Harry J. Brooks

Harry J. (Johnny) Brooks has been Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President of Citizens State Bank (Citizens) since September 2021 via the acquisition of Security Bankshares the parent company of Citizens.  Mr. Brooks has over 42 years of experience in the banking industry, serving a customer base covering the greater Houston metropolitan area.

From January 2010 to December 2017, Mr. Brooks was the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Commercial Bancshares, Inc. (CBI) and its wholly-owned subsidiary, Commercial State Bank (CSB), when CBI was acquired by First Financial Bankshares, Inc. (FFIN). Following the acquisition of CBI, Mr. Brooks served as the Kingwood Regional Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of FFIN until December 2020 resigning to pursue the acquisition of a commercial bank, culminating in the Citizens purchase.

Prior to CBI, Mr. Brooks was the North and West Houston Regional CEO for Sterling Bank, where he was responsible for 21 lenders in 14 branches with total outstanding loans of approximately $650 million and commercial deposits of over $500 million. Before Sterling Bank, Mr. Brooks was the founding President, Chief Lending Officer and an initial director of the de novo, Partners Bank of Texas.  Partners Bank ultimately sold to Sterling Bank in 2007.  

Mr. Brooks is a former outside director of SpawGlass Corporation, an employee owned company with annual revenues of $500 million, where he served for eight years on the Audit and Investment Committee.  He has also served two non-consecutive terms as a director for the Texas Bankers Association..

Mr. Brooks has actively participated in many civic and community organizations including being a Board Member for the March of Dimes, Chairman of the Greenspoint Chamber of Commerce, Executive Board Member of Humble Chamber of Commerce and a founding board member of the Humble ISD Education Foundation. Mr. Brooks holds a B.B.A. from the University of Texas and an M.B.A. from the University of Houston. He is a graduate of the National Commercial Lending Graduate School from the University of Oklahoma and has earned the RMA Credit Risk Certification (RMA-CRC) for commercial lending.