Mission Statement

The Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas is a member-owned financial intermediary with the primary mission of supporting homeownership, affordable housing, and community lending through its member institutions.

2008 Board of Directors

Lee R. Gibson - Chair
Chief Financial Officer & EVP 
Southside Bank 
Tyler, TX

Mary E. Ceverha - Vice Chair 
Community Development Representative
Dallas, TX

Tyson Abston
President & CEO 
Guaranty Bond Bank 
Mt. Pleasant, TX 

Gary Blankenship
Chairman & CEO 
Bank of the West 
Irving, TX

Patricia Brister
St. Tammany Parish Councilwoman  
Mandeville, LA

Bobby L. Chain
Chairman & CEO 
Chain Electric Co. 
Hattiesburg, MS 

James H. Clayton 
Chairman & CEO
Planters Bank and Trust
Indianola, MS

Kent Conine
President
Conine Residential Group, Inc.
Frisco, Texas

Howard Hackney
Director
Texas Bank & Trust Co.
Longview, TX 

Willard Jackson
CEO and Chairman
MetroplexCore
Houston, Texas

Melvin H. Johnson, Jr.
President & CEO
First Lockhart National Bank
Lockhart, TX

Charles G. Morgan, Jr.
President & CEO
Pine Bluff National Bank 
Pine Bluff, AR

James Pate
Executive Director
New Orleans Area Habitat for Humanity
New Orleans, Louisiana

Joseph F. Quinlan, Jr.
Chairman, President & CEO
First National Bankers Bankshares, Inc.
Baton Rouge, Louisiana

Margo Sneller Scholin
Partner
Baker Botts LLP
Houston , TX 77002

Anthony S. Sciortino 
President & CEO 
State-Investors Bank 
Metairie, LA 

Clay Simmons
Sr. Executive VP & CFO
Thornburg Mortgage, Inc.
Santa Fe , NM 87501

John B. Stahler 
President & CEO 
American National Bank 
Wichita Falls, TX 

Glenn Wertheim 
President & CEO  
Charter Bank 
Albuquerque, NM