Chisholm Trail Farm Credit Board


Board

The Chisholm Trail Farm Credit board consists of eight members. Directors are responsible for representing the best interests of the organization and its borrowers.

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

The board meets each month to review operating results. Loan-making decisions are solely the responsibility of management and the lending staff, and board reports typically do not contain specific member names or financial information.

The current Chisholm Trail Farm Credit Board of Directors:


Chisholm Trail Farm Credit, ACA
Name
Term Information
Information
Kevin Smith
2013
since 2001
CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD
Mr. Smith is a farmer/rancher. His principal enterprise is rye, wheat and corn as cash crops, integrated with a stocker cattle program.
J. W. (Jack) Moore, Jr.
2013
since 1989
VICE CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD
Mr. Moore's principal enterprise is a dairy, in which he is a partner.
Larry Cochran
2012
since 1987
DIRECTOR
Mr. Cochran is a farmer/rancher with principal enterprises of wheat and alfalfa cash crops, stocker cattle, and a cow/calf operation. He also operates a livestock trucking business.
Verl M. Daugherty
2013
since 1995
DIRECTOR
Mr. Daugherty is a farmer/rancher and operates VMD Farms, which consists of a cow/calf, stocker, and wheat. Serves on the board of the Caddo County Oklahoma State University Alumni Club.
Jay Grace
2012
DIRECTOR
Mr. Grace is a rancher with a stocker cattle operation.  He also serves as a school board member for Ringling Public Schools.
Paul Heath
2012
since 1990
DIRECTOR
Mr. Heath is a farmer/rancer, with a pricipal enterprise of primarily stocker and feedlot cattle integrated with a cow herd and cash crop operation.
Kenneth Markes
2014
since 1993
DIRECTOR
Mr. Markes is a farmer/rancher with principal enterprises of stocker and feedlot cattle and a cow/calf operation, with wheat and soybeans as cash crops. He also serves as a director for the Bison Coop.
Dick Smart
2014
since 2011
OUTSIDE DIRECTOR
Mr. Smart begins his service as the outside director for Chisholm Trail Farm Credit at the October 2011 board meeting. He is a retired banker and the former CEO of Anadarko Bank and Trust Co. with 31 years of banking experience. He currently is the Operations Manager at Dusters and Sprayers Supply, Inc.

Audit Committee

Chisholm Trail Farm Credit has established an Audit Committee, which is comprised of three directors. The Committee oversees the scope of the association's internal audit program, the independence of the outside auditors, the adequacy of the association's system of internal controls and procedures, and the adequacy of management's action with respect to the Internal Control Policy and the Audit Committee Charter.

Code of Ethics

Our Audit Committee and Board of Directors has adopted a Code of Ethics for senior management of the association.