Brent Neuhaus
Chairman
Brent Neuhaus was appointed to the Board in 2016 and elected in 2017. Mr. Neuhaus currently serves as the Association’s Chairman and is a member of the Governance Committee and the FCBT SAC Committee. He is a native of Waco, Texas, and raises Angus cattle in McLennan County, Texas. Mr. Neuhaus is a Director and Corporate Inventory Manager at United Ag and Turf, which operates John Deere dealerships in Texas, Oklahoma, and Arkansas. He is president and manager of TGBTG Property, LLC and JORE, LLC. He is also a member of ERE Property, LLC and HILLRE, LLC, which are involved in real estate. Mr. Neuhaus has ownership interest and is the trustee of Neuhaus Trust Partnership, which owns farmland, commercial real estate, and other business interests. He is a director and shareholder of Alliance Bank Central Texas and past chairman of the board for the Heart O’ Texas Fair & Rodeo. Mr. Neuhaus is married to Kim, and they attend First Woodway Baptist Church.
Asa G. Langford
Vice Chairman
Asa G. Langford was elected to the Association’s Board in 2018 and currently serves as the Association’s Vice Chairman he is also a member of the Audit Committee and is the alternate for the FCBT SAC Committee. Mr. Langford was born, and currently resides, in Lampasas, Texas. Mr. Langford is a self-employed rancher whose operation includes a cow-calf herd, stocker cattle, small grains, and hay. He and his brother own an order-buying company, and he also is part owner of a feedlot. Ranching has been his principal occupation for the past seven years, and he has been involved in his family’s ranch operation for 14 years. He is a graduate of Lampasas High School and earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Agricultural Economics from Texas A&M University. Mr. Langford is a member of the Lampasas County Farm Bureau and the Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association. He is a member and deacon of School Creek Baptist Church, and he and his wife, Jonna, have a son and a daughter.
Matt Carter
Matt Carter was elected to the Board in 2020 and serves on the Compensation Committee. Born in Dalhart, Texas, where his family continues to reside and operate the family ranching and farming interest. He graduated from Tascosa High School in Amarillo, Texas, earned a Bachelor of Science in Finance from Texas Christian University, and holds an MBA from the University of Texas, Arlington. In 2021, Mr. Carter resigned from his post as vice president for Fine Line LP, his occupation since 2008, to join the Fort Worth Stock Show & Rodeo team as senior executive vice president. Prior to joining the Stock Show staff, he served in a volunteer capacity at FWSSR for many years and continues to serve on the Executive Committee. In addition to his interest in his family’s operation in Dalhart, Mr. Carter owns and operates acreage in Jack County, where he and his family manage their cow-calf operation. Mr. Carter is also active in several other business interests, providing guidance through board and direct participation. He and his wife were married in 2002 at First United Methodist Church, where they remain members, and have two teenage sons. In addition to other philanthropic endeavors, he is the head coach for the 4-H Shooting Sports team, which he and his wife initiated at their boys’ school.
David W. Conrad
CPA
David W. Conrad was elected to Texas Land Bank’s Board in 2005 as a Director-Elected Director and has served on the Association’s Board since January 1, 2014, as a result of the merger. Mr. Conrad serves as the Chairman of the Audit Committee and resides in Round Rock, Texas, where he is a Certified Public Accountant. He is a member of the Texas Society of CPAs. Mr. Conrad was previously employed by the Farm Credit Bank of Texas from 1982 to 1990, where he served as internal auditor and director of Association Financial Operations.
Josh Drews
Josh Drews was elected to the Board in 2020 and serves on the Compensation and Audit Committees. He was born in the Marlin, Texas, area in Falls County, where he currently resides. Josh is a self-employed farmer and rancher whose operation includes a registered and commercial Brangus cow herd, a stocker operation, and a row crop farming operation that includes corn and milo. Farming and ranching have been Mr. Drews’ primary occupation for the past five years, and he has worked his farm and ranch for 22 years. He is a 2001 graduate of Texas A&M University with a Bachelor of Science in Agricultural Economics. Mr. Drews serves on the Falls County Youth Fair Board of Directors and is currently the treasurer of the organization. He serves on the Falls County Go-Texan committee and holds the position of Assistant District Chairman within the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo Go-Texan Committee. He serves on the Board of Directors for Producers Cooperative in Bryan, Texas. He is married and has four kids who are involved in 4-H, FFA, and the operation of the farm when they are not in school.
David Harris
David Harris was elected to the Board in 2001 and serves as Chairman of the Governance Committee. Mr. Harris lives in Johnson County and owns property in Somervell, Johnson, and Bosque counties. Mr. Harris is president of Bob Harris Oil Company, which is involved in retail gasoline marketing, ranching (cow-calf), real estate development, and sand and gravel. He is also the president of Harris Riverbend Farms, a purebred and commercial cow-calf operation; a partner in Mansfield Joint Venture, which is involved in warehouse development; the managing partner of Alvarado Joint Venture, which is involved in real estate development; a partner in Deli Partners, a deli and fast-food operation; and the managing partner in Brazos Aggregates, a sand and gravel operation. Mr. Harris serves on the Somervell County Livestock and Forage Performance Committee. He has previously served as president of the Premier Santa Gertrudis Association and vice president of Marketing for Santa Gertrudis Breeders International.
Cody Hughes
Cody Hughes was elected to the Board in 2018 and serves on the Audit Committee. Mr. Hughes was raised on a family farm in Roscoe, Texas, and is a fifth-generation farmer who farms cotton and wheat in Nolan, Mitchell, and Fisher counties. Mr. Hughes farms individually and through a partnership with his father, CWH Farms. He and his wife, Amy, and two children reside on their farm south of Roscoe, where they also raise show steers and maintain a cow-calf operation, Box H Cattle. Before returning to the farm full-time, Mr. Hughes graduated from Tarleton State University with a degree in Agricultural Services and Development. After college, he was employed by the United States Department of Agriculture, Farm Service Agency for seven years. He served as county executive director of Victoria, Gaines, and Jones counties from 2003-2005, 2005-2007, and 2007-2009, respectively. Mr. Hughes currently serves as a member of the National Cotton Council, Nolan County Farm Bureau, Plains Cotton Cooperative Association, Rolling Plains Cotton Growers, and Central Rolling Plains Co-op Gin. He is a supporter of the Highland FFA and Nolan County Junior Livestock Show.
Chad Lee
Chad Lee was elected to the Board in 2011 as a Director-Elected Director. He serves on the Governance Committee and is the Chairman of the Compensation Committee along with serving on the FCBT Nominating Committee and Texas District FCCS. Mr. Lee and his wife, Kasi, reside in Aledo, Texas. Mr. Lee is a private practice attorney with an emphasis on criminal defense, employment, and various agriculture issues, including contracts, oil and gas leasing, and real property disputes. Mr. Lee maintains an operation of commercial cattle, wheat, and hay, serves as a director on the Farm Credit Council, is a committee member for the Fort Worth Stock Show and Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers, and is a director at Operation Orphans, a nonprofit benefiting foster children.
Tina Murphy
Tina Murphy was elected to the Board in July 2019 and serves on the Audit Committee. Mrs. Murphy lives and operates in DeKalb, Bowie County, Texas, and has been involved in ranching most of her life. It has been her principal occupation for the past five years. Concurrently, she is also employed at a veterinary supply company in which her husband is part owner. In addition, she is an independent contractor for a third-party verification company for beef operations. Prior to working at the vet supply business, she was a cattle buyer for an all-natural branded beef company for 11 years. She earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Biology from Ouachita Baptist University and a Master of Science degree in Animal Science from Texas A&M University. Mrs. Murphy is involved in community organizations such as DeKalb K.A.R.E.S., the Booster Club. and her church. She is married to David Murphy, and they have a son and three daughters.
Jeff Nelson
Jeff Nelson lives in Corsicana, Texas. Mr. Nelson was recently elected to the board in 2022 and serves on the Compensation and Governance Committee. Mr. Nelson is the President and CEO of Nelson Propane Gas, Inc. and has a cow/calf and stocker operation located primarily in Freestone and Navarro Counties. Jeff attended Sam Houston State University and is an avid outdoorsman and hunter. He serves on area boards and community organizations, including the Navarro County Youth Expo, Texas Propane Gas Association, and Freestone County Young Farmers. Jeff and his wife, Melissa, have two children.
Stacey Schumacher
Stacey Schumacher was elected to the Board in 2021 and serves on the Governance and Compensation Committees. Mrs. Schumacher is a resident of Era, Texas. She and her husband Scott maintain a commercial Angus-influenced cow-calf operation as well as a registered Angus herd. Along with retaining ownership of their calves and selling them on the grid, they also sell corn-finished Angus beef directly to consumers. The Schumachers operate S&S Enterprises, a commercial fertilizer application company. The Schumachers run stocker calves on wheat pasture and farm corn, wheat, milo, and sesame. Mrs. Schumacher also maintains a large herd of registered Texas Longhorn cattle and has served on the governing board as well as several committees for the Texas Longhorn Breeders Association. She also served as president of the Texas Longhorn Heritage Foundation and was a founding investor in the Texas Longhorn Marketing Association. She is the founder and executive director of the Texas Coalition for Animal Protection. Originally from Sulphur Springs, Stacey earned a bachelor’s degree from Texas A&M University-Commerce and a master’s degree in liberal arts from Southern Methodist University. Mrs. Schumacher and her husband have two children.
Linda Brown
Linda was elected to the Board in 2013 and serves on the Governance Committee and is an alternate for the Texas District FCCS. She represents AgTrust Farm Credit on the Farm Credit Bank of Texas’ Stockholders Advisory Committee. Mrs. Brown is a lifelong farmer and cattleman. She and her husband, Wesley, farm and ranch in Roosevelt and Guadalupe counties with the help of their son, daughters, and son-in-law. She is secretary and director of Traveling Water, Inc., a ranching/cattle operation, and Brown Farms, Inc., a farming operation owned by her and her husband. She partners with her husband in W L Brown JV, a farming joint venture. Mrs. Brown is a high school graduate of Floyd, NM, and has a bachelor’s degree in computer science and a master’s degree in mathematics. Past experience includes serving on the Roosevelt County FSA County Committee, National Peanut Growers Group Steering Committee, New Mexico Peanut Growers Association chairman, New Mexico Peanut Commission, and Nominating Committees of Roosevelt County FSA. She has been a stockholder since 1984.
Ted McCollum
Ted was appointed to the Board in January 2017, and re-elected to the Board in May 2018 and serves on the Audit Committee he is also an alternate on the FCBT Nominating Committee. Since the early 1990s, he has been co-owner of McCollum Cattle Co., along with his brother Mark and sister-in-law Kim McCollum. McCollum Cattle Co. manages cow-calf and stocker/backgrounder operations and feeds cattle. Dr. McCollum also owns interest in the ranching company 4McC Cattle Co., LLC. He is a partner in FCC McCollum LLC, which holds an interest in Frontera Cattle Co. II, LLC, a commercial cattle feeding operation in Muleshoe, Texas, where he serves on the Board and as a member of the management group. Raised in DeBaca County, New Mexico, Dr. McCollum earned a B.A.degree from Baylor University and graduate degrees in Ruminant Nutrition from New Mexico State University. He was on the faculty at Oklahoma State University and retired from Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service in Amarillo, where he worked many years as a Beef Cattle Specialist. He now consults and oversees family business interests. The McCollums have been AgTrust Farm Credit stockholders since 1979.
Billy Rucker
Billy was elected to the Board in 2020 and serves on the Audit Committee. Mr. Rucker is blessed to be able to do the job he believes is God’s plan for his life. He and his wife, Sherry, have been farming for 35 years. He partnered in a dairy operation for 16 years before realizing his true passion was farming. In 2015, Mr. Rucker converted all of his acreages to organic farming. They recently invited their two daughters and sons-in-law to partner in a new farming and ranching operation. He studied accounting and Animal Science at WTSU. Billy has served on the Board of Directors for Parmer County Cotton Gin for over ten years. He also was the Director of the Finance Committee and is currently on the Missions Committee of his church, Central Baptist, in Clovis.
TJ Runyan
TJ was elected to the Board in 2018 and serves on the Compensation Committee. Mr. Runyan resides in Las Cruces, New Mexico, and is a lifelong New Mexico resident. Mr. Runyan has been involved in agriculture his entire life and is a produce marketer working with farmers across New Mexico and growers in Texas. His company, Mesilla Valley Produce, markets onions, watermelons, fresh green chilies, and pumpkins. He also has farm ground in Deming, New Mexico, and a small pecan farm. Mr. Runyan has served on several boards, including the National Onion Association and National Watermelon Association, and has also served as a past president of the National Watermelon Promotion Board.
John Sisk
John was elected to the board in May 2022 and serves on the Governance Committee. Mr. Sisk is an avid cattleman and horseman, originally from Lovington. He currently resides in Corona, NM, on the Bonita Canyon Ranch, where he has been the manager for the last 38 years. In 1983, he graduated from Clarendon College Ranch & Feedlot Operations and has dedicated his life to agriculture and serving others. He prides himself on his program of commercial and registered Angus cattle that thrive in the rugged conditions of the high desert. He has served on the Chaves County Soil and Water Board for 20 years and is currently the Vice Chairman. A man of faith, Mr. Sisk is active in the Corona First Baptist Church and holds his conservative family values close to his heart in everything he does. He shares his love for ranching and western heritage with his wife of 39 years, Beth, and their three children and eight grandchildren.
Kendal Wilson
Kendal was elected to the Board in May 2022 and serves on the Compensation Committee. Mr. Wilson is a 6th generation New Mexico cattle rancher raised in Lincoln County and resides in Carrizozo, NM, with his wife, Chelsea, and two daughters, Kyanna and Jemma. He has a Bachelor of Science degree from New Mexico State University with a major in Agricultural Business and minors in finance, marketing, and accounting; he also has a master’s degree in Agricultural Business. In 2012, Mr. Wilson returned to Carrizozo to work for Stirling Spencer, owner of the Bar W ranch, and in 2019, he and his family had the incredible opportunity to lease this ranch, primarily a commercial Red Angus cow/calf operation. Along with ranching, he owns a solar and water well service and supply company and Wilson Beef, a vertically integrated farm-to-market retail beef business. Mr. Wilson currently serves on Carrizozo’s Soil and Water Conservation District, the New Mexico Cattle Grower’s Association board of directors, the New Mexico Association of Conservation District board of directors, the Lincoln County Land and Natural Resources Advisory Committee, Nogal Mesa Ranchman’s Camp executive committee, and the Corona Ranch Advisory Committee. Mr. Wilson has been a customer of AgTrust Farm Credit since 2019 and will continue to serve his community and agriculture.