Sulphur Springs banker named to foundation board

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AUSTIN — The Independent Bankers Association of Texas (IBAT) is proud to announce that Kevin Monk, executive vice president and chief operations officer of Alliance Bank in Sulphur Springs, now serves on the IBAT Education Foundation board of directors for 2022-23.

He officially accepted this position during the Education Foundation’s December board meeting.

The IBAT Education Foundation is the philanthropic arm of IBAT with a mission of Building Better Bankers.

The foundation’s focus is on banker education, supporting Texas university banking programs, community involvement and celebrating “heroes and legends” of Texas community banking.

Monk started his career with Alliance Bank in 1990 while attending East Texas State University and graduated with a degree in Human Resource Management. He attended and is a graduate of the Graduate School of Banking in Colorado and the Bank Operations Institute.

He has served in several leadership roles with the Independent Bankers Association of Texas (IBAT) and most recently sat on its Services Board. Additionally, Monk serves on the advisory boards of both the Bank Operations Institute and the Bank Lending Institute. He is a passionate supporter of Lake Country CASA and served several years as chair of the organization. Kevin, his wife Kristin and their three children attend First Baptist Church in Sulphur Springs.

In his role on the Education Foundation board, Monk joins other board members: Chairman Hazem A. Ahmed of Houston; President Shay Iacoponelli of IBAT in Austin; Secretary/Treasurer Ursula Jimenez of IBAT in Austin; Jonathan Galeano of First Liberty Bank; Brian Marek of Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP in Dallas; Glenn Thurman of First National Bank of Moody; and Brad Womack of Kleberg Bank of Kingsville; Advisory Board Members Brian Bowers of The Bank & Trust, SSB in Kerrville and Jeffrey Schmid of the Southwestern Graduate School of Banking at Southern Methodist University in Dallas; and Ex Officio members Thomas Sellers of Alliance Bank in Sulphur Springs and Christopher Williston of IBAT in Austin.

Additional information about the IBAT Education Foundation can be found at www.ibat.org.