Management Team

S. Bryan Cook has served as the Executive Chairman of the Company and the Bank since 2024. He is the great grandson of the founder of the Company. He previously served as our Company’s Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer for 16 years and has been on our Board since 1986. Prior to that, he served as Chief Operating Officer of the Bank. Mr. Cook received his Bachelor of Arts in Economics from Washington & Lee University. He also received his Masters of Arts in Economics, Masters of Business Administration and Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Missouri.

Mr. Ross has served as the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company and the Bank since April 2024 and as a director of the Company since 2021. Mr. Ross previously served as the Chief Operating Officer since joining the Company in March 2020. Prior to these roles, Mr. Ross spent nearly 20 years at J.P. Morgan Chase, most recently serving as the Co-Head of Depository Coverage in the Financial Institutions Group. He attended the University of Oklahoma, obtaining a Bachelor of Business, and received a Masters of Public Administration from the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. Mr. Ross is a Certified Public Accountant (inactive).

Daniel H. Westhues, Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Customer Officer since February 2025, joined the Company in 1993, where he has held various roles managing retail sales and operations, marketing, product development and customer facing technology, including most recently Chief Retail and Marketing Officer from 2014 to February 2025. Mr. Westhues graduated with a Bachelor of Arts from Westminster College and obtained his Master of Business Administration from William Woods University.

James K. Ciroli has served as the Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Company and the Bank since June 2025. Most recently, Mr. Ciroli served as the Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Flagstar Bancorp, Inc. from 2014 to December 2022. From 2009 to 2014, Mr. Ciroli was the Senior Vice President, Corporate Controller and Principal Accounting Officer of First Niagara Financial Group, Inc, and from 2002 to 2009, Mr. Ciroli was the Senior Vice President and Assistant Controller of Huntington Bancshares Incorporated. Prior to Huntington, Mr. Ciroli held various positions of increasing responsibility at KeyCorp and Deloitte & Touche LLP. Mr. Ciroli holds both a Bachelor of Science in Management Science and a Masters in Accounting from Case Western Reserve University.at Case Western Reserve University.

Jeremy W. Colbert has served as the Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary of the Company and the Bank since September 2023. Most recently, he served as Senior Vice President and Legal Counsel at Enterprise Bank & Trust from 2017 to 2023. Prior to that, he acted as the General Counsel for St. Louis Bank from 2010 to 2017. He previously held roles in private practice and has spent the last fifteen years serving community banks, both public and private, with varying levels of responsibility. Mr. Colbert holds a Bachelor of Science and a Master of Accountancy from the University of Missouri— Columbia and received his Juris Doctorate from Saint Louis University.

Russell “Russ” L. Goldammer has served as the Executive Vice President and Chief Information Officer for the Company and as the Chief Technology Officer of the Bank since October 2021, having previously served as the President and Chief Executive Officer of Central Technology Services, a division of the Company providing technological support for the Company, the Bank and the Bank’s customers, since June 2009. Prior to joining the Company in 2009, Mr. Goldammer served as the Chief Information Officer at First Banks, Inc. Mr. Goldammer obtained his Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering from the Missouri University of Science and Technology.

Eric Hallgren is the Executive Vice President and Chief Credit Officer for the Company and the Bank, having joined the Company in July 2024. Prior to his role at the Company and the Bank, Mr. Hallgren most recently acted as the Chief Credit Officer for First Banks, Inc. from August 2020 to June 2024, where he previously served as Director of Credit Underwriting. Mr. Hallgren holds a Bachelor of Science in Finance from Saint Louis University and received his Master of Business Administration from Washington University in St. Louis—Olin Business School.

Scott M. Kellett has served as the Executive Vice President of Wealth Management of the Company since December 2015 and previously served as Senior Vice President of Trust and Asset Management at the Company and the Bank. Mr. Kellett began his career as a Trust Administrative Officer at Boone County National Bank (an affiliate of the Company) in 1995. He obtained a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from the University of Missouri—Columbia and a Juris Doctor from the University of Missouri—Columbia Law School.

Carey D. Schoeneberg has served as the Senior Vice President and Chief Risk Officer of the Company and the Bank since January 2021 and previously served as Vice President, Asset Liability Management of the Company and the Bank from April 2014 to December 2020. She joined the Company in 2008 and has held various risk management roles including enterprise risk management, loan review, asset liability management, and oversight of capital stress testing. Ms. Schoeneberg holds a Bachelor of Science and a Master of Accountancy from the University of Missouri—Columbia.

Tristan A. Thompson is the Senior Vice President and Chief Commercial Banking Services and Payments Officer of the Company and the Bank. Prior to joining the Company in January 2025, he spent the previous 15 years in banking and financial services driving payments innovation, financial services transformation, and growth across business lines. Most recently, he acted as Payments Strategy Director for Arvest Bank from 2021 to 2025. Prior to that, he acted as Senior Vice President and Payments Group Manager for UMB Bank from 2017 to 2021. His background spans roles at regional and community banks as well as in management consulting. Mr. Thompson holds a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration and Finance from the University of Florida.