Matt W. Beaton is president and owner of Sure-Cran Services, Inc., a custom management company managing over 550 acres of cranberry bogs in southeastern Massachusetts. Matt is also president/co-owner of Beaton's, Inc., which owns and manages 170 acres of cranberry bogs.

Matt was first elected to the board in 2006 and his current term expires in 2020. Matt is a director of the Cape Cod Cranberry Growers Association and the CoBank Nominating Committee.

Laurie K. Griffen and her husband Steve are co-owner-operators of Saratoga Sod Farm, Inc., a 600-acre turfgrass farm in Stillwater, N.Y. In addition, Saratoga Sod provides installation services as well as sales of seed and fertilizer to assist its customer across the Northeast. Saratoga Sod also grows roughly 500 acres of soybeans, corn and barley as part of the crop rotation.

Laurie was elected to the board in 2011 with her current term expiring in 2019. Laurie also serves on the Town of Saratoga Planning Board, Schuyler Park Committee (Co-chair) and the NY Farm Bureau Labor Committee.

Michael N. Brooks, of Elmer, N.J., was first elected to the Farm Credit East Board in 2014, with his current term expiring in 2022.

In partnership with his parents, William and Diane Brooks, he owns Dusty Lane Farms, LLC . Dusty Lane Farms is a diverse, 1,500-acre irrigated operation producing white potatoes, tomatoes, spinach, sweet corn, corn and soybeans. Mike is a member of United States Potato Board, serves on the executive committee of the Salem Country Board of Agriculture and is the vice president of the New Jersey White Potato Association.

Peter Call, of Batavia, N.Y., was elected to the board in 2015, with his current term expiring in 2019.

Peter is president of My-T Acres, Inc., an 8,500-acre vegetable and grain operation. More than 5,000 of those acres are dedicated to the production of snap beans, potatoes, red beets, carrots, peas, sweet corn, spinach and cabbage. Peter is on the Seneca Foods Board of Directors, the Farm Fresh First Board and the Genesee Community College Board of Trustees.

Tim Chan, of Claremont, NH, was appointed as an outside director in 2015 to a term expiring in 2019.

Tim was the Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Ocean Spray Cranberries, Inc., North America’s leading producer of canned and bottled juices and juice drinks. Prior to Ocean Spray, he served as Vice President of Finance for Campbell Soup Company and Vice President and Corporate Controller of The Pillsbury Company and ALPO Pet Foods.

Daniel J. Corey owns and operates Daniel Corey Farms and Nu-Seed Corporation, producing 1,000 acres of early generation seed potatoes, 1,400 acres of oats, 500 acres of wheat or barley, 300 acres of hay and 100,000 Christmas trees in Monticello, Maine. Dan also owns and operates Seed Pro, Inc., Corey Equipment and Corey Timberlands Ltd. He is a member of the New Brunswick Institute of Agrologists and is a member of the Executive Seed Council of the Maine Potato Board.

Dan was first elected to the Farm Credit of Maine Board in 1999, having served on the Farm Credit of Maine Board of Directors prior to its merger with Farm Credit East. His current term expires in 2019.

Skip Hardie, of Lansing, N.Y., was elected director in 2016 to a term expiring in 2020.

Skip is a partner of Walnut Ridge Dairy, LLC, along with Steve Palladino, John Fleming and Keith Chapin. The farm milks 1,400 cows and operates 2,000 acres. Skip serves on the American Dairy Association/Dairy Council’s executive committee and Board of Directors. He is also chairman of the NYS Milk Promotion Advisory Board, secretary of Dairy Management Inc. and director and nominating committee chairman for the US Dairy Export Council.

Henry L. Huntington, of Loudon, N.H., is CEO of Pleasant View Gardens, Inc., co-owned with his brother Jeffrey, which is a 14-acre wholesale greenhouse operation specializing in young plant propagation and finished annuals and perennials. They are also partners in Proven Winners, LLC; Plant 21, LLC; and Ticoplant of Costa Rica.

Henry was elected to the board in 2011 with his current term in expiring in 2019. Henry is also a director of Phenix Mutual Insurance Company; co-chair of the New Hampshire Ornamental Horticulture Endowment; member of the Leadership Advisory Board for the Thompson School and on the Development Board of the College of Life Sciences and Agriculture, UNH; and a 14-year member of the Town of Loudon Planning Board.

Philip "Jamie" Jones, of Shelton, Conn., was elected director in 2018 to a term expiring in 2022.

Jamie is co-owner and managing member of Jones Family Farms, LLC, a 400-acre retail farm growing strawberries, blueberries, pumpkins and Christmas trees. He is also owner of Jones Family Farms Winery, LLC, a 5,000 case vineyard and winery.

LouAnne King, of Madrid, N.Y., was elected to the board in 2017, with her current term expiring in 2021.

LouAnne is an owner of Mapleview Dairy LLC, along with her brother, David Fisher, John Kingston, and her two nephews, Jordan and Jacob Fisher. The family-owned 2,800 cow dairy has 2,500 replacement heifers and approximately 4,600 cropped acres. LouAnne serves as office manager and CFO, while providing human resource functions, management support and mentoring the next generation of managers. LouAnne is a member of the NYS Dairy Promotion Advisory Board; Cornell University Department of Animal Science Advisory Board; Pro-Dairy Advisory Board; the Northeast Agricultural Foundation Board; the St. Lawrence County Cornell Cooperative Extension Farm Profit Team; and  chairs the St. Lawrence Country Dairy Princess Committee.

John P. Knopf is the principal owner of Fa-Ba Farms, LLC in Canandaigua, N.Y. Fa-Ba Farms is a dairy business consisting of 500 milking cows, 440 replacements and 850 acres of land devoted to forage production.

John was first elected to the board in 2013, with his current term expiring in 2021. John is also a member of the Town of Canandaigua Board of Assessment Review and has prior service with the Soil and Water Conservation District Northern Watershed Committee and Ontario County Farm Bureau.

Lisa P. Sellew and her family own Prides Corner Farms, in Lebanon, Conn., a wholesale nursery growing more than 2,200 varieties of nursery stock, perennials, roses, trees, herbs and vegetables that has been in business for more than 30 years. Prides Corner supplies plants throughout the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic. Prides Corner also grows and supplies prevegetated green roof product called LiveRoof®.

Lisa was first elected to the board in 2013, with her current term expiring in 2021.

Douglas W. Shelmidine, of Adams, N.Y., owns Sheland Farms, a multi-generational family business that Doug runs in partnership with his father, Donald, brother, Todd, and sons, Erik and Devon. The family farms 1,750 acres and milks 900 cows. As the farm’s general manager and chief financial officer, Doug is responsible for the financial and overall management of the business.

Doug was elected to the board in 2012 with his current term expiring in 2020. Doug has served his five two-year terms on the USDA-NRCS Agricultural Air Quality Task Force and also chairs the Jefferson County Agriculture and Farmland Protection Board.

Diane D. Souza, of Little Compton, R.I., was appointed as an outside director in 2015 to a term expiring in 2019.

Diane has an extensive background in healthcare and finance having served as the CEO of the UnitedHealthcare Specialty Benefits, as well as leading cross-segment activities spanning the UnitedHealthcare organization. Prior to UnitedHealthcare, she was CFO of Aetna’s Guaranteed Products business, COO of OptumHealth Specialty Benefits and has held leadership positions at Deloitte and PricewaterhouseCoopers. She is also a certified public accountant.

Peter H. Triandafillou was appointed to the Farm Credit East Board, as its forestry expert, in 2016. His current term expires in 2022.

Peter is vice president of woodlands for Huber Resources Corp, a timber management firm managing 600,000 acres in seven states. Peter is also past president and current member of The Maine Forest Products Council, past chair and current member of the Society of American Foresters (Maine division), past president and current member of the North Maine Woods Corporation and past chair of the Advisory Committee of the Cooperative Forestry Research Unit.

Terry R. Zittel, of Eden, N.Y., was elected as a director in 2018, to a term expiring in 2022.

Terry is corporate secretary and business manager of Amos Zittel & Sons, Inc., a wholesale vegetable, flower and retail market business growing 300 acres of fresh market vegetables, including sweet corn, peppers, lettuce, cabbage, broccoli, brussel sprouts and squash, and a certified organic crop of mini cukes and hot peppers. They also have three acres of greenhouse growing two million rooted liners of 950 vegetative annual varieties for Ball Seed®, and wholesale finished spring pots.