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Dr. Tonya Lyons

Dr. Tonya Lyons Name: Tonya Lyons Location: Memphis, Tennessee Goal Areas: Jobs   Dr. Tonya Lyons spent years searching for a bank that was willing to work with her and invest in her financial future. Other creditors fluctuated her loan rates and other banks...

Dr. Eduardo Ruben Ochoa, Jr.

Dr. Eduardo Ruben Ochoa, Jr. Vice Chair of Diversity and Health Equity, Chief Diversity Officer, Arkansas Children’s HospitalProfessor, Tenured, University of Arkansas for Medical SciencesExecutive Director, UAMS Head Start/Early Head Start Program Eduardo Ruben...

Dr. Henry Torres

Dr. Henry Torres Chief Information Officer, Texas Woman’s University Dr. Torres is the CIO of Texas Woman’s University, which is the largest state-supported university focused on women in the United States. Prior to this role, Torres was the Vice President...

Mike Myers

Mike Myers Interim Chief Financial Officer Mike Myers, a certified public accountant, retired in 2023 from his longtime role as CFO of Winrock International, a nonprofit organization headquartered in Little Rock, Ark. Winrock focuses on developing innovations in...

Noe Moreno

Noe Moreno Name: Noe Moreno Location: Arkadelphia, Arkansas Goal Areas: Jobs Noe Moreno is originally from Guerrero, Mexico, and has lived in Arkadelphia, AR, for 25 years. Seven years ago, he pulled a few dollars out of his pocket, purchased a $10 push mower at a...

Walter Pryor

Walter Pryor Southern Bancorp, Inc., Chief Administrative Officer and General Counsel As Southern Bancorp’s Chief Administrative Officer and General Counsel, Walter Pryor oversees, leads, and directs the administrative operations for the CDFI, as well as its legal,...
Jeff Seeley

Jeff Seeley

In need of assistance but without many options, Jeff Seeley turned to a title lender in Hernando, Miss., who loaned him the money he needed but with the truck he needed for work on the line as collateral and at a 250% interest rate.

Ouachita Baptist University

Ouachita Baptist University

While there is an increasing demand for nurses, creating a nursing program is difficult and expensive. In order to do this, OBU would need to find partners who believed in the need for nursing, believed in healthcare, and believed in the impact such a project would have on the economy.

Lakisha Butler

Lakisha Butler

As a single mom of four, owning a house had long felt like a distant dream for Lakisha Butler. But one day, she happened upon a financial education course being led by Southern Bancorp that made her rethink this distance.

Jessica Drye

Jessica Drye

With the help of Southern Bancorp, Jessica Drye went from no bank account and little credit to purchasing a car on her own and her first home in just two years.