Mr. Cooper began his banking career 30 years ago after serving in the Army and graduating from Missouri State University with a BS in accounting.  Starting in bank auditing, his background includes extensive management experience in bank operations and mortgage banking in addition to finance and accounting.  He has also been heavily involved in the management of several mergers and acquisitions.  Mr. Cooper recently was instrumental in helping the CEO guide and manage the growth of a startup bank in Springfield, Missouri, serving as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Village Bank. He was the Treasurer of the Springfield Community Center and a member of their Executive Committee for over seven years.  He and his wife Tonda moved south to enjoy their two grandchildren and the warm Texas winters.

Dayna McElreath joined Pioneer Bank in November 2007 as Senior Vice President.  Prior to joining Pioneer Bank, she was at State Bank for over 11 years, where she was President of the Mortgage Division.  She was responsible for all aspects of mortgage operations including originations up to $600 million annually  and a $400 million Fannie Mae servicing portfolio.  
Prior to joining State Bank, Ms. McElreath worked at Bank One as their Mortgage Division Sales Manager from 1991 to 1996. Ms. McElreath received a Bachelor of Journalism from the University of Texas in 1985, is married and has one daughter.

Brian May serves as Vice President of Pioneer Bank. Brian has over five years of commercial and real estate lending experience in the Austin market. Prior to joining Pioneer Bank, Brian served as Assistant Vice President of Commercial Lending for Citibank in Austin. Brian started his banking career and received his credit training as a Credit Analyst for Wells Fargo. During this time, Brian honed his expertise in the areas of real estate and construction lending and commercial lending. He will be working on expansion of commercial banking activities in Kyle, Buda, and San Marcos. Brian has been actively involved with the Young Men’s Business League of Austin for 4 years. Brian earned a BBA and a Masters in Professional Accounting from the University of Texas. He passed the May 2003 CPA exam. Brian is married to Jovhanna May. 

Lance Spruiell serves as an Assistant Vice President at Pioneer Bank.  He brings more than 7 years of combined experience in sales, management and banking to the team.  After graduating from Texas State University in 2001, Lance began his career in Marble Falls, TX managing Sportsman’s Country Complete Outfitters.  Through this experience Lance began to understand the importance of developing long-term business relationships.  He transitioned from Sportsman’s Country into the banking business in 2005 with Security State Bank & Trust. Lance worked as a Loan Officer in both the Kingsland and Spicewood branches for SSB&T.  Lance has been an active member of local Rotary groups, Builder’s Associations and sat on the Board of Directors for CASA of Highland Lakes.  Lance is an avid outdoorsman and the proud father to a daughter, Hannah. 

Mark joined Pioneer Bank in June of 2008 to oversee Retail, Operations and Compliance. He began his banking career over 20 years ago, in Springfield, Illinois, where he worked for BankOne, Illinois in various banking center management capacities, including Banking Center Manager in Champaign-Urbana, Illinois. In May of 2000, he was hired by State Bank (LaGrange, Texas) to open their de novo banking center in Cedar Park, Texas, which was the 6th banking center in their branch network. Mark served State Bank as a Lobby Operations Manager and as the company made acquisitions and opened new branches, he was promoted to Training Director for the 35 branch system. State Bank was purchased by Prosperity Bancshares in February 2007 and Mark stayed on board as Training Director for the 130 branch system of Prosperity Bank. Mark brings to Pioneer Bank an extensive background in retail operations, security, procedures, compliance and customer service.

Mark spent a year studying at Palmer Chiropractic College in Davenport, IA and has attended the University of Illinois, Springfield. Mark is currently single and is thoroughly enthralled with his 7 nieces and nephews.