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Ike Kalangis has been one of our directors since January 2001. Mr. Kalangis has more than 30 years of experience in the banking industry. From 1993 to 1997, he was Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Boatmen’s Sunwest, Inc., a $4 billion multi-bank holding company with 13 community banks in New Mexico and El Paso, Texas, now Bank of America, N.A. (New Mexico). Prior to that time, Mr. Kalangis was Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Sunwest Bank holding company, which then merged into Boatmen’s Sunwest.
In January 2003, Mr. Kalangis was appointed by the Governor of New Mexico to the State Investment Council and served in that position through 2006. Mr. Kalangis presently serves on the Board of Directors for American Home Furnishings, Inc., the largest retail furniture operation in New Mexico. He also consults with a number of successful New Mexico family owned businesses, including Kabana, Inc. (Mati), the largest jewelry manufacturing company in New Mexico, in connection with business, organizational and financial planning, and management succession.
Mr. Kalangis is a graduate of Hardin Simmons University, B.S. and received his Master’s degree from the Southern Methodist University Graduate School of Banking. | 