Executive Leadership Team

Marc began his Farm Credit career in the spring of 1981 as a Loan Officer with a Production Credit Association in Michigan. He has served in various management and leadership roles at a Farm Credit System association level including Branch Manager, Vice President of Producer Lending, Vice President of Marketing, and Senior Vice President. Marc has served as an association President & CEO since 1998.

Randy Aberle leads the 25-member Agribusiness and Capital Markets (ACM) and Retail Finance and Leasing (RFL) teams providing financing solutions to local, regional and national agribusinesses. These departments currently manage commitments exceeding $2.4 billion. He is also current chairman of ProPartners Financial, a $1 billion Farm Credit joint venture providing point of purchase crop input supply financing for ag producers through a dealer network across the U.S.

Troy Andreasen serves as Chief Marketing Officer for AgCountry Farm Credit Services. As CMO, Troy leads the Producer Marketing division in delivering solutions to achieve success amongst member-owners through direct lending and financial services. Troy has previously served as Regional President and as a Senior Vice President. He joined AgCountry in 1999 as a credit technician/customer service representative. 

Jessica Fyre serves as the Chief Operations Officer and General Counsel for AgCountry. In the COO role, she oversees efforts to refine and improve our business processes and practices to best serve our customers while also developing and implementing business strategies related to technology. Jessica provides advice and counsel on legal, regulatory and legislative matters and is the principal legal advisor to the Board of Directors, Chief Executive Officer and Executive Leadership Team. She joined AgCountry as Assistant General Counsel in 2012 and has been a member of the ELT since being named General Counsel in 2013.

As the Chief Strategy Officer for AgCountry, Gordon serves on the Executive Leadership Team and leads the organization's strategy function, which includes innovation, data strategy, analytics, and strategic program management. Previous executive roles within the Farm Credit System include President and Chief Executive Officer for Farm Credit Services of North Dakota and Chief Risk Officer for Farm Credit Mid-America. Gordon also previously served as the Credit Risk Manager for the Farm Credit Administration (FCA) where he provided overall credit leadership and served as the primary credit liaison between the FCA and the Farm Credit System.

As Senior Vice President of Government and Public Affairs for AgCountry, Howard is responsible for overseeing our state and national legislative activities surrounding all agricultural issues.

Jeff leads the development, communication and implementation of AgCountry’s Enterprise Risk Management framework. He also serves as the lead for all FCA compliance directives for risk management stress testing. In conjunction with the Board Audit Committee, he provides leadership and direction to the audit team.

Jeni Strand, EVP Human Resources, has 25 years of human resources management experience, which helps her to lead the strategic, operational and cultural direction of all things “people” at AgCountry.

Becky Thibert serves as AgCountry's Chief Financial Officer where she oversees the Finance Department. She began working with AgCountry as a consultant before being hired to lead the Strategic Technology Department. She served as Acting CFO until being named Chief Financial Officer in September 2020. Prior to her role as CFO, she has been a member of the Executive Leadership Team since 2015 while serving as the Chief Technology Officer.

Chief Credit Officer Kim Zeltinger manages loan approvals, policy and procedure, portfolio management and serves on the Executive Leadership Team and Asset/Liability Committee. Kim joined AgCountry in 1984 as a Loan Officer, and also worked as a Senior Agribusiness Lender and Credit Vice President before accepting his current position of Chief Credit Officer.