Arvest Bank in Springdale this week named two new directors to its advisory board: Eddie Cantu, pastor and founder of Centro Cristiano Hispano Assembly of God Church, and Russell Tooley, executive vice president of continuous improvement at Tyson Foods Inc.
"We at Arvest Bank are proud of our community bank status and depend on our local boards to keep important decisions based in the communities where we operate," Lisa Ray, president and CEO for Arvest Bank in Springdale, said in a news release. "Eddie Cantu and Russell Tooley are both men of integrity and leadership in Springdale, which means they are great additions to our Springdale board."
A native of Amarillo, Texas, Cantu founded the church in 1995. He also serves as secretary and treasurer of South Central Hispanic District of the Assemblies of God. He has served on the Ozark Guidance Ethics Steering Committee, as presbyter of Gulf Latin American District for Assemblies of God churches, and was a Springdale school board member from 2008 to 2009.
Tooley has worked for Tyson Foods for 30 years and has held positions in operations and human resources both domestically and internationally. He serves on the boards of directors for Jones Trust and the American Heart Association.
Arvest Bank operates more than 270 bank branches in Arkansas, Oklahoma, Missouri and Kansas.