2023 Bankers Bancorp Board of Directors
The Annual Shareholder meeting was held at the Quail Creek Golf and Country Club on Friday, March 24th, where we announced the newly elected members of Bankers Bancorp Board of Directors, Chris Rector and John Robin. Get to know them below!
Chris Rector
CLO, Regional President
Firstar Bank | Tulsa, OK
Chris Rector is the Chief Lending Officer and Regional President for Firstar Bank based in Sallisaw, Oklahoma. He also sits on Firstar’s board and has been a shareholder since 2020.
Rector has 23 years of lending experience. He holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Business Management from Oral Roberts University and is a graduate of both ABA’s National Commercial Lending School and OBA’s Consumer and Commercial Lending School.
Outside of serving the local banking community, Rector is involved with the Teachers Retirement System of Oklahoma; he is a Chair for the Investment Committee and was nominated by Governor Kevin Stitt to serve as a Trustee. He is also an owner/partner of a small plumbing company and proud father to two daughters, Raegan and Morgan.
John Robin
EVP, Head of Lending
Sooner State Bank | Tuttle, OK
John Robin is the Executive Vice President and Head of Lending at Sooner State Bank in Tuttle, Oklahoma. Robin is a graduate of the University of Oklahoma and the Graduate School of Banking, Colorado.
In addition, he has attended numerous schools through the Oklahoma Bankers Association and has over 30 years of banking experience.
He is very involved with various civic and professional groups and has held many leadership rolls including both President and Treasurer of the Northwest Oklahoma City Rotary, Chairman of the OBA’s Commercial Lending School, Instructor of Junior Achievement in Oklahoma City, Board Member of the Edmond Soccer Club and Metropolitan Area Development Corporation, Member of both OBA’s Government Relations and Fraud Council, and Instructor for several OBA schools.