EX-24.1 7 eqbk-ex241_1088.htm EX-24.1 eqbk-ex241_1088.htm

Exhibit 24.1

POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below does hereby constitute and appoint Brad S. Elliott, Gregory H. Kossover and Eric R. Newell, jointly and each of them severally, his or her true and lawful attorney‐in‐fact and agent, with full power of substitution and re‐substitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place, and stead, in any and all capacities, to execute and sign the Annual Report on Form 10‐K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021 to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) pursuant to the provisions of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, by Equity Bancshares, Inc. and, further, to execute and sign any and all amendments thereto and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the SEC, granting unto said attorneys‐in‐fact and agents, and each of them, or their or his or her substitute or substitutes, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite or necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all the acts that said attorneys-in‐fact and agents, or any of them, or their or his or her substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned persons have caused this Power of Attorney to be executed as of dates set forth below:

 

Signature

 

Title

 

Date

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ Brad S. Elliott

 

Chairman and

 

March 9, 2022

  Brad S. Elliott

 

Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ Eric R. Newell

 

Executive Vice President and Chief Financial

 

March 9, 2022

  Eric R. Newell

 

Officer (Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ Gregory H. Kossover

 

Director, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer

 

March 7, 2022

  Gregory H. Kossover

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ Gary C. Allerheiligen

 

Director

 

March 4, 2022

  Gary C. Allerheiligen

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ James L. Berglund

 

Director

 

March 6, 2022

  James L. Berglund

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ Leon H. Borck

 

Director

 

March 4, 2022

  Leon H. Borck

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ Kevin E. Cook

 

Director

 

March 7, 2022

  Kevin E. Cook

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ Junetta M. Everett

 

Director

 

March 4, 2022

  Junetta M. Everett

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

Signature

 

Title

 

Date

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ Gregory L. Gaeddert

 

Director

 

March 8, 2022

  Gregory L. Gaeddert

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ Benjamen M. Hutton

 

Director

 

March 4, 2022

  Benjamen M. Hutton

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ R. Renee Koger

 

Director

 

March 4, 2022

  R. Renee Koger

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ Jerry P. Maland

 

Director

 

March 4, 2022

  Jerry P. Maland

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Shawn D. Penner

 

Director

 

March 7, 2022

  Shawn D. Penner