MidAtlantic Farm Credit, ACA Bank, the Farm Credit Foundation for Agricultural Advancement (a 501 (c)(3) organization) Board, and on the AgFirst District Farm Credit Council Board. Days of service disclosed here for Mr. Hopkins as a member of the MidAtlantic Board do not reflect activities in his capacity as a board or committee member for the AgFirst Farm Credit District. For further information related to specific duties, compensation, and days served in those positions, please see the AgFirst Farm Credit Bank 2019 Annual Report at www.agfirst.com.
Dale J. Ockels along with his two brothers, operate as a family corporation tilling 4,000 acres of corn, soybeans, and small grains. They also have a 160,000 capacity poultry operation. He serves as President of Ockels’ Farms, Inc., is a partner in Ockels Acres LLC (land holding and farming), and as Treasurer of RCDG (land holding). He also serves on the boards of the Sussex County Farm Bureau, Sussex County Soil Conservation District (Treasurer), the Farm Credit Foundation for Agricultural Advancement (a 501 (c)(3) organization) Board, and on the Delaware Governor’s Council on Agriculture. Mr. Ockel’s term of service on the MidAtlantic Board ended in May 2019.
Anthony M. Ill was appointed as one of the Board’s outside directors effective January 1, 2015. He is a Certified Public Accountant holding an active license in the state of Maryland. Mr. Ill is the founder of Rock Glenn Advisors, a consulting practice focusing on the financial, operational, and strategic aspects of business and has served as an interim CFO for a variety of companies in transition. His other recent professional experience includes the Farm Credit Foundation for Agricultural Advancement Board, a 501(c)(3) organization, and Chief Financial and Operating Officer for Ripken Baseball. Recent engagements have included the University of Delaware, DAP Products, and various startups. Mr. Ill has held various senior positions such as President, CFO, and COO with firms including Planit Advertising, Certis USA, Jewett Machine Manufacturing Company, and Baker Equipment Engineering Company.
Douglas D. Scott is owner and President of Walnut Hill Farms, Inc., a family-owned and managed cash-grain and vegetable operation consisting of 1,600 acres. Mr. Scott currently holds leadership positions in: Venture Farms, Inc. (Secretary), Choptank Electric Cooperative (Board member and Secretary/Treasurer) and Mid Atlantic Cooperative Solutions, Inc., a holding company owning Aero-Energy (Board member and Treasurer). Alan N. Siegfried was appointed as one of the Board’s outside directors and its designated financial expert effective January 1, 2015. He is a Certified Public Accountant and currently serves as an adjunct professor at the University of Maryland Smith School of Business. His recent professional experience includes serving as the Director of Internal Audit for the BankFund Staff Federal Credit Union, and as Auditor General for the Inter-American Development Bank. He has recently served on the Board and Audit Compliance Committee of Bon Secours Health System, Inc., and as the Vice Chair and a member of the UNICEF Audit Committee. In 2018, Mr. Siegfried was reappointed to serve as an outside director and the Board’s designated financial expert effective January 1, 2019.
T. Jeffery Jennings operates a farm consisting of 100 head of beef cows, poultry facilities with capacity for 13,000 breeder hens, and 500 acres producing corn, soybeans, barley, hay, pasture, and timber. He serves as a Board member of the Page Coop Farm Bureau and as Chairman of the Scholarship Committee of the Page County Farmers Association. M. Wayne Lambertson farming with his son, has a 1,650 acre cash grain operation (630 acres owned) producing soybeans, corn, and wheat. He also has a 254,000 capacity broiler operation. He is owner/president of Amen Corner LLC (poultry), president of Twin Oak Farms, Inc. (grain), a partner and vice-president of JWL Enterprises (construction), and a partner in Don’s Seafood Restaurant. Mr. Lambertson’s term of service on the MidAtlantic Board ended in May 2019.
David R. Smith is the owner and operator of a dairy and crop farm on 432 acres and consisting of 150 dairy replacement heifers. David serves as Executive Director of the Pennsylvania Dairymen’s Association, Board member of the Penn State Ag Council, and Advisory Committee member of the AllAmerican Dairy Show. He also serves as a member of the Pennsylvania Farm Bureau, the Pennsylvania Holstein Association, Holstein Association USA, and the Lebanon County Farm Bureau.
Fred R. Moore, Jr. owns and operates Fred R. Moore & Son, Inc. and Collins Wharf Sod, consisting of a 750-acre turf production and grain operation. In addition, he is a partner in a land holding and rental management firm. He also serves on the boards of the Wicomico County Farm Bureau and the Wicomico County Soil Conservation District. Within the last five years, he served as Chief and Assistant Chief for the Allen Fire Company. He also serves on the Board and Chair of the compensation committee of the AgFirst Farm Credit District Bank, and on the AgFirst District Farm Credit Council Board. Days of service disclosed here for Mr. Moore as a member of the MidAtlantic Board do not reflect activities in his capacity as a member of the AgFirst Board and committees or the AgFirst Farm Credit Council Board. For further information related to specific duties, compensation, and days served in those positions, please see the AgFirst Farm Credit Bank 2019 Annual Report at www.agfirst.com.
Joseph D. Snapp is a self-employed farmer and orchardist operating and managing West Oaks Farm, LLC. His farm operation includes 200 acres in fruit production, 600 acres in row crops, 20 acres in vegetable and sweet corn production, and cow-calf production of over 400 head. The operation also includes West Oaks Farm Market and Event Venue, a family venture. Mr. Snapp serves as Directors for the Frederick County Farm Bureau. Fred N. West owns and operates a poultry and grain (corn, soybeans, wheat) farm consisting of 2,600 acres (200 owned) and producing 550,000 broilers annually. He is a partner in F & F Farm LLC (poultry) and is also a partner of Fred West Farms LLC (grain). Charles M. Wright IV is owner and President of Cornerstone Farms Inc. t/a Wright’s Market, a family owned and managed farm market, vegetable and cash grain operation consisting of 650 acres. He is also co-owner, with his wife, of MC Farms a poultry farm producing 210,000 broilers annually. Mr. Wright
Michael S. Nelson is the president of Nelson’s Agri-Service, LLC operating in seed sales. As well, he is the owner/operator at Triple Creek Farm, consisting of row crops with a total of 600 acres rented/owned, and 40 head of Black Angus cows.
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