Audit Committee Chair
John P. Knopf
Audit Committee Chair
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.
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.
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Tim C. Chan
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.
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.
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Henry L. Huntington
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.
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.
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Douglas W. Shelmidine
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.
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.
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Peter H. Triandafillou
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.
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.
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The Board of Directors (Board) of Farm Credit East, ACA (Association) has created a committee of directors to be known as the Audit Committee (committee) with its goals and objectives, authorities, composition and duties and responsibilities as follows.
