Customer-owners of Farm Credit Mid-America have re-elected the following three incumbents to its Board of Directors:
- Dwain “Doc” Cottingham – Attica, Ind.
- Brandon Robbins – Cookeville, Tenn.
- Andrew Wilson – Somerset, Ohio
Cottingham is a fifth-generation farmer with a cash grain operation that has utilized no-till and cover crops for 41 years. Robbins operates a family farm producing hay and raising cattle. Wilson is the owner of Wilson’s Family Ranch LLC, producing corn, soybeans, wheat, oats, sweet corn, table eggs, and forages.
Farm Credit Mid-America’s 17-member Board of Directors sets policy and provides strategic direction to leadership. The Board of Directors consists of 15 stockholder-elected positions and two Board-appointed outside directors. Each director serves for a period of four years. Elections were held from June 5 through June 30, 2023. The ballot was created, printed and mailed by a third-party vendor, which also gathered, tabulated and certified the election results. Voting customers cast votes online and by paper ballot.
Farm Credit Mid-America’s voted customer-owners also elected the 2024 Nominating Committee. The Nominating Committee is made up of five individuals each from Arkansas/Missouri, Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio and Tennessee who will select candidates for election to the 2024 Board of Directors and 2025 Nominating Committee. Elected members of the 2024 Nominating Committee are:
ARKANSAS/MISSOURI
- Corbin Brown
- Mark Coleman
- Timothy Covington
- Michael S. Taylor, Jr.
- Neal Williams
INDIANA
- Dan Arnholt
- A.J. Booher
- Lisa Hammock
- David Hardin
- Scott Maple
KENTUCKY
- Steven Bach
- Amanda Gajdzik
- Chris Mitchell
- Alice Maze Porter
- Aaron Tucker
OHIO
- Matt Bell
- John Hummel
- Cathy Lennartz
- Lisa Peterson
- Nancy Wuebker
TENNESSEE
- Robert Elliott
- Heather Hardy
- Mark Klepper
- Ben Sanders
- Brandon Whitt
For more information about Farm Credit Mid-America’s Board of Directors or Nominating Committee, or to learn how you can become a candidate for a board position, visit our Board of Directors page.
