Shandy Belford is the president and CEO of Arvest Central Oklahoma. She has more than 19 years of industry experience, and she has served as commercial loan manager for Arvest since 2016.

Belford earned a bachelor’s degree in business information systems, with a minor in finance, from Southwestern Oklahoma State University. She is a member of the Oklahoma Bankers Association’s Women in Banking and is actively involved with the Edmond Chamber of Commerce, Oklahoma Christian Schools, Oklahoma City’s Festival of the Arts and the Oklahoma City Memorial Marathon, among a lengthy list of civic endeavors. Additionally, Belford is a graduate of Leadership OKC, served as the Chair of Leadership Edmond, a graduate of the Graduate School of Banking at Colorado and since graduation has served as an ambassador of the program.