Governance
Great Plains Ag Credit board of Directors
L. Mike McLain, Chairman, age 57, was elected to the Board in 1985, and has been a stockholder since 1977. A rancher for over 30 years, he is a member of both the Executive Committee and the Human Resource Committee. Mr. McLain farms and ranches in Hansford, Hutchinson, Ochiltree, and Moore Counties in Texas and operates largely an irrigated operation consisting of wheat, corn, milo, stocker, feeder and fed cattle. He is a stockholder and director of USA Feedyard, LLC and a University of Texas graduate. He serves on the 10th District Stockholders Advisory Committee and his term expires in 2009.
Dennis Anthony, Vice-Chairman, age 56, was elected to the Board in 1993 and serves on the Executive Committee. A graduate of Texas Tech University, he has been farming and a stockholder since 1986. He grows dryland milo and wheat, and some irrigated cotton in Parmer and Deaf Smith counties with his operation concentrated mostly toward livestock, including cattle feeding. He is also a stockholder in PACO Feedyard, Friona, Texas. Mr. Anthony is Chairman of the Human Resource Committee for GPAC and serves on the Marketing Committee. His term will expire in 2011.
Danny Detten, member of the Audit Committee and the Credit Review Committee was elected to the Board in 1999. He lives near Panhandle and farms, pastures and feeds cattle in Carson, Potter, and Hutchinson Counties, raises irrigated and dryland wheat, feed grains, corn and cotton in partnership with his son. Danny, age 64, has been a stockholder since 1980 and is a lifetime farmer and stockman. His term expires in 2011.
Terry Sherrill, serves as Chairman of the GPAC Audit Committee and was elected by the Board of Directors in January of 2004. He is 52 years old, a certified public accountant and has owned and operated a public accounting firm in Gruver since 1999. Prior to that time, he was the chief financial officer for two large agribusinesses in the Panhandle and was also employed by the accounting firm, Arthur Young and Company. He is an accounting graduate of West Texas State University. His term will expire in 2010.
Trent Finck was elected to the Board in May of 2006 where he serves as Vice Chairman of the Human Resource Committee and alternate member on the Credit Review Committee. At age 48 he has been a farmer and rancher since his graduation in 1983 with a degree in Ag Economics from Texas Tech University. Trent has been a stockholder since 1983. His Swisher & Briscoe County operation includes a partnership with his father in which they jointly and individually operate a stocker cattle and cow-calf operation as well as irrigated and dryland wheat and milo, and irrigated cotton. His term expires in 2009.
Joe Reinart was appointed to the board in November of 2006, filling an unexpired term, and was subsequently elected for a three year term in the spring of 2007. Joe has been farming since 1973 in the Sherman/Dallam County area; focusing on irrigated corn, wheat and cotton in addition to stocker cattle. Joe is 53 years old and has been a stockholder of GPAC since 1975. He also serves as secretary of the Sunray Co-op Board. Joe is the Vice Chairman of the Audit Committee and his term with the Great Plains Board will expire in 2010.
Bryan Reinart age 51, was elected to the Board in 2007 and serves on the Human Resources Committee. Bryan is a lifelong farmer and resides in Dimmitt, Castro County, Texas. His operation consists of irrigated cotton, wheat, milo and corn; in addition to dryland cotton, wheat, milo and pasture. He also serves on the boards of the Hereford Grain Coop and Castro County Farm Bureau. Bryan became a Great Plains stockholder in 1980. His term will expire in 2010.