Karen Partee

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Personal Information

Karen Partee of McKinney is executive vice president and chief marketing officer of Texas Bank and Trust Company and has served as chair of the Texas Commission on the Arts since January 2024. She is a certified financial marketing professional through the Institute of Certified Bankers and a board member of the American Bankers Association’s (ABA) School of Bank Marketing and the ABA Certified Financial Marketing Professionals Board. Additionally, she is a national board member of the Texas Tech Alumni Association, past president and a sustaining member of the Junior League of Longview, and a former member of The University of Texas at Tyler College of Arts and Sciences Advisory Board and the Longview Museum of Fine Arts Advisory Board. Partee received a Bachelor of Arts in Journalism from Texas Tech University, an honors diploma from the ABA School of Bank Marketing and Management, and a certification from the American Institute of Bankers.
Reappointed 1/12/24. Appointed Chair 1/12/24, reappointed 12/5/25.