Commercial Banking Program Advisory Board
Welcome!
We’re proud to introduce our Commercial Banking Program at Mays Business School. It’s a high impact academic program in the Department of Finance and is designed to equip students with the banking and finance skills needed for a career in banking. This program prepares students to serve the personnel needs of banking organizations in the state of Texas and the United States.
Meet our current students!
How does it work?
The banking program is a partnership between Texas A&M University and member banks of the Advisory Board of Directors. Established in 2011, there are over 40 member banks involved in the governance of the program that work closely with students and faculty. Bankers are integrally involved in all aspects of the program, including admissions, classroom teaching, fundraising, mentoring, special activities, field trips and more. Due to the active involvement of member bankers, students gain a balance of academic and professional industry training to place them on the path of success in banking careers.
Benefits for the bank
- Top talent students to fill banking industry’s talent gap
- Banking executives as guest lecturers/instructors in commercial banking courses
- Contributing as a board member of the program’s Advisory Board
- Priority access to graduating students for full-time employment offers
- Student summer internship experience with your bank
- Opportunity to mentor students one on one
- Networking with bankers from around the United States
Representatives from banks operating around Texas are directly involved with the Commercial Banking Program. This program was developed as a way to serve students at Mays Business School interested in commercial banking and develop a pipeline of talent for the banking industry in Texas.
Commercial Banking Program Executive Committee
2022 – 2023 Advisory Board Members
| Allegiance Bank | Community National Bank (Hondo) | Independent Bank | Prosperity Bank | VeraBank (Henderson) |
| Amegy Bank | Community Bank & Trust | Independent Financial (McKinney) | Rio Bank (McAllen) | Veritex Community Bank |
| American National Bank of Texas | Community National Bank & Trust of Texas | Jefferson Bank (San Antonio) | Southside Bank | Wells Fargo Bank |
| Austin County State Bank | Community Bank of Texas | JPMorgan Chase | TBK Bank, SSB | West Texas National Bank (Midland) |
| b1BANK | Federal Home Loan Bank (Dallas) | Liberty Capital Bank (Addison) | Texas Capital Bank | Woodforest National Bank |
| BancorpSouth Bank/ Cadence Bank | First Financial Bank | Moody National Bank | Texas National Bank | |
| Bank of America | Frost Bank | North Dallas Bank & Trust | Texas Regional Bank (Harlingen) | |
| Broadway National Bank (San Antonio) | Guaranty Bank & Trust | Plains State Bank (Humble) | Texas Security Bank (Dallas) | |
| Central Bank | Gulf Capital Bank (Houston) | PlainsCapital Bank | The Independent Bankers Bank | |
| Citizens State Bank (Somerville) | Happy State Bank (Happy) | PNC Bank | Trustmark Bank |
2022-2023 Associate Members
| Federal Reserve Bank (Houston & Dallas) | Independent Community Bankers Association | Texas Bankers Association | Risk Management Association |
| Independent Bankers Association of Texas | J.Keith Hughey Company | Texas Department of Banking | Office of the Comptroller of the Currency |
2022-2023 Affiliate Members
| CroweHorwath | Fenimore, Kay, Harrison & Ford | Hilltop Banc Systems | WFA Group |
| Catalyst Financial Co. | Haginas & Shillings | Hunton & Williams | WhitleyPenn |
| FEDFIS | Harper & Pearson | Pattillo, Brown & Hill |