Volume 6, Issue 1
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3 appointees add diversity
State Bank Department
to State Banking Board
tain in the U.S. Air Force.
As Government Procure-
ment and Contracting Offi-
members expire on De-
cer, Smith was responsible
The State Banking trating in investment, cash
cember 31, 2013.
for all purchasing at Little
Board has three new and liability management.
Hudson has almost 30
Rock Air Force Base.
members following their Prior to establishing his
years of experience in
Smith graduated in 1977
appointments by Gover- own company in 2008, he
from the School of Law at
nor Mike Beebe. banking, beginning in served as associate busi-
the University of Arkansas
The new members are: 1980 at The ness manager/financial
Farmers and
at Little Rock. He worked
adviser at Merrill Lynch;  Gary Hudson of
as a corporate
DeWitt. Hudson is execu- Merchants treasury management offi- attorney for
tive vice president of The Bank, where cer at U.S. Bank, N.A.; Southwestern
Farmers and Merchants he served as program director at Ar- Bell Tele-
Bank, Stuttgart, and serves vice presi- kansas Enterprise Group phone Com-
on the financial institu- dent and (now Southern Financial pany in Hous-
tion’s board of directors. trust officer. Partners); and commercial ton, Texas, in
He replaces member In 1988, he
Hudson
loan officer at UMB Smith
1977-78. Sub-
David Short, whose term was named president and Bank, N.A. sequently, for the next 13
expired on December 31, chief executive officer of Parks is a professor at years, Smith served as a
2008. DeWitt Bank and Trust Philander Smith College
Company. Hudson re-
partner for two law firms in
and University of Phoe-
 Rodney O. Parks of Pulaski County, specializing
Little Rock. Parks is direc-
turned to the Stuttgart nix. He is a member of
in litigation in several areas
tor of development at Phi-
bank in 2002. the Arkansas
of law.
lander Smith College, Lit-
Hudson is a 1975 Black Hall of
From October 1990 to
tle Rock, and president of
graduate of Arkansas State Fame Foun-
December 31, 2007, Smith
The Parks Professional
University. In 1979, he dation, past
was Assistant U.S. Attorney
Group LLC, a financial
graduated from the president of
for the Western District of
services company. He
School of Law at the Uni- the Arkansas
Arkansas in Fort Smith.
replaces member Elmer
versity of Arkansas in Fa- Tech Uni-
His responsibilities in that
Flucht, whose term ex-
yetteville. Hudson prac-
Parks
versity
office included serving as
pired on December 31,
ticed law in DeWitt in Alumni Association and
chief of the Organized
2008.
1979 and 1980. past trustee of the Arkan-
Hudson currently serves
Crime Drug Enforcement
sas District Judge Retire-
Task Force and prosecuting  Charles E. Smith of
Fort Smith. Smith is an
as president of the Board ment System.
major drug and white-collar
attorney in private practice
of Visitors of Phillips Parks received a Bache-
criminal cases.
specializing in litigation for
Community College of the lor of Science degree in
Smith’s military experi-
commercial and individual
University of Arkansas. economics and finance in
ence also includes service as
clients. He also serves as
He is vice chairman of the 1991 at Arkansas Tech
State Judge Advocate Gen-
an assistant professor in
DeWitt Water & Sewer University. He received
eral for the Arkansas Air
the criminal justice and
Commission and a mem- an M.B.A. degree in 1999
National Guard, from
legal assistance/paralegal
ber of the board of direc- from Baker University,
which he retired as Colonel
programs at the University
tors of the Arkansas which operates several
in 1999.
of Arkansas, Fort Smith.
Bankers Association. campuses in Kansas and
The statutory powers of
Smith replaces member
Hudson is past president Missouri.
the six-member State Bank-
Margie Russ, whose term
of several organizations, Smith received a Bache-
ing Board include the ap-
expired on December 31,
including the DeWitt lor of Science degree in
proval of rules and regula-
2008.
Chamber of Commerce. business management in
tions issued by the Com-
The appointments were
Parks has 20 years of 1969 at Florida State Uni-
missioner and the rendering
effective February 5, 2009.
progressive experience in versity. From 1970 to
of decisions on numerous
The terms of all three new
financial services, concen- 1974, he served as a Cap-
bank applications.
March 31, 2009
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