ABILENE, Texas, Jan. 25, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Board of
Directors of First Financial Bankshares, Inc. (NASDAQ: FFIN)
announced today the appointment of Eli
Jones, Ph.D. to the company's Board of Directors. Jones also
was appointed to the First Financial Bank, N.A. Board of Directors
and he currently serves on the Bryan/College Station Regional Board
of First Financial Bank, N.A.
"Eli is a nationally known academic, speaker and author, and has
work experience with major publicly traded companies, and we are
extremely pleased to welcome him to the First Financial Bankshares
Board of Directors," said F. Scott
Dueser, Chairman, President and CEO of First Financial. "Eli
has served on our Bryan/College
Station board for the last year and is a well-respected
member of the academic and business community. We look forward to
having his direction on the company, bank and regional boards,
particularly his experience in the areas of marketing and sales
culture."
Jones is a professor of marketing and the Lowry and Peggy Mays
Eminent Scholar at Texas A&M
University. He recently served for six years as dean of
Texas A&M's prestigious Mays
Business School, one of the nation's top 20 business programs,
preceded by three years as dean of the Sam M. Walton College of
Business at the University of Arkansas.
He also served as dean of the business school at Louisiana State University and was founding
executive director of the Sales Excellence Institute at the
University of Houston. A nationally
respected academician and higher education leader, Jones is a
published author and teaches courses in strategic and advanced
professional selling, sales leadership and marketing strategy.
Among his professional associations, Jones serves on Invesco's
Family of Funds Board of Directors, Trustee, and as director of the
Insperity, Inc. (NYSE: NSP) Board of Directors. From 2012 to 2015,
Jones served on the board of directors for Arvest Bank. He's also contributed his time to
many nonprofit and for-profit organizations, including the World
Trade Center in Arkansas,
University of Arkansas Technology
Development Foundation, Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center, and the
Baton Rouge Area Chamber, among others. In 2016, the KPMG PhD
Project, of which Jones is a charter member, inducted him into its
hall of fame for "achieving significant impact within the network
of minority business doctoral students and faculty."
Jones is a Bryan/College
Station native and holds degrees in journalism (B.S. 1982)
and business administration (MBA, 1986 and Ph.D., 1997) from
Texas A&M University.
About First Financial Bankshares, Inc.
Headquartered in Abilene, Texas,
First Financial Bankshares is a financial holding company that
through its wholly-owned subsidiary, First Financial Bank, N.A.,
operates multiple banking regions with 78 locations in Texas, including Abilene, Acton, Albany, Aledo, Alvarado, Beaumont, Boyd, Bridgeport, Brock, Bryan,
Burleson, College Station, Cisco, Cleburne, Clyde, Conroe, Cut and Shoot, Decatur, Eastland, El
Campo, Fort Worth,
Fulshear, Glen Rose, Granbury, Grapevine, Hereford, Huntsville, Keller, Kingwood, Magnolia, Mauriceville, Merkel, Midlothian, Mineral
Wells, Montgomery,
Moran, New Waverly, Newton, Odessa, Orange, Palacios, Port
Arthur, Ranger,
Rising Star, Roby, San
Angelo, Southlake,
Stephenville, Sweetwater, Tomball, Trent, Trophy
Club, Vidor, Waxahachie, Weatherford, Willis, and Willow
Park. The Company also operates First Financial Trust &
Asset Management Company, N.A., with ten locations and First
Technology Services, Inc., a technology operating company. The
Company is listed on The NASDAQ Global Select Market under the
trading symbol FFIN. For more information about First Financial,
please visit our website at http://www.ffin.com.
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