Community Involvement

When the doors of West Plains Bank and Trust Company opened in 1883, the guiding principle was building community strength through service to our customers. Our unwavering commitment to having every customer leave a friend is delivered in each customer contact and every new or improved service. Locally owned and managed, we are pleased to provide a convenient, efficient and modern banking system to our customers in the area.

West Plains Bank and Trust Company, and its employees, maintain strong community connections through generous donations of time, talent and financial resources. Below is a list of some of the organizations with which West Plains Bank and Trust Company employees are or have been involved:

David Gohn, Chairman of the Board
Ozarks Healthcare Foundation Board of Trustees - Founding Member
Drury University Board of Trustees - Past Chairman
American Bankers Association - Community Bankers Council - Past Chairman
Missouri Bankers Association - Chairman of the Board 1999-2000

Ozarks Healthcare - Board Member

Industrial Development Corporation (IDC) - Secretary

Missouri Bankers Association - Past Treasurer/Young Bankers Division, Past Chairman

American Bankers Association - Past Community Bankers Council Member

Rotary Club of West Plains - Past President

Zizzer Athletic Booster Club - Member

Greater West Plains Chamber of Commerce - Past Chairman
West Plains Civic Center Board of Directors - Past Chairman

Eric Judd, Senior Vice President and Chief Lending Officer
Boys & Girls Club of the Greater West Plains Area - President
Grizzly Booster Club Board of Directors - Past Chairman
Howell Valley R-1 School Foundation - Treasurer
Ozarks Small Business Incubator (OzSBI) - Mentor
Rotary Club of West Plains - Member
Sunrise Rotary Club of West Plains - Past Chairman
University of Missouri Extension Council - Past Board Member
West Plains R-7 Advisory Committee - Member

Missouri Banker's Association, Banker's Benefit Corporation - Past Board Member
37th Judicial Circuit CASA - Past President
B.P.O.E. - Past Exalted Ruler

Becky Brewer, Universal Banker III
West Plains R-7 School Bridges Program Member

Diana Brown, VP/Mortgage Officer and Loan Closer
Greater Area West Plains Chamber of Commerce - Ambassador President
1138th Military Police Family Readiness Group - Treasurer
VFW Ladies Auxiliary, John T. Kirk Post 1828 - Member
Southern Missouri Home Builder's Association - Board Member

Jeannie Cox, VP/Loan Officer
Kiwanis Club of West Plains - Member and Past Treasurer

Alton High School Business Department Advisory Council- Member

West Plains Chamber of Commerce

Nathan Cropper, VP/Senior Loan Officer
Howell County Farm Bureau - Board Member
West Plains Rotary Backpack Program - Treasurer
West Plains Ag Advisory - Board Member
West Plains Sunrise Rotary - Treasurer

Cheryl Finley, GO Club Coordinator
West Plains Optimist Club - Member, Past President, Past Lt. Governor
Glenwood School Foundation - Board Member
Evergreen Cemetery - Treasurer

Ann Marie Newberry, VP/Chief Marketing & Communications Officer
Greater West Plains Area Chamber of Commerce - Ambassador
Ozarks Medical Center Foundation Events Committee - Member
South Central Career Center Business Advisory Committee - Member
West Plains Downtown Revitalization, Inc. – Past Secretary and Past Vice President

Alton High School Business Department Advisory Council- Member

 

West Plains Education Foundation - Board Member

Karen Smith, AVP/Branch Manager
Daughters of the American Revolution - Member
West Plains Optimist Club - Member
Friends of the Garnett Library - Member 

Todd Wilbanks, VP/Loan Officer
Howell County Soil & Water Conservation District - President
West Plains High School Site Council - Member
West Plains Kiwanis Club - Member

The Old Time Music, Ozark Heritage Festival - Planning Committee Member 

ACAMS Greater St. Louis Chapter - Member 

ACAMS - Member 

West Plains Rotary (noon) Club - Board Member/Past President 

MSU-WP Business, Entrepreneurship & Management Advisory Board - Member 

Curt Hugenot, Senior Loan Officer
Houston Lions Club - Past Member

Texas County Memorial Hospital Community Improvement District Board- Past Member

Amanda Hamilton, Branch Manager
Cass Township - Board Member

American Legion Post #559 - Finance Officer

VFW Post # 637 - Senior Vice Commander 

American Legion Post #41 - Past Sargent at Arms and current Service Officer

Liberty Branch

Eric Wells, Market President
Mountain View-Birch Tree School Board - Vice President

City of Houston Industrial Development Board - Member

Mountain View Rotary Club - past Treasurer

Houston Area Chamber of Commerce

Missouri State University - West Plains - Advisory Board Member for Houston Campus

Houston Lions Club - Past Member

Ozarks Baptist Church, Houston, Mo. - Youth Director

First Baptist Church, Mountain View, Mo - Member

Southwest Baptist University - Mountain View Campus - Advisory Board Member 

Lindsay Holden, AVP/Loan Officer
Mountain View Chamber of Commerce Board - Treasurer
Mountain View Youth Athletic Association - Past President

Mountain View Chamber of Commerce Board - Vice President

First Baptist Church Mountain View - Member

Steve Litty, Senior Vice President/Senior Loan Officer
ASU Mountain Home Business Advisory Board - Member
Baxter County Cattleman's Association - Member
Mountain Home Rotary - Paul Harris Fellow and Member
Baxter Regional Medical Center Foundation Board - Treasurer