First Financial Bankshares Names Dan Summerford EVP, Director of Middle Market Banking
June 13, 2024 at 12:27 pm
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First Financial Bankshares, Inc. has named Dan Summerford as Executive Vice President, Director of Middle Market Banking. This bank wide position brings in a seasoned veteran from the corporate banking sector to provide further guidance and leadership for the Bank's commercial banking division. Summerford joins the Bank after most recently serving as Managing Director, Head of Houston Commercial Banking for East West Bank.
He began his banking career in 1994 with Wells Fargo Bank and over the past 30 years, has held several senior and executive management positions over corporate and middle market banking with various financial institutions, primarily in the Southeast Texas market. In addition to his contributions to banking, Dan has also been an active member of the community, most recently serving on the Board of Trustees of the Cypress Fairbanks Educational Foundation and as a board member of the Katy (West Houston) Area Economic Development Council. He holds a bachelor's degree from Texas Tech University and is a graduate of the Western States School of Banking at the University of New Mexico.
First Financial Bankshares, Inc. is a financial holding company. The Company, through its subsidiaries, conducts a full-service commercial banking business. Its subsidiary bank, First Financial Bank, N.A., provides general commercial banking services, which include accepting and holding checking, savings, and time deposits, making loans, offering automated teller machines (ATMs), drive-in and night deposit services, safe deposit facilities, remote deposit capture, internet banking, mobile banking, payroll cards, funds transfer, and other customary commercial banking services. It also provides trust and wealth management activities through its trust company, First Financial Trust & Asset Management Company, N.A. Through its trust company, it offers personal trust services, which include wealth management, the administration of estates, testamentary trusts, revocable and irrevocable trusts, and agency accounts. Its loan portfolio consists of professionals, individuals, and others.