Colonial Farm Credit is part of the nationwide Farm Credit System, a financial cooperative owned by its member-borrowers since 1916. We serve people living and working in rural areas in eastern Virginia and southern Maryland.
The team at Farm Credit are financial professionals with the experience and knowledge to provide the help you need when you need it. And we know agriculture and country living. We’re locally operated by people you know and trust with offices conveniently located near you.
2026 Election Results
Congratulations to Craig H. Giese (District 1), Jeremy Dean Moyer (District 3), and Paul W. Rogers, III (District 6) on being elected to the Colonial Farm Credit board of directors for four-year terms.
The following members were elected to next year’s Nominating Committee:
• Michael Bryant and Kirk S. Vanlandingham (District 1)
• Paul H. Davis and Shannon Tignor Ellis (District 2)
• Logan M. Vaughan and Joel M. Stanley (District 3)
• J. Miller Adams and John R. Gee (District 4)
• Robert Spiers and James L. Pridgen (District 5)
• Lucas C. Braswell and Phillip Reese Parker (District 6)
Paul Franklin
Chief Executive Officer
Don Costello
Director of Information Technology
Diane Fowlkes
Chief Financial Officer
Ronnie Gill
Chief Operating Officer
Wendy Hale
Chief Human Resources Officer & Director of Loan Operations
Michael Lacks
Chief Lending Officer - Commercial Loans
Dillon Way
Chief Strategy Officer
Congratulations to this year's Board and Nominating Committee winners.
Board
District 1: Craig H. Giese
District 2: Jeremy Dean Moyer
District 3: Paul W. Rogers, III
Nominating Committee
District 1: Michael Bryant and Kirk S. Vanlandingham (Alternate Russell L. Shlagel)
District 2: Paul H. Davis and Shannon Tignor Ellis (Alternate David Black)
District 3: Logan M. Vaughan and Joel M. Stanley (Alternate Roy A. Watson, Jr.)
District 4: J. Miller Adams and John R. Gee (Alternate Monte S. Mason)
District 5: Robert Spiers and James L. Pridgen (Alternate John L. Manning)
District 6: Lucas C. Braswell and Phillip Reese Parker (Alternate Thomas Steele Byrum)
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.
