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Kenneth A. Spearman
Board Member

Communication from Mr. Spearman

Kenneth A. Spearman was appointed to the FCA Board by President Barack Obama on October 13, 2009. He was appointed to the balance of Dallas Tonsager’s term and reappointed to a full six-year term that expires on May 21, 2016.

Mr. Spearman also serves as Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Farm Credit System Insurance Corporation, which is responsible for ensuring the timely payment of principal and interest on obligations issued on behalf of Farm Credit System banks.

Mr. Spearman brings to his position on the FCA Board many years of experience in finance, agriculture, and agricultural cooperatives. He spent 28 years in the citrus industry.

From 1980 to 1991, he was controller of Citrus Central, a $100 million cooperative in Orlando, Florida, where he was responsible for financial management and reporting and the supervision of staff accountants.

He later served as director of internal audit for Florida’s Natural Growers, where he designed and implemented the annual plan for reviewing and appraising the soundness, adequacy, and application of accounting, financial, and other operating internal controls.
 
From January 2006 until his appointment to the FCA Board, Mr. Spearman served as an appointed outside director on the AgFirst Farm Credit Bank board in Columbia, South Carolina. During his tenure, he served on the board compensation committee and the board governance committee.  

Before entering agriculture, Mr. Spearman was involved with development of a public accounting firm in Chicago, Illinois, and worked as an accountant for a major public accounting firm. He served as chairman of the board of trustees for the Lake Wales Medical Center. He is a member of the Institute of Internal Auditors, as well as the National Society of Accountants for Cooperatives, where he served at one time as president.

He obtained his master’s degree in business administration from Governors State University in University Park, Illinois, and his B.S. in accounting from Indiana University.

Mr. Spearman and his wife Maria of Winter Haven, Florida, have three children — twin daughters, Michelle Springs and Rochelle Puccia, and a son, Dr. Kenneth Spearman.  

Communication from Mr. Spearman

• August 24, 2011: Remarks at the Farm Credit East Board Planning Meeting

• June 22, 2011: Statement Regarding U.S. AgBank-CoBank Proposed Merger at Special Meeting of the FCA Board
  
  
• August 30, 2010: Remarks at the FCCServices 2010 RAAW Conference
  
  
• March 8, 2010: Remarks at the AgriBank Annual Meeting