Pub. 14 2017 Issue 2

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 Issue 2 • 2017 15 Officers and Board Members President: Michael Lowrimore Bank of the West Albuquerque New Board Member: Stephen Puntch Pioneer Bank Roswell President-Elect: John Gulas Los Alamos National Bank Los Alamos New Board Member: Danny Beyhan The Citizens Bank Farmington New Board Member: Lonnie Talbert Southwest Capital Bank Albuquerque Secretary/Treasurer: Ron Wiser Bank of the Southwest, Roswell Immediate Past President: Jay Jenkins Carlsbad National Bank Carlsbad n The New Mexico Bankers Association’s officers and new board members for 2017- 2020 were elected at the recently held 106th annual convention in Ruidoso. Mike Lowrimore, Senior Vice President and Southwest Regional Manager, Bank of the West, Albuquerque, was sworn in as President during the final dinner and business session. John Gulas, CEO, Los Alamos National Bank, was elected as President-Elect. Ron Wiser, President and CEO, Bank of the Southwest, Roswell, will continue to serve as Secretary/Treasurer and Jay Jenkins, President and CEO, Carls- bad National Bank, will serve in the capaci- ty of Immediate-Past President. Newly elected board members include: Danny Beyhan, President, the Citizens Bank, Farmington; Stephen Puntch, CEO, Pioneer Bank, Roswell; and Lonnie Talbert, Executive Vice President and Chief Opera- tions Officer, Southwest Capital Bank, Al - buquerque. Continuing on the NMBA Board of Di- rectors are: Jason Wyatt, President, West- ern Commerce Bank, Carlsbad; Greg Leyendecker, President and CEO, New Mexico Bank and Trust, Albuquerque; Mi- chelle Coons, New Mexico President, First National 1870, Sante Fe; Sheila Mathews, President and CEO, Four Corners Commu- nity Bank, Farmington; Steve Muell, Pres- ident, First National Bank, Alamogordo and Ronald Schmeits, President and CEO, International Bank, Raton.