CHARLES L. GUMMER
Mr. Gummer, age 65, joined our board of directors in September 2011 and currently serves as chairman of the board’s Audit Committee. He has over 40 years of banking experience with Comerica Bank. From July 31, 2010 through October 31, 2011, he was Chairman of Comerica Bank – Texas Market. From 1989 until July 31, 2010, he was President and Chief Executive Officer of Comerica Bank – Texas. He earned his Bachelor of Science degree from The Ohio State University and his Master of Business Administration from Wayne State University. He also graduated from the University of Michigan’s Graduate School of Banking and Financial Services.
In addition to his professional career with Comerica Bank, he has also been very involved in the Dallas community, including as a current member of the Dallas Summer Musicals executive committee, the board of Downtown Dallas, Inc., the executive board of the Southern Methodist University Cox School of Business, the board of the Better Business Bureau of Dallas, the advisory board of the Vogel Alcove Arts Performance Committee, the advisory committee of the Greater Dallas Chamber of Commerce – Economic Development, the advisory committee of Bishop Lynch High School and the board of The Catholic Foundation.
Mr. Gummer’s experience as a former Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer and a senior executive of a publicly-traded bank, combined with his banking and mergers and acquisitions experience, plus his civic involvements provide our board of directors with extensive executive leadership, strategic planning, finance and general business expertise.