The board of directors of Cullen/Frost Bankers, Inc. announced that directors Karen E. Jennings and Ida Clement "Weisie" Steen have notified the board of their decision to retire from the board and not stand for re-election to the board when their terms expire at Cullen/Frost's annual meeting of shareholders in April. Jennings joined the Cullen/Frost board in 2001 and serves on the Compensation and Benefits Committee, Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee, and the Risk Committee. Steen joined the Cullen/Frost board in 1996 and serves on the Compensation and Benefits Committee, Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee, and the Technology Committee.

The board decided to nominate Laurie Baker and Linda Burke Rutherford for election to the board by Cullen/Frost shareholders at the upcoming annual meeting of shareholders in April. Baker is executive vice president and chief operating officer at Camden Property Trust, a Houston-based publicly traded real estate investment trust. She has been with Camden since 1999 and is responsible for the oversight and strategy of Camden's portfolio operations and investment funds.

Rutherford is executive vice president for people and communications at Dallas-based Southwest Airlines. She has been with Southwest since 1992 and has responsibility over the Communications & Outreach and Culture & Engagement functions as well as People Department (human resources), Southwest Airlines University (training and leadership development) and Diversity, Equity & Inclusion.