HOUSTON, April 24, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Allegiance Bancshares, Inc. (NASDAQ: ABTX), the holding company of Allegiance Bank, announced the addition of Ms. Denise Castillo-Rhodes and Ms. Janet S. Wong to Allegiance’s Board of Directors. “I am very pleased that Ms. Castillo-Rhodes and Ms. Wong have agreed to join our Board,” said George Martinez, Chairman of Allegiance.
Ms. Castillo-Rhodes is currently the Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Texas Medical Center, where she oversees accounting, finance, billing and collections and tax compliance. Ms. Castillo-Rhodes is a certified public accountant and a member of the American Institute of Certified Accountants, the Texas Society of Certified Public Accountants and the Houston Chapter of Certified Public Accountants. Ms. Castillo-Rhodes’ professional experience as a financial executive and other leadership experience qualify her to provide pertinent guidance to Allegiance’s board, as well as the Audit Committee.
Ms. Wong is a licensed Certified Public Accountant and has more than 30 years of public accounting experience. She is a retired partner with KPMG, an international professional services firm, where she has extensive industry experience in technology, manufacturing, financial services and consumer products. Since 2013, Ms. Wong has served as a National Executive Advisor for Ascend, a nonprofit professional organization that enables its members, corporate partners and the community to realize the leadership potential of Asians in global corporations, where she leads the largest network of Asian corporate board directors serving U.S. boards and facilitates leadership programs to Fortune 500 and professional services companies throughout the U.S. In 2015, she was elected to the Board of Directors of Enviva Partners (NYSE: EVA) and also serves as their Audit Committee Chair. Ms. Wong's audit expertise and her professional and leadership experience qualify her to serve on Allegiance’s board, as well as on the Audit and Corporate Governance and Nominating Committees.
“We welcome Ms. Castillo-Rhodes and Ms. Wong to the Allegiance team and appreciate their willingness to support and serve alongside our dedicated Board,” said Steven F. Retzloff, Chief Executive Officer of Allegiance. “Both Ms. Castillo-Rhodes and Ms. Wong offer years of significant leadership experience and no doubt will be assets to our organization as they each bring unique viewpoints and will contribute to the diversity of our Board.”
About Allegiance Bancshares, Inc.
Allegiance is a Houston, Texas-based bank holding company. Through its wholly owned subsidiary, Allegiance Bank, Allegiance provides a diversified range of commercial banking services primarily to small to medium-sized businesses and individual customers in the Houston region. Allegiance’s super-community banking strategy was designed to foster strong customer relationships while benefiting from a platform and scale that is competitive with larger local and regional banks. Allegiance Bank operated 27 full-service banking locations in the Houston region, which we define as the Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land and Beaumont-Port Arthur metropolitan statistical areas, with 26 bank offices and one loan production office in the Houston metropolitan area and one bank office location in Beaumont, just outside of the Houston metropolitan area. Visit www.allegiancebank.com for more information.
