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Interview with the President and CEO & the Executive Vice President and CFO: Southwest Bancorp, Inc. (OKSB)

Funke, Mark W.
Mark W. Funke was appointed President and Chief Executive Officer of Southwest Bancorp, Inc., effective October 1, 2012. Mr. Funke is actively engaged in the community and in national banking affairs. Previously he spent 28 years with Bank of Oklahoma and six years with Republic Bank. He currently serves on the board of the Greater Oklahoma City Chamber of Commerce, and on their executive committee for the past four years. He also serves on the boards of Allied Arts Foundation, Lyric Theatre of Oklahoma, The Oklahoma State Chamber, Oklahoma Health Center Foundation, YMCA of Oklahoma City and Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation. Mr. Funke also serves on the board of United Way of Central Oklahoma where he was citywide Campaign Chair in 2010. He currently serves on the American Bankers Association Government Relations Council. He is a graduate of Leadership Oklahoma City Class VII and Leadership Oklahoma Class VIII. Mr. Funke was awarded the Paragon award in 2002 by Leadership Oklahoma City, the Urban Pioneer award in 2008 from Oklahoma City’s Plaza District Association and the John Kirkpatrick Award from The Lyric Theatre in 2009. In 2014, he was honored as one of The Journal Record’s Most Admired CEOs. Profile
Shockley, Joe T.
Joe T. Shockley Jr. has served as the Southwest Bancorp, Inc.’s Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer since December 1, 2012. Prior to joining the company, Mr. Shockley served as the Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of BancFirst Corporation and as Corporate Secretary and a member of the board of directors of BancFirst from 1996 until his resignation on November 14, 2012. He also worked at Boatmen’s First National Bank of Oklahoma, where he served as the Tulsa Region President and Chief Financial Officer from 1991 to 1996 and as the Controller, Senior Financial Officer, and Executive Vice President from 1980 to 1991. Mr. Shockley is a Certified Public Accountant. He served as Manager-Banking of Billups, Arnn & Mascho, CPAs from 1976 to 1980 and as Senior Auditor of Arthur Andersen & Co., from 1973 through 1976. Mr. Shockley earned his BBA in accounting from the University of Oklahoma in 1973. Mr. Shockley is a member of the American Institute of CPAs and the Oklahoma Society of CPAs.  Profile
TWST: Can you give us a history and an overview of Southwest Bancorp?

Mr. Funke: The company was started back in 1894 as Stillwater State Bank and remained a state bank for an

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