Great Southern Bancorp, Inc. Announces Appointment of Steven D. Edwards to Its Board of Directors
August 25, 2022 at 09:15 am EDT
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Great Southern Bancorp, Inc. announced that Steven D. Edwards has been appointed to the Boards of Directors of the Bank and the holding company, with his service to commence September 1, 2022. Edwards recently retired from CoxHealth after a distinguished 30-year career. He began in leadership at CoxHealth in 1992, and worked in various roles at the health system before being named as president and CEO in 2012. In his last role, he was responsible for the strategic direction and daily operations of the award-winning healthcare provider, which includes six hospitals, more than 80 clinics, and more than 12,000 employees throughout southwest Missouri. Edwards received his undergraduate degree from Drury University and a master's degree in healthcare administration from Washington University School of Medicine. He also completed a post-graduate fellowship at Baylor University Medical Center in Dallas, Texas. Active and known for his support of the community, Edwards has served on numerous boards of civic and charitable organizations, including Drury University'sBoard of Trustees, The Healthy Living Alliance, Burrell Behavioral Health
Center, the Community Blood Center of the Ozarks, and is the past Chair of the Missouri Hospital Association. Other members of the Great Southern boards include Chairman William V. Turner, President and CEO Joseph W. Turner, Kevin R. Ausburn, Julie T. Brown, Thomas J. Carlson, Larry D. Frazier, Debra Mallonee (Shantz) Hart, Douglas M. Pitt and Earl A. Steinert, Jr. Headquartered in Springfield, Missouri, with $5.6 billion in assets, Great Southern offers a broad range of banking services to customers.
Great Southern Bancorp, Inc. is a bank holding company of Great Southern Bank (the Bank). The Company conducts its business as a financial holding company. Through the Bank and subsidiaries of the Bank, the Company primarily offers a variety of banking and banking-related services. The Bank offers a range of banking services through its 89 banking centers located in southern and central Missouri; the Kansas City, Missouri area; the St. Louis area; eastern Kansas; northwestern Arkansas; the Minneapolis area and eastern, western and central Iowa. The Company operates through a single segment, banking operation. The banking operation segment is principally engaged in the business of originating residential and commercial real estate loans, construction loans, commercial business loans and consumer loans and funding these loans by attracting deposits from the general public, accepting brokered deposits and borrowing from the Federal Home Loan Bank and others.