Executive Committee & Board
Executive Committee
President
Bill Rutter
Commercial Banking
MidAtlantic Farm Credit
45 Aileron Ct.
Westminster, MD 2115
Kathy Reinhardt
Producer
Reinhardt Farms
1547 30th Avenue
Seaton, IL 61476
Secretary/Treasurer
Deena Brown
Commercial Banking
CGB Agr Financial Services
2209 River Road
Louisville, KY 40206
ABA Representative
Joe Kessie
Commercial Banking
Lake City Bank
202 E. Center Street
Warsaw, IN 46580
Farm Credit System Representative
Bill Rutter
Commercial Banking
MidAtlantic Farm Credit
45 Aileron Ct.
Westminster, MD 21157
Immediate Past President
Brenda Heymer
Accounting Industry
La Babia Cattle Company
236 FM 2575
Amarillo, TX 79108
Legal Counsel
Steven Turner
Baird Holm, et al
1500 Woodman Tower
Omaha, NE 80111
Chief Financial Officer
Kent Meister
Service Industry
Pioneer FBFB Association
10196 Old Sawmill Rd.
Bloomington, IL 61704
Directors
Lyle Anderson
Commercial Banking
Rabo AgriFinance
2718 Montana Ave., Ste. 100
Billings, MT 59101
Angela, Chesley
Accounting
Van Bruggen/Vande Vegte, PC
1313 Golf Course Road
Rock Valley, IA 51247
Morgan, Russell
Service Industry
Morgan Agricultural Consulting Svcs. LLC
9328 Shady Park Rd.
Portland, TN 37148
Julie Strain
Supply Industry
Red Wing Software
10456 Sutton Dale Lane
Frankfort, IL 60423
Jonathan Shepherd
Extension
University of Kentucky
1111 McDonald Ferry Road
Frankfurt, KY 40601
Pauline Van Nurden
University Extension
Center for Farm Financial Management
130 Ruttan Hall, 1994 Buford Ave.
St. Paul, MN 55108
Administrator
Carroll Merry
Countryside Marketing
N78W14573 Appleton Ave., #287
Menomonee Falls, WI 53051
T – 262–253–6902
F – 262–253–6903
C – 630–248–7542
cmerry@countryside-marketing.com
Committee Chairs
Finance Committee Co-Chairs
D. Mark Compton
Accounting
Compton Accounting
301 S. Depot Street
Altona, IL 61414–0279
Joe Kessie
Commercial Banking
Lake City Bank
202 E. Center Street
Warsaw, IN 46580
Marketing Committee Co-Chairs
Arianne Chavez (Overall Chair)
Producer
AgriVision Farm Management
PO Box 659
Hartley, TX 79044
Social Media Director
Julie Fox
Accounting
Catherine Ozment, CPA
3401 John Stockbauer Dr.
Victoria, TX 77901
Susan Hobeck
Producer
Stoy Farms
6517 S. 400 W
Ashley, IN 46705
Membership Committee Co-Chairs
Groppel, Thomas
Producers
Cedar Ridge Farms
PO Box 68
Jerseyville, IL 62052
Richardson, Grace
Accounting
Batavia, NY 14020
Technical Committee Co-Chairs
Jeff Bushey
Accounting Industry
Nieztke & Faupel, PC
7274 Hartley Street
Pidgeon, MI 48755
Todd Doehring
Service Industry
Centrec Consulting
3 College Park Court
Savoy, IL 61874-9660
Immediate Past President
Keith Raynor
Accounting Industry
TRP CPAs, PLLC
110 Commerce Drive
Dunn, NC 28334
Legal Counsel
Steven Turner
Baird Holm, et al
1500 Woodman Tower
Omaha, NE 80111