Manny Ruiz

Mr. Manny Ruiz is market president for Prosperity Bank. From 2023 to 2025, he served as San Antonio market president for American Bank, N.A. From 2004 to 2022, he was the president and senior lending officer for TexStar National Bank, where he served in various roles that included being a director for the bank. Mr. Ruiz has been in banking for 38 years, and prior to that he was employed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation as a credit and loan marketing specialist and for Dun & Bradstreet as an advanced business analyst.

Mr. Ruiz serves as a deacon for First Baptist Church of San Antonio, where he and his wife are Sunday school directors. He also serves the church as chairman of the trustees. His community service includes being a member of the board of Urban Champions Academy and the hospital board for the Baptists Health System. In addition, he serves as steering committee chair for the Baylor Alumni Business Professionals - San Antonio and on the board of advocates for Truett Seminary’s extension campus in San Antonio. He also is a director for the Phil Hardberger Park Conservancy, a trustee for Boysville, Inc., and the Baptist Health Foundation, as well as an advisory board member and former chairman for the San Antonio Independent School District (SAISD) Foundation and the PAC treasurer for former mayor and current county judge candidate Ron Nirenberg. Mr. Ruiz also is a graduate of the Masters Leadership Program of Greater San Antonio.

Mr. Ruiz graduated from Baylor University with a BBA in 1981 and is a graduate of the American Institute of Banking. He and his wife, Debbie, reside in San Antonio, Texas, and have two children: Mary (BS ’16) and Matt (BA ’19).