Kade L. Matthews has been an Independent Director of First National Bank Shares, Inc. and First Financial Bank of Abilene since 1998. Mr. Matthews serves as a Trustee of Texas Christian University. He serves as the Chairman of the Legett Foundation. He is on the board of visitors of the MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, the board of directors of the Dodge Jones Foundation. He is a rancher and manages investments. Mr. Matthews provides excellent agriculture and wealth management experience, local knowledge of economic trends in the communities that serves as well as compensation and benefits experience and corporate governance experience garnered through his leadership position and board service with other entities. He graduated from Texas Christian University.