Our Team

Our Team

Amy Rhodes, CFIRS

Amy Rhodes, CFIRS

Chief Compliance Officer
San Antonio

Amy serves as chief compliance office with Argent's Fiduciary Consulting Services division. In this role, she is responsible for all aspects of compliance for Argent Trust Company. Amy has nearly 30 years of banking and trust industry experience. Prior to joining...

Andrew Blackburn, CPL

Andrew Blackburn, CPL

Mineral Manager
Ruston

Drew manages mineral assets to create opportunities to generate wealth and maximize value for clients. His services include negotiating the leasing, acquisition and divestiture of mineral rights, determining ownership of surface and minerals through the research of...

Andrew O’Sullivan, CFA®

Andrew O’Sullivan, CFA®

Portfolio Manager - Quantitative Analyst
Lake Mary

Andrew started as a college intern with ICC Capital Management in the summer of 2007; eventually being hired upon graduating as an operations analyst in 2010. While working in operations, he started his pursuit of the CFA® designation; while performing additional...

Ann Marie Mills

Ann Marie Mills

Senior Vice President, Employee Benefits
Ruston

Ann Marie has worked for Argent and its predecessor since 1985. In her role with Argent, she designs and manages all of our Employee Benefit service offerings. For her clients, she provides turnkey and unbundled services including investment management, plan...

Anna Rachal, MEB

Anna Rachal, MEB

Mineral Manager
Shreveport

Anna Rachal has joined the company as a mineral manager in our Shreveport market. Rachal will focus on mineral wealth, contract negotiation, oil and gas accounting and asset evaluation. Rachal brings more than 13 years of experience in the energy and land management...

Annaliese Russell, MBA

Annaliese Russell, MBA

Internal Auditor
Ruston

Annaliese serves as an internal auditor in the Ruston office. Russell with be focusing on providing objective evaluations of financial and operational functions. Prior to joining Argent, Russell served as a risk management intern for Federal Deposit Insurance...

Austin B. McCarty, CFP®, CTFA

Austin B. McCarty, CFP®, CTFA

Assistant Vice President, Wealth Advisor
Oxford

Austin started as a Trust Assistant, administering accounts and helping manage client and family office relationships. In 2021 he was promoted to Assistant Vice President, Wealth Advisor and received his Certified Financial Planner™. He recently graduated from Cannon...

Austin Mills, CFA®

Austin Mills, CFA®

Investment Analyst
Monroe

Austin is part of Argent Advisors' investment committee, which manages the Prime allocation models. Austin also works with Dean Mailhes, Mike Jones and Barry Guinn managing the CORE equity portfolio, and with Vaughn Antley and Mike Jones on the Dividend Focus models....

Barry Guinn

Barry Guinn

Senior Vice President, Investment Advisor
Ruston

Barry has over 20 years of financial services experience as a banker, broker and investment advisor. His lending background, investment experience and financial licenses allow him to provide a full array of financial planning services. Barry’s ideal client is looking...

Bart McMurry

Bart McMurry

Director of Equity Investments
Memphis

Prior to joining HCM, Bart served as CIO at ICC Capital Management. Bart works in the research and development of the Highland’s quantitative strategies. His application of the multifactor modeling process to portfolio management was a logical extension of his...

Beau Bussey

Beau Bussey

Investment Analyst
Oklahoma City

Beau joined Argent in 2021 and works as an investment analyst responsible for preparing reports for internal meetings, conducting client accounts reviews, and assisting portfolio managers when necessary. Additionally, Beau acts as secretary of our investment committee...

Beck Hanes

Beck Hanes

Executive VP, Governmental Services
Ruston

With a remarkable tenure of 10 years at Argent, Beck currently serves in the Ruston office as Executive Vice President of Governmental Services. He is also a Municipal Advisor Principal and Representative, as well as an Investment Advisor Representative. This diverse...

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