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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8. Ms. Gales also served at CoBank in the roles of Executive Vice President, Regional Agribusiness Banking Group, Central Region President, and Region Vice President, Minneapolis Banking Center, from 2007 to 2016. Ms. Gales previously served as Vice President, Commercial Banking at Wells Fargo, N.A. from 2006 to 2007, as Vice President, Commercial Lending at Commerce Bank, N.A. from 2002 to 2006, the Executive Director for Value-Added Agriculture Development Center from 1999 to 2002, and CEO and General Manager of the United Farmers Cooperative from 1997 to 1999. She began her career at St. Paul Bank for Cooperatives, where she served in various roles from 1981 to 1997, including as Vice President and Banking Center Manager. She has served on various boards during her career, including Farm Credit Leasing (a wholly-owned subsidiary of CoBank). Ms. Gales and her daughter own Hempstead Farms, a family crop farm in Southeast Minnesota that was founded in 1856. Ms. Gales earned a bachelor’s degree in business administration with an emphasis in finance from the University of Minnesota’s Carlson School of Management.

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| PROPOSAL 1: ELECTION OF DIRECTORS |

| Class B Nominees |

KEVIN G. RIEL, 59, has been a member of the Board of Directors of Farmer Mac since May 16, 2024 and serves as vice chair of the Business Development and Business Strategy Committee and as a member of the Human Capital and Compensation Committee and the Public Policy and Corporate Social Responsibility Committee. Mr. Riel has been a hop farmer for the last 39 years and has served as President of Double 'R' Hop Ranches, Inc. since January 1995. Mr. Riel also served as a manager of Double 'R' Hop Ranches, Inc. from June 1986 to December 1994. Mr. Riel has served on the board of directors of Yakima Chief Hops since 2021 (vice chair since April 2024) and serves as chair of its governance committee. Mr. Riel served on the board of directors of Northwest Farm Credit Services from 2007 to 2017 and served as its chair from 2011 to 2013, where he served on its audit committee, compensation committee, finance committee, and governance committee. Mr. Riel also served on the board