Building community strength through service to our customers is the guiding principle at today's West Plains Bank and Trust Company, just as it was when we first opened for business over 125 years ago. Every day truly does count, and every positive customer contact, every new or improved service adds vitality to the growing network of shared success. Locally owned with a strong and resilient business foundation solidly in place, we are proud to offer the convenient efficiency of a friendly, up-to-date banking system for our customers in West Plains, Mountain View and surrounding communities.

We firmly believe in taking a leadership role to help enrich the lives of the people we serve, and it is because of this belief that West Plains Bank and Trust Company and its employees maintain strong community connections through generous donations of time, talent and financial resources. Below is a list of some of the organizations with which West Plains Bank and Trust Company employees are or have been involved:

Main Bank

David Gohn, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer

West Plains Civic Center Board of Directors - Member, Past Chairman
Ozarks Medical Center Foundation Board of Trustees - Founding Member
Drury University Board of Trustees - Past Chairman
American Bankers Association - Community Bankers Council - Past Chairman
Missouri Bankers Association - Chairman of the Board 1999-2000

David M. Gohn, President and Chief Operating Officer

Downtown West Plains, Inc. - Member and Past President
Greater West Plains Chamber of Commerce - Board of Directors Chairman
West Plains Rotary Club - Member
West Plains R-7 Schools Educational Foundation - Board of Directors
Missouri State University - West Plains Chancellor's Advisory Board Member
Missouri Bankers Association - Young Bankers Division Chairman

Barry Slayton, Executive Vice President and Chief Lending Officer

Economic Development Corporation (EDC) - Member
Rotary Club of West Plains - Member
University of Missouri Jefferson Club - Past Board Member

Steve Korbe, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

Missouri Banker's Association, Banker's Benefit Corporation - Board Member
37th Judicial Circuit CASA - Board Member

Scott Schneider, Vice President and Director of Technology

Rotary Club of West Plains - President
Rotary Club of West Plains - Youth Exchange Counselor
Missouri State University - Mountain Grove Chancellor's Advisory Board Member
Howell Valley R-1 School - Board Member

Thomas Stock, Vice President and Loan Officer

Ozarks Black and Gold University of Missouri Alumni Association Chapter  -
      Past President and Current Board Member
West Plains Optimist Club - Member and Past President
West Plains Optimist Charitable Foundation - Board Member

Richard King, Vice President and Loan Officer

Sunrise Rotary Club of West Plains - Member and Past Board Member
Habitat for Humanity, West Plains - Board Member
American Family Rodeo Association - Member

Eric Judd, Vice President and Loan Officer

Sunrise Rotary Club of West Plains - Member & Past President
Grizzly Booster Club Board of Directors - Member & Past President
University of Missouri Extension Council - Board Member

Jerry Walker, Vice President and Loan Officer

West Plains Housing Authority - Board Member
Rotary Club of West Plains - Member

Tim James, Vice President - Loan Processing 

Heart of the Ozarks United Way - Board President
Ozarks Family YMCA - Board Member

Amber Trautman, Assistant Vice President - Human Resource and Training Coordinator 

POE, Chapter MC - Sister

Eric Gibson, Operations Officer

American Cancer Society - 2009-2010 Southern Missouri Training Workgroup Chairman
Relay For Life of Howell County - 2009-2011 Event Chairman
West Plains Optimist Club - Board Member

Cathy Barnes, Systems Coordinator

West Plains Optimist Club - Member

Gail Colvin, Account Representative

Relay For Life of Howell County - Committee Member

Cheryl Finley, Senior Customer Service Representative

West Plains Optimist Club - Member
Howell County St. Jude Radio-thon - Committee Member

Karen Smith, Senior Customer Service Representative

Daughters of the American Revolution - Member
Relay For Life of Howell County - Committee Member
West Plains Optimist Club - Member

Angela Smith, Branch Deposit Manager

Heart of the Ozarks Angus Association - Member
North East Arkansas Angus Association - Member
Howell County 4-H - Volunteer
Genesis Counseling - Committee Member
2005 Howell County Farm Family of the Year

Jessica Peterman, Senior Loan Assistant

Kiwanis Club of West Plains - Member 
Relay For Life of Howell County - Committee Member

Shona Worley, Loan Processor

Relay For Life of Howell County - Committee Member

Liberty Branch

Joe Head, Vice President and Loan Officer

Thomasville, MO Alumni Association - Member
Mountain View Chamber of Commerce - Member
Missouri Cattlemen's Association - Member
Birch Tree MFA Exchange - Member
MFA South-central Ag Services and Plant Foods - Advisory Board Member

Jolene Howell, Assistant Vice President and Branch Manager

Mountain View Chamber of Commerce - Member
Mountain View Fireworks Celebration - Event Treasurer
West Plains Walk Now for Autism - Team Participant & Past Committee Member

North Branch

Diana Brown, Vice President, Loan Officer and Branch Manager

Greater Area West Plains Chamber of Commerce - Ambassador President
1138^th Military Police Family Readiness Group - Treasurer
VFW Ladies Auxiliary, John T. Kirk Post 1828 - Member
Southern Missouri Home Builder's Association - Board Member

Fara Cheever, Branch Deposit Manager

Breakfast with Santa - Volunteer
MDA Fundraising Participant
Relay For Life of Howell County - Team Captain and Participant

Bradford Branch

Carla Harris,  Branch Deposit Manager

Kiwanis Club of West Plains - Member
Relay For Life of Howell County - Team Participant
Walk Now for Autism - Team Participant