Executive Leadership

Mark Jensen
President and Chief Executive Officer

Mark serves as the president and CEO for Farm Credit Services of America, AgCountry Farm Credit Services, and Frontier Farm Credit, which operate under a collaborative, joint management arrangement. Mark has held the CEO post for the past seven years, after serving as senior vice president and chief risk officer. Mark grew up on a farm and has more than 32 years of agricultural lending experience.

John Morrow
Executive Vice President – General Counsel

John was appointed executive vice president and general counsel in February 2025. His previous role was senior vice president and general counsel at AgriBank, which serves as the funding bank for several Farm Credit associations. Prior, he served as an associate general counsel for Farm Credit Services of America for several years before taking the position at AgriBank. John has a diverse legal background, including service as a Judge Advocate in the United States Marine Corps. He earned his Juris Doctor and Bachelor’s degrees in Economics and Philosophy from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.

Jessica Fyre
Executive Vice President – Chief Administrative Officer

Jessica was named executive vice president – chief administrative officer in 2024. She leads human resources, organizational development, business training, corporate services, along with credit review and compliance. Jessica previously served as chief operations officer and general counsel within the Farm Credit System, where she provided executive and strategic direction to the lending operations, business applications, information technology and legal teams, and served as the principal legal advisor to the board of directors.

Jon "JP" Peterson
Executive Vice President – Chief Financial Officer

Jon was named executive vice president, chief financial officer in November 2024 and previously served as senior vice president, Financial Planning and Analysis. He has over 25 years of experience in financial services working with business leaders, linking metrics to the financials to help tell the story. He received his undergraduate degree from Wayne State College in Wayne, NE and completed the Emerging CFO program at the Stanford Graduate School of Business.

Mark Vetter
Executive Vice President – AgCountry Business Development

Mark was named executive vice president of business development for AgCountry in 2025. He provides strategic leadership to the AgCountry business development teams, including retail lending, retail and commercial insurance, business services, and legislative and public affairs. His career began in 2010 as an AgCountry Farm Credit Services loan officer intern and has since advanced through various roles, including branch manager, sales leader, and most recently, regional vice president retail lending for southeastern North Dakota. Mark is passionate about agriculture and committed to the mission of Farm Credit and leading the AgCountry business development team.

Tim Koch
Executive Vice President – Business Development

Tim was named EVP – Business Development in July 2022. In this capacity, Tim provides strategic leadership to the business development teams including AgDirect, retail business development, commercial business development, insurance services and Public Relations and marketing. Previously, Tim served as a national bank examiner with the Comptroller of the Currency.

Jackie Martinie
Executive Vice President – Chief Operations Officer

Jackie was named chief credit and operating officer in 2022. She leads the appraisal team and all operations. Jackie previously served at Farm Credit Illinois, as chief credit officer she provided executive and strategic direction to credit, loan operations, diversified markets, and organizational development. She joined the Farm Credit System in 2010 after spending the early part of her career in commercial banking.

Krista McDonald
Executive Vice President – Chief Strategy Officer

Krista joined FCSAmerica in 2015 as vice president of strategy and innovation. In that role, she was responsible for strategic planning, customer experience and fostering a culture of innovation. She later launched the Sales Enablement team. She was named chief strategy officer in 2020 and today leads strategic planning, customer insights, digital strategy and innovation, strategy enablement, product management and experience design. Krista previously worked at ConAgra Foods as a brand director and served as a Washington D.C.-based agricultural policy aide for a Colorado congressional district.

Greg Salton
Executive Vice President – Chief Risk and Credit Officer

Greg was named chief risk and credit officer in 2024. He provides strategic leadership to credit and risk teams including retail credit, corporate credit, and operational risk. Greg has more than 25 years of experience providing leadership and practical solutions in enterprise and credit risk management, business process, portfolio management, and data and analytics to enable organizational competencies.