EX-24.1 5 stel-2022powerofattorneyex.htm EX-24.1

Exhibit 24.1

POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Robert R. Franklin, Jr., Paul P. Egge and Justin M. Long, and each of them, his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, and with power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, and in any and all capacities, to sign the Annual Report on Form 10-K of Stellar Bancorp, Inc. for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2022, to sign any and all amendments thereto, and to file such Annual Report and amendments, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, 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 he/she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or either of them, or their or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

Signature			Title			Date
/s/ Robert R. Franklin, Jr.			Director & Chief Executive Officer			February 22, 2023
Robert R. Franklin, Jr.			(Principal Executive Officer)
/s/ Paul P. Egge			Chief Financial Officer			February 22, 2023
Paul P. Egge			(Principal Financial and
			Principal Accounting Officer)
/s/ John Beckworth			Director			February 22, 2023
John Beckworth
/s/ Jon Al-Duplantier			Director			February 22, 2023
Jon Al-Duplantier
/s/ Michael A. Havard			Director			February 22, 2023
Michael A. Havard
/s/ Frances H. Jeter			Director			February 22, 2023
Frances H. Jeter
/s/ George Martinez			Director			February 22, 2023
George Martinez
/s/ William S. Nichols, III			Director			February 22, 2023
William S. Nichols, III
/s/ Joe E. Penland, Sr.			Director			February 22, 2023
Joe E. Penland, Sr.
/s/ Reagan A. Reaud			Director			February 22, 2023
Reagan A. Reaud
/s/ Steven F. Retzloff			Director			February 22, 2023
Steven F. Retzloff
/s/ Fred S. Robertson			Director			February 22, 2023
Fred S. Robertson
/s/ Joseph B. Swinbank			Director			February 22, 2023
Joseph B. Swinbank
/s/ John E. Williams			Director			February 22, 2023
John E. Williams
/s/ William E. Wilson Jr.			Director			February 22, 2023
William E. Wilson Jr.