Chairman Emeritus – SWS Group, Inc
Don A. Buchholz is Chairman Emeritus of SWS Group, Inc., a publicly-owned holding company with subsidiaries engaged in providing securities clearing, securities brokerage, investment banking and investment advisory services. Mr. Buchholz co-founded SWS Securities (formerly Southwest Securities) as a Dallas-based securities broker/dealer and New York Stock Exchange member firm in 1972.
Professionally, Mr. Buchholz is an allied member of the New York Stock Exchange and an associate member of the American Stock Exchange. He previously served as a member of the Board of Governors of the New York Stock Exchange. He also served on the Boards of Directors of the Securities Industry Association (SIA) and the National Association of Securities Dealers. In addition, he served on the Executive Committee of the SIA’s South Central District and as President of the Texas Stock and Bond Dealers Association.
Active in community affairs, Mr. Buchholz currently serves as an Advisory Director for Security Bank, Garland, Texas and as a member of the Dallas County Community College Foundation Board. For the University of North Texas, Mr. Buchholz serves as a Director on the UNT Foundation Board as well as on the Board of Advisors for the UNT College of Business Administration.
From 1978 to 1997, he served as a member of the Board of Trustees of the Dallas County Community College District, including two terms as President of the Board. Mr. Buchholz served as president of the Board of Trustees of the Garland (Texas) Independent School District. In addition, he served two terms (1990 through 1996) on the Baylor University Hankamer School of Business Advisory Board, including as Chairman in 1995-96. Most recently, he served as a member of the Board of Directors for the Council for Higher Education Accreditation. Mr. Buchholz also recently served as Chairman of the Board for First Savings Bank in Arlington,Texas and as a Director for the Old Red Courthouse, Inc.
Mr. Buchholz formerly was a licensed C.P.A. He holds a B.B.A. Degree from the University of North Texas in Denton and has received many awards through the years, including two from the University of North Texas – the “Outstanding Alumnus Service Award” in 1999 and the “Distinguished Alumnus Award” in 2001.
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