HOUSTON, Aug. 2 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Prosperity Bank(R) (Nasdaq:PRSP) announced today that Ervan E. Zouzalik, Reid Ryan and Fran Fagan havejoined the Board of Directors. In addition, Cynthia Henning has joined theboard as an Advisory Director. Ervan E. Zouzalik is a native of Flatonia, Texas and retired as aColonel in the United States Army in 1984 after 24 years of Active Duty. Heserved in Germany, Vietnam, Korea and Washington DC. He began his bankingcareer with the Flatonia State Bank and held many positions including,President and Chief Executive Officer of Central Texas Bank and SouthCentral Texas Bancshares prior to its merger with State Bank in La Grangeto form Texas United Bancshares. He subsequently served as Chairman of theBoard of Texas United Bancshares until February 2007 when it merged withProsperity Bancshares, Inc. He served as a director of the IndependentBankers Association of Texas (IBAT) for 14 years and served as Chairman ofthe Board of IBAT in 2002-2003. He received the IBAT Chairman's Award in2005 for his many years of service to the community banking industry inTexas. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Industrial Education and aBachelor of Arts in Journalism from Texas A&M University and completed hisMBA at the University of Texas at Austin in 1969. Reid Ryan, a former professional baseball player in the Texas Rangersorganization, is the President and Chief Executive Officer of Ryan SandersBaseball, Inc. A graduate of Texas Christian University, Reid is creditedwith the idea of creating the Round Rock Express and Corpus Christi Hooksbaseball clubs. He is actively involved in both of the Houston Astros' topfarm clubs, serving as Founder and Chief Executive Officer for both theExpress and the Hooks. He served as an Advisory Director of Texas UnitedBancshares prior to its merger with Prosperity Bancshares. Fran Fagan, is a Human Resources professional with over 15 yearsbroad-based generalist and organizational development experience withleading energy and engineering & construction organizations. Currently, Ms.Fagan is Human Resources Manager for Transwestern Pipeline Company, LLC.She received her MBA from the University of Houston, and her BS inEconomics from Texas A&M. Cynthia Henning has worked for Five Point Management (a propertymanagement company) as their Marketing and Leasing Agent. Prior to hercareer with Five Point Management, she was Director of Operations for Mt.Princeton Hot Springs Resort in Colorado. Ms. Henning is a graduate ofColorado State University with a B.A. in Economics. "We are excited to have Fran, Reid, Ervan and Cynthia join our Board ofDirectors. They each bring experience to our board that will help uscontinue our growth story and provide guidance to our management team,"commented David Zalman, Senior Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. Prosperity Bancshares, Inc.(R) Prosperity Bancshares, Inc.(R), a $6.2 billion Houston, Texas basedregional financial holding company, formed in 1983, was named to the KeefeBruyette & Woods, Inc. 2007 Honor Roll for achieving exceptional earningsper share growth for the past 10 years. Other recent honors include beingnamed to the Sandler O'Neill & Partners 2005 Bank and Thrift Small AllStars, listed in US Banker's August 2005 Top 100 Publicly Traded Mid-TierBanks, ranked #2 out of 195 publicly traded companies in the 2005 Stephens,Inc. Bank and Thrift Performance Matrix and listed on the HoustonChronicle's Houston 100 list. Operating under a community banking philosophy, Prosperity seeks todevelop broad customer relationships based on service and convenience.Prosperity offers a variety of traditional loan and deposit products to itscustomers, which consist primarily of consumers and small and medium sizedbusinesses. In addition to established banking products, Prosperity offersa complete line of services including: Internet Banking services at
Prosperity Bank(R) Announces New Board Members
August 08, 2007, 1:15 a.m. EDT 5 Min Read
