Governance Committee Chair
Peter R. Call
Governance Committee Chair
Peter Call, of Batavia, N.Y., was elected to the board in 2015. His current term expires in 2023.
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.
Peter Call, of Batavia, N.Y., was elected to the board in 2015. His current term expires in 2023.
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.
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Skip Hardie
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.
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.
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Philip Jamie Jones
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.
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.
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LouAnne F. King
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.
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.
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Lisa P. Sellew
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.
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.
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Mission Statement
The Governance Committee of Farm Credit East is tasked with responsibilities related to the training and education of Board members as well as primary oversight of the outside director selection process, director compensation, ethics, and conflict of interest matters. The Governance Committee shall report to and make recommendations to the full Board of Directors as appropriate.
