Board of Directors

Congratulations to this year's Board and Nominating Committee winners:

Board

District 2:  Calvin Haile
District 4-1:  Ben Cole
District 4-2:  Frankie Large
District 6:  Henry Goodrich

Nominating Committee

John Craig Brann and Karl Shlagel, alternate: Steven H. Walter (District 1)
George David Black and Corey Garrett, alternate: Benjamin Scott Mundie (District 2)
Joel B. Gilman and Richard M. Watkins, Jr., alternate: Jeremy Dean Moyer (District 3)
Betsy R. Jenkins and Bruce Jones, alternate: Daniel Edward Glenn, III (District 4)
Robert H. Spiers, Jr. and Jeannette S. Everett, alternate: William E. Chappell, Jr. (District 5)
Ronald W. Nicholson and Christopher Shawn Parker, alternate: Jared L. Webb (District 6)

The Board of Directors of Colonial Farm Credit is composed of farmer-customers elected from the Association's service territory plus three outside directors and one board appointed customer.

Johnny Bickford

John E. Bickford

Johnny Bickford is a timber producer and consulting forester from Buckingham County, Virginia. Mr. Bickford is an appointed stockholder director. He serves on the Executive, Compensation, Credit Review, and Governance Committees.

Bertsch Cox 2022

R. Bertsch Cox

Bertsch Cox is an appointed director from Chesterfield County, Virginia. He serves on the Audit, Compensation, and Governance Committees. Mr. Cox is also a member of the AgFirst Plan Sponsor Committee.

Ben Cole

Benjamin D. Cole

Ben Cole is a forester, timber consultant, and a corn and soybean farmer from Appomattox County, Virginia.  He serves on the Governance and Legislative Committees.

Jennifer Cuthbertson

Jennifer U. Cuthbertson

Jennifer Cuthbertson is a peanut and grain farmer in Southampton County, Virginia. She is an appointed director and Vice Chair of the Board. She serves on the Audit, Executive, Credit Review, Governance, and Compensation Committees.

Clarke Fox 2022

Clarke E. Fox

Clarke Fox is a peanut, cotton, grain, watermelon and timber farmer from Southampton County, Virginia. Mr. Fox is a Representative on the AgFirst District Advisory and Nominating Committees. He serves on the Audit and Compensation Committees.

Craig Giese

Craig H. Giese

Craig Giese is a Certified Public Accountant and a corn, soybeans, rye, and timber farmer from Lancaster County, Virginia.  He serves on the Audit and Legislative Committees.

Henry Goodrich

Henry Goodrich

Henry Goodrich is a corn, soybean, peanut, wheat, and timber farmer from Surry County, Virginia. He is the manager of Goodrich Farms, LLC and managing member of Ben-Gar Farms, LLC.

Jeff Griffith

Jeffrey W. Griffith

Jeff Griffith is a grain and vegetable farmer from Anne Arundel County, Maryland. He serves on the Governance and Legislative Committees.

Calvin Haile

Calvin Haile

Calvin Haile is a corn, soybean, wheat, and timber farmer. He is a 4th generation farmer and the owner and operator of Haile Farm, LLC in Essex County, Virginia.

Bill Henley

William T. Henley, IV

Bill Henley is a corn, wheat, soybeans, and barley farmer from King and Queen County, Virginia. He serves on the Compensation and Legislative Committees and as a Director on the Colonial Agricultural Educational Foundation board. Mr. Henley is also an alternate representative on the AgFirst Legislative Advisory Committee.

Hugh Jones 2022

Hugh S. Jones

Hugh Jones is a dairy farmer from Nottoway County, Virginia. He serves on the Audit and Governance Committees. Mr. Jones also serves as an Alternate Representative on the AgFirst District Advisory Committee.

Donna Kerr

Donna H. Kerr

Donna Kerr is a dairy farmer from Amelia County, Virginia. Their dairy farm also raises corn, small grain, hay, and forage sorghum. She serves on the Audit and Legislative Committees.

Frankie Large

Frankie R. Large

Frankie Large is a hog and cattle farmer from Buckingham County, Virginia. He serves on the Audit, Compensation, Credit Review, Legislative, Executive, and Governance Committees. He also serves on the AgFirst Legislative Advisory Committee and as an alternate member of the AgFirst Nominating Committee.

Paul Rogers

Paul W. Rogers, III

Paul Rogers is a cotton, corn, peanuts, soybeans, and timber farmer in the counties of Surry, Southampton, and Sussex, Virginia. He serves on the Audit and Legislative Committees.

Robert Womack

Robert R. Womack

Robert Womack is a cattle and poultry farmer in Cumberland County, Virginia. He serves on the Governance and Legislative Committees.