Board of Directors

Bo is from Rowland, North Carolina where he and his family are seventh generation farmers. He and his family operate a diversified farm that produces corn, wheat and soybeans. They also finish approximately 10,000 hogs annually under contract with Smithfield foods, and have an 80 cow beef cattle operation. The farm also produces strawberries and sweet corn that is sold at its roadside stand.

Bo serves as the Board Chair at AgFirst, and as Board Chair at the Farm Credit Council, and is a member of the Audit Committee at AgCarolina Farm Credit.

Dan and his wife, Junita, own and operate a livestock farm in Johnston County, Oklahoma as well as serving as an Agricultural Economist with the Noble Research Institute. He is a member of the board of directors of Oklahoma AgCredit ACA, FCCS , the Farm Credit Council and the Johnston County Farm Bureau. Dan is a member of Gideons International, a US Army veteran, and has his Bachelor and Master degrees from Oklahoma State University. He and his wife are members of the Mannsville First Baptist Church and have two children and six grandchildren.

Scott is from Lena, MS and is owner/operator of Bell Livestock, Inc. a cattle, poultry, and row crop operation in central MS. He serves as board chair of Southern Ag Credit, director on the Farm Credit Council, alderman in the town of Lena, and director of Bell Farms, Inc.

Mr. Doll is a life resident of Kansas. He owns Walnut River Ranch, fifth generation, located in the Flint Hills tallgrass prairie region, which contracts row crop, cattle and native bluestem hay production. He is a board member with American Ag Credit located in Santa Rosa California as well as FCCS in Denver Colorado. He is the President and CEO of Capital Partners Group LLC, a training and development firm. He has an extensive business background that encompasses Fortune 500 management positions including PepsiCo Inc/Pizza Hut Inc located in Wichita, Kansas and Purchase, New York, as well as over a decade of experience in government including elected and appointed positions at the regional and state level. He has served the past three governors of Kansas and most recently served on the Kansas Parks and Tourism board, a cabinet level position for the State of Kansas. He has been teaching at the university level since 2005 primarily in the academic fields of strategic planning and economics and has developed and deployed HLC credentialed, USAF Tier 1 approved, post-secondary undergraduate and graduate programs for our nation’s finest: The United States Air Force. He holds a BA in Business from Wichita State University’s Barton School of Business and an MBA from Webster University located in St Louis Missouri.

Ed Hegland is owner and manager of Hegland Farms of Appleton, Inc., a cash grain farm in Lac qui Parle County, Minnesota. He began farming in 1992 as part of a family farm corporation with his parents. They raise corn, soybeans, and wheat using no-till, cover crops and other conservation measures. He’s a member of, and has held leadership roles in, a variety of ag-related associations and organizations.

Jacqueline (“Jackie”) Hooper is the Principal Consultant and Owner of Integrated Excellence Consulting, LLC. Previously, she held leadership roles in a wide range of industries, including military service academies, for-profit healthcare, not-for-profit healthcare, and financial services. From 2020 to 2025, she was the Lead for Professional Development Programs at the United States Air Force Academy (USAFA). In that role, Jackie was responsible for advancing, sharing, practicing, and integrating character and leadership development opportunities for the 4,000+ cadets and 2,000+ faculty, staff, and administrative professionals at USAFA. Jackie joined the FCCS Board as an Outside Director in November of 2020.

Jackie is a scholar-practitioner in positive psychology, certified International Coaching Federation (ICF) leadership coach, certified Professional in Human Resources (PHR), and facilitator with extensive talent management experience - supporting individual contributors through C-suite leaders. She also is a Prosci Organizational Change Practitioner. She has led supporting senior leadership teams’ succession planning processes for executive teams, designed and delivered high-potential cohort programs, and co-created tailored action plans for engagement survey results. Early in her career, Jackie worked as a sport psychology consultant for elite athletes and teams. She holds other certifications in well regarded training programs (e.g., the Leading at the Speed of Trust program, Crucial Conversations program, and the Working Genius assessment from Patrick Lencioni’s The Table Group (team and individual assessments).

Jackie and her husband, Ron, and their three kids have lived in Colorado since 2008. An avid trail runner, Jackie enjoys outdoor activities, a good farmer’s market, and staying current on workplace wellness and organizational development best practices.

As CEO of Texas Farm Credit, Mark Miller has spent his career in the Farm Credit System serving an agricultural community that he has been a part of since his childhood days. Mark grew up on a farm and ranch in Bishop, Texas, producing cotton, grain sorghum, cattle, hogs, and poultry. It is during those formative years that Mark’s passion for the agricultural industry was ignited.

Upon graduating from Bishop High School in 1983, Mark began his college career. During his time as a student at Texas A&M, Mark owned and operated a custom harvesting operation each summer, and he also worked as a teaching/research assistant with Dr. Ed Rister. Mark graduated from A&M in 1987 with a degree in Agricultural Economics. Since his time at A&M, Mark has continued his personal growth through education having graduated from the Texas Agriculture Lifetime Leadership Program in 2002. In addition, Mark continues to support educational activities by serving in leadership roles on the Texas A&M College of Agriculture Development Council (serving as a member), The Texas Agricultural Lifetime Leadership program (serving as an advisory director) and the Nueces County Texas AgriLife Extension Crops Committee.

Mark began his career with Texas Farm Credit in 1989 as a loan officer in Robstown, Texas and was appointed CEO in 2013, having served in roles ranging from Loan Officer to Chief Credit Officer.

While Mark is extremely passionate about his career, his true love and dedication is to his family. Mark and his wife Jeannie have been married since 1990, and they are dedicated parents to their son Grant who is attending Texas A&M University. They are both active members of the First Baptist Church in Corpus Christi, Texas, where Mark is a deacon and member the church’s Fiscal Committee.

Bill Oemichen has served as Outside Director of the FCCS Board since 2006, and currently chairs the FCCS Audit Committee. He is also a current member of the AgCountry Farm Credit Services Board where he chairs the Risk Committee. Oemichen is a former member of the United FCS, GreenStone FCS and Farm Credit Services of Northeast Wisconsin Board of Directors where he served as chair of the Audit committees and as the board designated financial expert.

Oemichen is Professor of Practice - Law at the University of Wisconsin-Madison with appointments in both Extension and Law School. Oemichen previously served as a senior researcher in food systems security at U.W.-Madison and is currently writing his PhD Dissertation at the University of Saskatchewan on the increasing risk posed to U.S. food systems by foreign ownership of agricultural inputs, processing and farmland.

Oemichen is a partner in the Calgary-based law firm of Oemichen and Bridgewater LLP where he is Barrister and Solicitor, and practices law in both the U.S. and Canada. He previously practiced business, cooperative and accountant malpractice law at two major law firms headquartered in Minneapolis/St. Paul. Oemichen is the chair of the board of trustees for Wisconsin's $8 billion IRS Section 529 College Savings Program, is President of the New Glarus Area School District Board, is a member of the Slipstream (energy efficiency research) board of directors, is board treasurer for Group Health Cooperative of South Central Wisconsin where he chairs both the Finance and Audit committees, and is a Fellow with the Canadian Centre for the Study of Co-operatives.

Oemichen is former Director of the Office of Preparedness & Emergency Health Care at the Wisconsin Department of Health Services, Wisconsin's former chief Consumer Protection official; former Minnesota Deputy Agriculture Commissioner, and former President & CEO of Cooperative Network, the largest all-cooperative trade association in the United States.

Oemichen and his wife Mary Anne live in New Glarus, Wisconsin.

As President and CEO, Gines is responsible for the strategic direction and financial performance of First South Farm Credit.

Previously, Gines served First South as Chief Operating Officer, Chief Credit Officer, and Chief Lending Officer. Prior to joining First South, he served as Executive Vice President and Chief Credit Officer at AgChoice Farm Credit in Mechanicsburg, PA. Prior to working with AgChoice’s leadership team, Gines held several roles at AgFirst Farm Credit Bank including Relationship Manager, ACA Capital Markets Officer, Institutional Capital Markets Officer, and Credit Analyst. Before joining Farm Credit, Gines had experience as a Commercial Lender and Vice President.

Gines graduated from the College of Charleston with a BA in Corporate Communication. He is a graduate of South Carolina Banker’s School at USC and went on to earn his MBA in finance from the University of South Carolina’s Moore School of Business. Additionally, Gines graduated from the Stonier National Graduate School of Banking at the University of Pennsylvania.

In addition to serving as an Inside Director for FCCS, Gines serves on the Presidents’ Planning Committee, the AgFirst District’s Presidents’ Council, the AgFirst Legislative Advisory Committee as a CEO Representative, and is a member of the Group of 30