Head of Specialized Lending
AgWest Farm Credit
Candy Casteal currently serves as the Head of Specialized Lending for AgWest Farm Credit with responsibility for the organization’s Capital Markets, Forest Products and Cooperative Lending teams. Candy is a member of AgWest’s Management Committee. Candy joined one of AgWest’s legacy associations, Northwest Farm Credit, in 1996 after graduating from Oregon State University with a major in Agriculture Business Management and minor in Animal Science. She spent the first 15 years of her career in direct lending roles in Northwest’s Twin Falls, Salem and Pasco branches focused on large, vertically integrated operations before joining the Capital Markets team in 2011. There she served as a relationship manager and in progressive leadership roles, including Senior Vice President-Credit for Special Industry Lending and Senior Vice President-Capital Markets before assuming her current responsibilities in 2021. Candy lives in Spokane, Washington with her husband and daughter.
