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Leland A. “Lee” Strom
Board Member

Leland A. Strom was appointed to a six-year term on the FCA Board by President George W. Bush on December 12, 2006. His term expires on October 13, 2012.

Mr. Strom also serves as the chairman of the board of directors of the Farm Credit System Insurance Corporation (FCSIC), which is responsible for ensuring the timely payment of principal and interest on obligations issued on behalf of Farm Credit System banks.

Mr. Strom has more than 30 years of experience in the agriculture industry. He served on the board of 1st Farm Credit Services, an FCS institution in Illinois. He was a member of this board for more than 25 years, serving in a variety of positions, including that of chairman. During the agriculture crisis of the 1980s, he was selected to serve on the Restructuring Task Force of the Sixth Farm Credit District.

From 1996 to 2005, he was on the board of directors of AgriBank, FCB, an FCS bank serving farmers and ranchers in 15 states. Mr. Strom also served on the board of the Farm Credit Council, the national trade organization representing the FCS in Government affairs.

From 2000 to 2006, Mr. Strom served on the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago’s Advisory Council on Agriculture, Labor, and Small Business. His input was frequently sought on issues affecting the agriculture sector. Mr. Strom served for many years on the Agriculture Advisory Committee for Congressman J. Dennis Hastert.

During 2005 and 2006, Mr. Strom served on the Country Mutual Fund Trust Board, an investment fund of the Illinois Farm Bureau and its Country Financial organization. Mr. Strom also owned a real estate brokerage company in Northern Illinois specializing in agricultural land and investment services. In the early 1980s, he was a board member of Northern F.S., Inc., a multimillion-dollar farm service and supply cooperative in Northern Illinois.

Over the years, Mr. Strom served in several capacities with the Illinois Farm Bureau. He also served on his county Farm Bureau board. For his overall involvement in agriculture, he received an Outstanding Young Farmer Award from the organization.

In his community of Kane County, Illinois, which lies at the edge of Chicago’s suburban sprawl, Mr. Strom helped develop a farmland preservation program. The original Strom Family Farm was the first to be dedicated to permanent agricultural use under the program. His other community involvement included serving as vice president of his local K-12 school district and as chairman of his church council, as well as serving as a 4-H parent leader and coach of various boys’ and girls’ sports teams.

Mr. Strom studied agriculture business at Kishwaukee College and business administration at Northern Illinois University. He was a member of the Illinois Agricultural Leadership Program Class of 1988.

Mr. Strom owns a third-generation family farm in Illinois that produces corn and soybeans. He and his wife, Twyla, have two sons and a daughter.