Farm Credit Services Southwest: About: Inside FCS Southwest

The FCS Southwest Board of Directors

The FCS Southwest Board consists of 12 members: three are elected from Imperial County, Calif. and three from central Arizona. Two are elected from Yuma County, Ariz. and two from eastern Arizona. The board also includes at least one, but no more than three, "outside" directors" elected by the other board members.

Customers can impact the business by electing the board of directors who set policy.

Meet Our Board:

Central Arizona

Ben Gingg Paul E. Rovey Carl E. Weiler
(Chairman)

Eastern Arizona

J. Dick Eastman

Imperial County, Calif.

John O. Grizzle
(Vice-Chairman) Louis J. Kramer Timothy J. LaBrucherie

Yuma County, Arizona.

Colin Mellon
Jon Nickerson

Outside Directors

Thomas P. Gargiulo Keith Murfield

Carl E. Weiler
Chairman of the Board

Carl Weiler is a Phoenix, Ariz. cotton farmer. He is also a director of the Salt River Project and The Arizona Cotton Growers Association.

John O. Grizzle
Vice-Chairman

John Grizzle is a cattleman and owner of a diversified farming enterprise in Holtville, Calif.

Jon Nickerson
Director

Jon Nickerson is owner/operator of Nickerson & Son, Inc. located in Wellton, Ariz. They grow head lettuce and salad mixes, and in the winter months, use wheat, cotton and Sudan as rotation Crops.

J. Dick Eastman
Director

Dick Eastman manages a diversified farming and ranching enterprise in Southeastern Arizona. He also manages Fort Bowie Vineyards with his wife, Cody.

Thomas P. Gargiulo
Director (Outside)

Tom Gargiulo is an outside director appointed by the board, under provisions of the Agricultural Credit Act of 1987, to an indefinite term. He is owner/manager of a diversified agricultural enterprise in Brawley, Calif.

Ben Gingg
Director

Resident of Buckeye, Arizona. Family owned and operated dairy and crop farming operation. Married with 2 children who are involved in the family operation. He is on the Department of Agriculture Advisory Board.

Louis J. Kramer
Director

Louis Kramer is owner/manager of a diversified agricultural enterprise in Brawley, Calif.

Timothy J. LaBrucherie
Director

Tim LaBrucherie is owner/manager of a livestock operation in El Centro, Calif.

Colin Mellon
Director

Colin Mellon is owner/manager of a diversified farming enterprise in Yuma, Ariz.

Keith Murfield
Director (Outside)

Keith Murfield is an outside director appointed by the board, under provisions of the Agricultural Credit Act of 1987 to an indefinite term. He is President & CEO of United Dairymen of Arizona.

Paul E. Rovey
Director

Paul Rovey is a dairyman from Glendale, Ariz. He is a director of the United Dairymen of Arizona, United Dairy Industries Association, National Dairy Board, National Farm Bureau Advisory Committee Dairy, Dairy Management Inc., and the Salt River Project Committee.

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