Leadership

Mr. Retzloff serves as Senior Executive Chairman of Stellar Bank and Executive Chairman of Stellar Bancorp, Inc. He previously served as Chairman of Allegiance Bank and CEO of Allegiance Bancshares, Inc. With more than 30 years of Houston banking experience, he served as a director and twice as Chairman of a publicly traded multi-billion dollar financial institution. His past work experience also includes General Motors, Bristol Myers, Retzloff Capital Corporation and CEO of Travis Body & Trailer, Inc. Additionally, Mr. Retzloff serves on the boards of the Houston Food Bank, Greater Houston Partnership, Open Door Mission and Faith in Practice. As a native Texan and a lifelong Houstonian, he received an Industrial Engineering degree from the Georgia Institute of Technology in 1979 and an MBA with distinction from the Babcock Graduate School of Management at Wake Forest University in 1981.

Mr. Franklin serves as Executive Chairman of Stellar Bank and Chief Executive Officer of Stellar Bancorp, Inc. He previously served as Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of CBTX, Inc. Mr. Franklin began his more than 40-year Houston banking career working for a small community bank in Houston upon graduation from the University of Texas. Mr. Franklin graduated from the University of Texas in 1977 with a BBA in Finance. He is currently serving on the Board of Junior Achievement of Southeast Texas and previously served on the Board of the Texas Bankers Association. Mr. Franklin has actively served various charitable organizations over the years, along with serving on the board of a local private school.

Mr. Vitulli serves as Chief Executive Officer of Stellar Bank and President of Stellar Bancorp. He previously served as Chief Executive Officer of Allegiance Bank and President of Allegiance Bancshares, Inc. He has over 30 years of banking experience, getting his start as a loan review examiner at Charter National Bank in Houston, then moving to Sterling Bank until joining Allegiance Bank in 2007, prior to the bank’s opening. Mr. Vitulli serves on the boards of Texas Bankers Association and CHRISTUS Foundation for HealthCare and previously served on the board of the St. Pius X High School Foundation. He is a graduate of The University of Texas at Austin with a BBA in Finance.

Mr. Egge serves as Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Stellar Bank. He previously served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Allegiance Bank and Allegiance Bancshares, Inc. He has over 20 years of financial services experience, predominantly as an investment banker focused on providing strategic and capital markets advisory services to banks and specialty finance companies. Prior to joining Allegiance in 2016, he served as Director of Capital Planning and Corporate Development for Cadence Bank, a $9.4 billion asset regional bank at the time. Mr. Egge is a member of the Board of Directors for Big Brothers Big Sisters Greater Houston. He graduated cum laude with a bachelor's degree in Economics and Finance from the College of William & Mary and holds an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University.