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Gabe Guerra is a native of Corpus Christi. He received a Bachelor of Business Administration in Finance from the University of Texas at Austin. He is a graduate of The Southwest Graduate School of Banking at Southern Methodist University Dallas. Guerra has over 27 years of experience in banking and finance. He currently serves as President & CEO for Kleberg Bank, where he began working in 2007. Previously, Guerra served as the Regional Vice President for Indirect Lending for the 12 State Midwestern Region of the U.S. at Wells Fargo Bank. He spent the first five years of his career with Ford Motor Credit Company in Austin and Dallas, Texas, in various areas of management. Guerra is involved in various civic activities supporting jobs, education and quality of life issues in the Corpus Christi community. Guerra previously served as Past Chairman of the Corpus Christi Regional Economic Development Corporation, Past Chairman of the Corpus Christi Chamber of Commerce, Past Chairman of the Del Mar Foundation Board of Trustees, and the Immediate Past Chairman of the United Way of the Coastal Band. He currently serves as a member of the Board Directors for Christus Spohn Health System. Guerra is an Eagle Scout and the current President of the Board of Directors for the South Texas Council of the Boy Scouts of America. He was recently appointed to the Board of Directors for the San Antonio Branch of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas and serves on the Dallas Fed’s Community Depository Institutions Advisory Council. He was recently elected by his peers to serve as a federal delegate Board Member of the Independent Community Bankers Association of America. He is a graduate of Leadership Corpus Christi Class 37. Guerra was honored by the Young Business Professionals of the Coastal Bend as 2016 Superhero and recognized as Small Business Champion by the Small Business Association in 2011 and 40 Under 40 recipient in 2010.