Company: AGM-PH
Filing Date: 2025-04-16
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0000845877-25-000143
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Company: FEDERAL AGRICULTURAL MORTGAGE CORP
Filing Date: 2025-04-16
Form: DEF 14A
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 of Directors of Farmer Mac since May 16, 2024 and serves as vice chair of the Credit Committee and as a member of the Audit Committee and the Enterprise Risk Committee. Mr. Plagge has been a director of both Northwest Financial Corporation and Northwest Bank since September 2009 and currently serves as a member of the audit committee and executive loan committee of Northwest Financial Corporation. From 2009 to 2020, Mr. Plagge also served as the President and CEO of Northwest Financial Corporation. Since January 2024, he has served as a Managing Director and consultant for Barnes & Co. Since 2007, Mr. Plagge has served on the board of directors of American Bankers Mutual Insurance Co. and served as its chair until 2019. He has also served as a member of the board of directors of the Federal Home Loan Bank of Des Moines since January 2024 and serves as a member of its risk committee and member committee. In September 2019, Mr. Plagge was appointed Iowa Superintendent of Banking for the Iowa Division of Banking by the state governor and served until December 2023. Mr. Plagge earned a Bachelor of Science in Agriculture Business from Iowa State University and completed the Graduate School of Banking program at the University of Colorado-Boulder.

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| PROPOSAL 1: ELECTION OF DIRECTORS |

| Class A Nominees |

TODD P. WARE, 59, has been a member of the Board of Directors of Farmer Mac since May 9, 2019 and serves as chair of the Human Capital and Compensation Committee, vice chair of the Cybersecurity Subcommittee of the Enterprise Risk Committee, and as a member of the Enterprise Risk Committee and the Corporate Governance Committee. Mr. Ware has served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Licking Rural Electrification – The Energy Cooperative in Newark, Ohio, since January 2012. He previously served as its Vice President and Chief Financial Officer from 2001 until 2012 and Vice President – Finance from 1998 to 2000. From June 2015 to June 2021, Mr. Ware served on the board of directors of National Rural Utilities Cooperative Finance Corporation, during which time he served on that board's audit, compensation, corporate relations, and loan committees. Mr. Ware has served as a member of the board of directors of Buckeye Power Cooperative since 2012. He currently serves as its Treasurer and as a member of its executive committee,