Carolina Farm Credit Board Elects Chairman and Vice-Chairman
Statesville, NC (PRWEB) November 21, 2014 -- On October 29, the Carolina Farm Credit board of directors held an organizational meeting at which board members re-elected Mark A. Bray of Lawsonville as chairman and L. Kim Starnes of Salisbury as vice-chairman. Bray and Starnes were first elected as chairman and vice-chairman in October 2013.
Mark A. Bray is the owner/operator of Ridgecrest Farm in Lawsonville, a beef cattle, stocker/feeder calf, and chicken breeder house operation. He is also co-owner of Bray Family Farms, a dairy operation. Bray has served on the Carolina Farm Credit board since 2003 and also serves on the Carolina Farm Credit board Governance, Executive, and Compensation Committees. Bray is also a member of the NC Cattlemen’s Association, National Cattlemen’s Beef Association, Northwest Junior Livestock Show and Sale, and Peter’s Creek Baptist Church.
L. Kim Starnes is the owner/operator of Four S Farms in Salisbury, a row crop, beef cattle, and pullet house operation. He has served on the Carolina Farm Credit board since 2007 and also serves on the Carolina Farm Credit board Audit, Compensation, and Executive Committees. Starnes serves as chairman of the Rowan County Ag Advisory Board, vice-president of the Rowan County Cattlemen’s Association, as secretary/treasurer of the Miller Ferry Volunteer Fire Department, and on the NC Angus Association board. He is also a member of the NC Cattlemen’s Association, NC Farm Bureau, Gideon’s International, and is a deacon and Sunday school director at Trading Ford Baptist Church.
Carolina Farm Credit is a stockholder-owned cooperative providing financing to full and part-time farmers and agricultural-related businesses and also provides financing for the construction and purchase of homes in 54 counties through 36 branch offices. Other financial services available are credit life insurance, crop insurance, appraisal services, leasing programs and financial planning.
Carolina Farm Credit serves over 9,200 members with loans outstanding totaling more than $1.4 billion. The association’s territory covers the western half of North Carolina, with branch offices located in Albemarle, Asheboro, Asheville, Boone, Browns Summit, Burnsville, Carthage, Concord, Conover, Ellerbe, Graham, Hendersonville, Hillsborough, Jefferson, Lenoir, Lexington, Lincolnton, Marshall, Mocksville, Monroe, Murphy, Pilot Mountain, Roxboro, Rural Hall, Salisbury, Shelby, Siler City, Sparta, Spindale, Statesville, Taylorsville, Wadesboro, Waynesville, Wilkesboro, Yadkinville, and Yanceyville.
Carolina Farm Credit was recognized as a 2013 Best Employer in North Carolina. The list of the Best Employers in North Carolina was created by Business North Carolina, the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) – NC State Council and Best Companies Group.
Directors for Carolina Farm Credit are Mark A. Bray, Chairman, Lawsonville; L. Kim Starnes, Vice-Chairman, Salisbury; John M. Barnard, Statesville; E. Bernard Beck, Seagrove; W. Rex Bell, Statesville; David M. Coltrane, Pleasant Garden; Susie J. Gambill, Sparta; Joseph A. Lail, Shelby; Clark M. Newlin, Haw River; Thomas E. Porter, Jr., Concord; Tony L. Ragan, Sanford; D. Kaleb Rathbone, Waynesville; Lewis E. Smith, Lincolnton; Vickie N. Smitherman, East Bend; Dr. Alton Thompson, Summerfield.
Kerie Hildreth, Carolina Farm Credit, +1 (704) 761-2878, [email protected]
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