Encore Financial institution provides 4 to board of administrators

Encore Bancshares, Inc. and its wholly-owned financial institution subsidiary, Encore Financial institution, have named 4 new board members. Mark Richardson has been appointed to the Encore Bancshares, Inc. Board of Administrators and Rita Lowman, Chad McNair and Garrett Frost have been appointed to Encore Financial institution’s Board of Administrators.
“We’re thrilled to welcome these 4 new administrators,” stated Chris Roberts, Chairman and CEO of Little Rock-based Encore. “Their distinctive experiences and backgrounds might be instrumental to us as we proceed to develop and construct a distinct form of financial institution for our purchasers, companions and workers. We’re lucky to have these sturdy leaders be a part of our group.”
Mark Richardson is the president and CEO of his family-owned RAM Investments, LLC and MAR Actual Property, LLC, each of which make investments, finance, supply and syndicate capital into a wide range of actual property developments and investments throughout the nation. He’s energetic in industrial, retail, workplace, hospitality and residential developments. Richardson and his household based and owned the Carolina Panthers and Financial institution of America Stadium from their inception in 1993 till 2018. Richardson served as president of the Carolina Panthers till 2009 and was a member of the NFL Competitors and NFL Broadcast Committees.
Rita Lowman, former president of Pilot Financial institution, is a 45-year banking veteran. Her profession highlights embrace managing 23 acquisitions, together with the NationsBank-Barnett merger in 1997. Elected chair of the Florida Bankers Affiliation in 2017, Lowman was the third girl to serve on this capability in its 130-year historical past. She additionally served on the American Bankers Board of Administrators and Vice Chair of its Authorities Relations Council and Neighborhood Council Board. Lowman served because the Chair of the 2020-2022 ReliaQuest Bowl and serves or has served on various different boards.
Chad McNair is CEO of McNair Java Companions, a San Antonio-based agency that invests in and offers administration experience to varied startup ventures in aerospace, espresso, actual property and different industries. McNair started his profession as half of a giant consulting engineering group after incomes a level in civil engineering from the College of Illinois and an MBA in finance from the College of Houston. In 1988, he made a major profession change and based Aspen Beverage Group, a chilly brew espresso extract enterprise. After relocating the Aspen Beverage Group from Houston to San Antonio in 1993, McNair’s espresso enterprise grew to develop into the biggest Chilly Brew Espresso producer globally, serving main fast serve eating places, retailers, bottlers, roasters and distributors. McNair bought the corporate in 2017 to kind his household workplace, McNair Java Companions.
Garrett Frost is the president and CEO of Frost Flying, Inc., an Air Tractor supplier primarily specializing in the sale of recent and used plane, components and plane upkeep. His enterprise has operations within the U.S., Central America and South America. Frost brings expertise in each aviation and agriculture. He grew up working at his household’s flying service in Marianna. Moreover, Frost is an energetic actual property investor, specializing in farmland and business properties.