Leadership Team
Derrick Waggoner
Chief Lending Officer Diversified Markets
Derrick serves as Chief Lending Officer for Diversified Markets at Farm Credit Mid-America. A member of the Executive Committee, he leads Farm Credit Mid-America’s Food and Agribusiness, Crop Insurance and Farm Credit System Partnership teams.
Derrick is a seasoned leader who began his career in the Farm Credit System in 1999. Prior to joining Farm Credit Mid-America, he held leadership positions in the Regional Agribusiness Banking Group at CoBank, one of the largest providers of credit to the U.S. rural economy.
Derrick holds a bachelor’s in Accounting from Murray State University. He also graduated from the LSU Graduate School of Banking and held board positions with the Kentucky Center for Agriculture and Rural Development, Kentucky Council of Cooperatives, Mid-America Council of Cooperatives and Tennessee Council of Cooperatives. He currently serves as a board member of ProPartners Financial and resides in Louisville, Kentucky with his wife, Kathy.
