Commissioner Hector Retta

Hector Retta of El Paso, Texas serves as the tenth commissioner of the department. Mr. Retta previously served as President, Chief Executive Officer, and Vice Chairman of Capital Bank, SSB in El Paso, Texas from July 2010 until June 2017. Mr. Retta was Executive Vice President and Regional President of Wells Fargo in Orange County, California from 2009 until 2010, and Senior Vice President and Regional President of Wells Fargo Border Banking from 2005 until 2009. Prior to his association with Wells Fargo, Mr. Retta was a Managing Director, Private Client Services with JPMorgan. He is a board member of the Paso del Norte Community Foundation, the El Paso Museum of Art, and former board member of Humanities Texas. He is a native of Dallas, Texas and earned a BBA and an MS in Economics from Baylor University.