Arvest Bank has promoted Mike Willard to president and CEO of the banks North Central Arkansas and West Plains Region effective July 1st.
Willard is the current president and CEO of Arvest Banks Prairie Grove market in Northwest Arkansas. During his 15-year career with Arvest Bank, Willard also served as consumer loan officer, commercial loan officer and community bank president in Mountain Home from 2010-2013.
Willard is a member of the Arkansas Economics Advisory Board and has served on the board of directors for the Baxter Regional Medical Center Foundation, Mountain Home Chamber of Commerce, Mountain Home Education Foundation, Mountain Home Rotary Club and Performing Arts Council for Arkansas State University-Mountain Home, in addition to leadership roles with other organizations.
Willard earned a bachelors degree in business management from Southern Nazarene University in Bethany, Okla. He is a graduate of the Louisiana State University School of Banking.
Willard succeeds Tom Dame who recently accepted an executive leadership position in Arvest’s Springfield market.
Dames history with Arvest began in 2000 when he joined the bank at Yellville. He has served as president and CEO of the North Central Arkansas market since 2014.
Arvest Bank, named by Forbes magazine as one of Americas Best Large Employers for 2018, operates more than 250 bank branches in Arkansas, Oklahoma, Missouri and Kansas through a group of 15 locally managed banks, each with its own board and management team.
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