REISER, age 54

Class I Director (Audit Committee)

    Director since 1994. Since 2006, Mr. Reiser has been the General Partner of Fenchurch Oil & Gas LLP. Since 1994, Mr. Reiser has also been the Chairman of Fenchurch Properties, Inc., a real estate company. From October 2002 until February 2005, Mr. Reiser served as Chairman of the Oil and Gas division of Brown & Brown, Inc., an independent insurance agency. From February 1985 until October 2001, Mr. Reiser was Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Technical Risks, Inc., a specialized insurance agency based in Houston, Texas. Mr. Reiser is a limited partner in Southern Bay Energy LLC which is involved in the acquisition of oil and gas reserves, along with field re-engineering, development, exploitation and exploration activities. Mr. Reiser is also a partner in Investlink, a real estate investment company. Mr. Reiser also serves as a director of AROC, Inc., a public company that is subject to the reporting requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

 

6

Table of Contents

Advisory directors.    Thomas B. McDade currently serves as an advisory director of the Company. It is anticipated that Mr. McDade will be re-appointed as advisory director at the annual meeting of the Board that immediately follows the Meeting. In addition, the Board may from time to time appoint additional advisory directors to the Board.

EXCERPTS ON THIS PAGE:

DEF 14A
Mar 16, 2009
DEF 14A
Mar 7, 2008
DEF 14A
Mar 16, 2007
DEF 14A
Mar 7, 2006

RELATED TOPICS for SBIB:

"Directors continuing in office:" elsewhere:

BNC Bancorp (BNCN)
Provident Bankshares (PBKS)
Wikinvest © 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012. Use of this site is subject to express Terms of Service, Privacy Policy, and Disclaimer. By continuing past this page, you agree to abide by these terms. Any information provided by Wikinvest, including but not limited to company data, competitors, business analysis, market share, sales revenues and other operating metrics, earnings call analysis, conference call transcripts, industry information, or price targets should not be construed as research, trading tips or recommendations, or investment advice and is provided with no warrants as to its accuracy. Stock market data, including US and International equity symbols, stock quotes, share prices, earnings ratios, and other fundamental data is provided by data partners. Stock market quotes delayed at least 15 minutes for NASDAQ, 20 mins for NYSE and AMEX. Market data by Xignite. See data providers for more details. Company names, products, services and branding cited herein may be trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners. The use of trademarks or service marks of another is not a representation that the other is affiliated with, sponsors, is sponsored by, endorses, or is endorsed by Wikinvest.
Powered by MediaWiki