Board of Directors

Each Farm Credit association is governed by a local Board of Directors representing all areas of our territory. All Directors are member-borrowers and are elected by the membership. Each member, regardless of the size of his account, has one vote in who is elected to our Board of Directors. Read our Audit Committee Charter.

Farm Credit of the Virginias Directors:

John E. Wells, Chairman, is a full-time beef farmer. He is a member of the West Virginia Cattlemen’s Association, Wirt County Farm Bureau, and is vice president of Jackson County Calf Pool Cooperative.  His term of office is 2005-2007.

Alfred W. Stephens, Jr., Vice Chairman, is a dairy farmer. He serves as secretary on the Wythe/Bland DHIA and serves on the Wythe County Farm Bureau Board. His term of office is 2005-2008.

James H. Addington is the outside director. He is president of Addington Oil Corporation. His term of office is 2006-2008.

Ronald L. Bennett operates a dairy farm. His term of office is 2006-2009.

Donna M. Brooke-Alt operates a dairy farm. Her term of office is 2006-2009.

William J. Franklin, Jr., is a beef cattle farmer. He serves as Chief Executive Officer of the Scott County Telephone Cooperative. He serves on Virginia Telecommunications Industry Association Board, the Carolina-Virginia’s Telephone Association Board, the Scott County Cellular Board, and the Tennessee Industry Telecommunications, LLC Board. His term of office is 2006-2010.

Paul M. House operates a dairy farm. He serves on the AgFirst Farm Credit Bank Board. His term of office is 2005-2007.

Melody Jones serves as an outside director. She is a certified public accountant. Her term of office is 2007-2010.

James A. Kinsey operates a forage based purebred angus operation. He serves on the CoBank, ACB Board and on the Federal Farm Credit Funding Corporation Board. His term of office is 2006-2009.

Charles B. Leech, IV is owner-operator with his family of a dairy farm. He serves on the Rockbridge Farmers Cooperative Board and on the Rockbridge Augusta Dairy Herd Improvement Association Board. His term of office is 2004-2007.

Ralph L. Puckett operates a cow/calf and feeder cattle operation in addition to raising burley tobacco and hay. He is a Field Sales Associate for Southern States, Inc. and serves on the Washington County Farm Bureau Board. His term of office is 2006-2010.

Walter L. Schmidlen, Jr. is a dairy and beef farmer and owns a farm machinery dealership. He serves on the AgFirst Farm Credit Bank Board. His term of office is 2005-2007.

Barry W. Shelor operates a dairy farm. He serves on the Patrick County Farm Bureau Board. His term of office is 2006-2008.

Raymond L. Simms is a beef cattle farmer. He serves on the Spotsylvania County Farm Bureau Board, the Virginia Cattlemen’s Association Board, the Virginia Beef Cattle Improvement Association, and the Tri-County/City Soil and Water Conservation District. He is also the president of Fredericksburg Feeder Calf Association. His term of office is 2006-2010.

Donald Reese operates Reese Farm Inc. in Scottsburg, Virginia. He is a member of the Virginia Farmers Direct Marketing Association and serves on the board of the Halifax County Farm Bureau, was well as the Halifax County High School Agricultural Committee. His term of office is 2006-2009.

Thomas V. Thacker is a poultry farmer. He is serving on the Cargill Turkey Growers Council. His term of office is 2006-2009.

Joseph W. Wampler is a general livestock and poultry farmer.  His term of office is 2006-2008.

W. W. Sanford, III, is a dairy and beef farmer in partnership with his family. He is a director of Maryland-Virginia Milk Producers and serves on the Contingency Planning Committee for Orange-Madison Cooperative. His term of office is 2006-2010.

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