James R. Huffines is chairman of the University of Texas System board of regents, on which he has served since 2003. He also serves as chairman of Central and South Texas and PlainsCapital Bank in Austin, as senior executive vice president of PlainsCapital Corporation, and as director of Hester Capital Mgmt., PlainsCapital Bank, and PlainsCapital Corp. He previously held senior management positions at Hester Capital Management, L.L.C., and Morgan Keegan & Co. Chairman Huffines also served on the board of UTIMCO (University of Texas Investment Management Company). In addition, he has served as an officer or board member for a number of civic and philanthropic organizations. He earned a B.B.A. degree in finance from the University of Texas at Austin in 1973 and attended Southwestern Graduate School of Banking at Southern Methodist University. |