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LEEDS JOINS BOARD FOR ARVEST BANK IN FAYETTEVILLE Arvest Bank in Fayetteville is pleased to announce that Stacy L. Leeds has joined the bank’s board of directors. “Stacy Leeds is an outstanding legal mind whose advice and service is in high demand,” said Donny Story, president and CEO for Arvest Bank in Fayetteville. “We know that her involvement on our board will bring the highest benefit to both Arvest Bank and our customers.” Leeds is currently serving her second term as dean and professor of law at the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville School of Law. She first joined the university in 2011, where she lectures on American Indian law, oil and gas, property, natural resources and introduction to legal studies. She holds law degrees from the University of Wisconsin and the University of Tulsa. Leeds earned her master’s in business administration from the University of Tennessee and her bachelor’s from Washington University in St. Louis. Leeds served in several capacities as a faculty member and administrator at the University of Kansas where she served as interim associate dean for academic affairs in the School of Law, director of the Tribal Law and Government Center and professor of law. While there, she received the Howard M. and Susan Immel Award for Teaching Excellence. In the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, she served as interim chair of Indigenous Nations Studies. She was a senior administrative fellow in the Office of Provost from 2006- 07. She also served on the law faculty at the University of North Dakota and as William H. Hastie Fellow at the University of Wisconsin School of Law. Leeds was a recipient of the American Bar Association’s Spirit of Excellence Award in 2013, an elected member of the American Law Institute in 2011, and a former Alphonse Fletcher Sr. Fellow affiliated with the W.E.B. DuBois Research Institute at Harvard University in 2008- 09. In 2015-16, she was affiliated with Northeastern State University, Tahlequah, Okla., as the Sequoyah Fellow.

A native of Muskogee, Okla., former athlete and life-long sports enthusiast, she was inducted into the Muskogee Athletic Hall of Fame in 2015. She currently lives in downtown Fayetteville with her son, Hunter, age 8.

MIDDLETON JOINS STONE BANK AS SVP AND HARRISON MARKET MANAGER

Marnie Oldner, Chief Executive Officer of Stone Bank, announced that Dusty Middleton has been named Senior Vice President, Senior Lending Officer and Harrison Market Manager. “Dusty is life-long native of the area and brings a wealth of banking experience, particularly in the lending area, “ said Oldner. We are excited that he will be heading up our Harrison office and continue serving the community with an Arkansas-based bank.” Middleton was formerly a senior vice president and loan manager for Community First Bank in Harrison (now Equity Bank) and a vice president and branch manager for the Western Grove branch of Bank of the Ozarks. He is a graduate of Mt. Judea High School and Lubbock Christian University and is currently completing a degree at the SMU Graduate School of Banking. He is a member of the Harrison Lions Club. The Harrison location of Stone Bank is temporarily located at 1309 Hwy. 62/65 N with plans to build a community-banking center at 1302 Hwy. 62/64 N set to open in late 2017.

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March 20–22 | Washington, DC It’s a pivotal year for Washington—and soon a new presidential administration, and a new Congress, will take office. These changes are an opportunity to ensure incoming lawmakers know the value of a strong banking industry.

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OTHER EVENTS TAKING PLACE: Mutual Community Bank Forum, March 19 –20 Emerging Leaders Forum, March 20 Women’s Leadership Forum, March 19