Barclay Harless

A fifth-generation Floridian, Barclay Harless has been involved in the public, private and not-for-profit sectors. He is currently the St. Petersburg Market Leader for Bank OZK (NASDAQ: OZK), managing the lending and deposit growth strategy for the Bank.

After graduating from the University of South Florida (USF) in 2010 with a bachelor’s in history, he went to work in the Midtown area of St. Petersburg for State Representative Darryl Rouson during the height of the economic recession. He currently serves on the board of CareerSource Pinellas, R'Club Childcare, Inc., the St. Pete Warehouse Arts District, the Louise Graham Center for Regeneration, and Equality Florida's advisory board for Equality Means Business. Barclay has been the state policy chair in the St. Petersburg Area Chamber of Commerce and has served on grant boards for the Suncoast United Way. He was appointed to the Pinellas Charter Review Commission in 2015 and sponsored a county amendment that stipulated citizen-drawn redistricting for the county commission. He was a candidate for the St. Petersburg City Council in 2017. Barclay is a resident of St. Petersburg.