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Farmland Mutual Insurance Company Board of Directors and Officers

Board

Lewis J. Alphin, Mount Olive, NC
W. Kim Austen, Ankeny, IA
A. I. Bell, Zanesville, OH
Gary A. Douglas, Urbandale, IA
Fred C. Finney, Wooster, OH
Michael A. Lex, Dublin, OH
Ralph M. Paige, Pine Mountain, GA
Stephen S. Rasmussen, Columbus, OH
Jeffrey W. Zellers, Hartville, OH

Officers

Jeffrey W. Zellers, Chairman of the Board
Gary A. Douglas*, President and Chief Operating Officer
Patricia R. Hatler, Executive Vice President - Chief Legal and Governance Officer
Mark R. Thresher, Executive Vice President - Chief Financial Officer
Pamela A. Biesecker, Senior Vice President - Head of Taxation
Harry H. Hallowell, Senior Vice President – Chief Investment Officer
Wendell P. Crosser*, Vice President and Treasurer
Rae Ann Dankovic*, Vice President – Associate General Counsel and Assistant Secretary
Carol L. Dove, Vice President – Assistant Treasurer
Robert W. Horner, III, Vice President and Secretary
Eric W. Johnson*, Vice President – Agribusiness Sales and Marketing
Thomas W. Jurgens*, Vice President – Agribusiness Underwriting
John P. Lebens, Vice President – Corporate Reinsurance and Risk Management
Steven G. Simmons*, Vice President – Agribusiness Claims and Risk Management Services
Andrew Walker, Vice President – Finance and Supply Management Services
Bill R. Breckenridge*, Associate Vice President - Bonds
David A. Conner, Associate Vice President and Assistant Treasurer
Timothy J. Dwyer, Associate Vice President and Assistant Treasurer
J. Morgan Elliott, Associate Vice President and Assistant Treasurer
Daniel J. Murphy, Associate Vice President and Assistant Treasurer
Mark E. Hartman, Assistant Secretary

Nationwide Agribusiness Insurance Company Board of Directors and Officers

Board

Lewis J. Alphin, Mount Olive, NC
W. Kim Austen, Ankeny, IA
A. I. Bell, Zanesville, OH
Gary A. Douglas, Urbandale, IA
Fred C. Finney, Wooster, OH
Michael A. Lex, Dublin, OH
Ralph M. Paige, Pine Mountain, GA
Stephen S. Rasmussen, Columbus, OH
Jeffrey W. Zellers, Hartville, OH

Officers

Jeffrey W. Zellers, Chairman of the Board
Gary A. Douglas*, President and Chief Operating Officer
Patricia R. Hatler, Executive Vice President - Chief Legal and Governance Officer
Mark R. Thresher, Executive Vice President - Chief Financial Officer
Pamela A. Biesecker, Senior Vice President - Head of Taxation
Harry H. Hallowell, Senior Vice President – Chief Investment Officer
Wendell P. Crosser*, Vice President and Treasurer
Rae Ann Dankovic*, Vice President – Associate General Counsel and Assistant Secretary
Carol L. Dove, Vice President – Assistant Treasurer
Robert W. Horner, III, Vice President and Secretary
Eric W. Johnson*, Vice President – Agribusiness Sales and Marketing
Thomas W. Jurgens*, Vice President – Agribusiness Underwriting
John P. Lebens, Vice President – Corporate Reinsurance and Risk Management
Steven G. Simmons*, Vice President – Agribusiness Claims and Risk Management Services
Andrew Walker, Vice President – Finance and Supply Management Services
Donald S. Bell, Associate Vice President – Agribusiness Loss Control
Bill R. Breckenridge*, Associate Vice President – Bonds
David A. Conner, Associate Vice President and Assistant Treasurer
Timothy J. Dwyer, Associate Vice President and Assistant Treasurer
J. Morgan Elliott, Associate Vice President and Assistant Treasurer
Debra J. Lemar*, Associate Vice President – Agribusiness Process Management
Daniel J. Murphy, Associate Vice President and Assistant Treasurer
Mark E. Hartman, Assistant Secretary

*Des Moines staff
All information as of November 2010.