• Michael Blackburn, Director
  
  Mr. Blackburn is a full time rancher operating 600 head cow calf herd and background 1,000 head yearlings annually on 4,000 acres in Lamar and Red River counties.  Mr. Blackburn also owns and operates Blossom Feed Store. Mr. Blackburn was elected on November 2008 and serves as member of the Planning and Compensation Committee.
  
  
• Bob Christophersen, Director
  
  Bob Christophersen resides in Bogata, Red River County. He was elected to the board in March 1988 and has been a PCA member for 28 years. He operates on approximately 5,000 acres of owned and leased land and currently runs a yearling operation, with son Riley, consisting of approximately 2,000 head annually. Mr. Christophersen received a B.S. degree in agriculture from Panhandle State College in Goodwell, Oklahoma. Mr. Christophersen is a member of the ALCO and Credit Review Committees.
  
  
• Mickey Crow, Director
  
  Mickey Crow lives in Brownsboro. He has been associated with the cattle business all his life. He currently operates a small herd of cattle in Henderson County. He has had knowledge of row crop production since he was very young helping his father farm.  He continues to garden for his family.  He graduated from East Texas University with a degree in agricultural education. He worked ten years for the Texas Extension Service and retired from Trinity Valley Community College where he taught ranch management and set up the college ranch and managed it for fifteen years.  Mr. Crow is a second-generation PCA borrower. Mr. Crow is a member of the ALCO Committee.
  
  
• James Dawley, Vice Chairman
  
  James Dawley, a resident of Mexia, Texas area, was born and raised on a farm/ranch at Honest Ridge, Texas, in Limestone County.  He currently runs a 200 head cow/calf operation in Limestone County.  He holds both a bachelor’s and master’s degree in Agriculture and Vocational Education from Sam Houston State University.  He is now a retired agriculture educator from the Cleveland School District and Mexia School District where he taught a total of 34 years.  He has been a PCA borrower for 35 plus years.  Mr. Dawley is Board Vice Chairman and member of the Audit Committee.
  
  
• Richard DeVillier, Director
  
  Richie DeVillier is a full time rancher.  His operations are involved in a cow/calf, registered quarter horses and hay.  He is a board member for the Independent Cattlemen’s Association, President of the Southwest Texas Independent Cattlemen Association Chapter, member of Trustee Board at Wesley Methodist Church in Beaumont, and has served 4 years on the Trinity Bay Conservation District Board. Mr. DeVillier was elected to the Board on November 2008 and currently serves as member of the Audit Committee.
  
  
• David N. Hill, Director
  
  David Hill resides in Queen City. He is the owner/operator of Hill Timber & Dogan Service Co. and is a Texas Forestry Association certified professional logger. Mr. Hill is also a rancher involved in hay and an approximately 500-head mother cattle operation on 650 acres of owned land and 1,000 acres of leased land. He is an active member of the Texas Logging Council and also does site prep replanting, land clearing, and timber management. He was elected to the board in April 2000. Mr. Hill is member of the ALCO Committee.
  
  
• Bobby Hobson, Director
  
  Bobby Hobson is a lifelong resident of Nacogdoches County.  He is the owner/operator of a 12 house broiler farm with 270,000 bird capacity on 345 acres.  He also owns a 75 head herd of registered beef cattle as well as operates a custom hay bailing business with his brother, Larry.  Mr. Hobson took out his first loan with AgriLand in 1975 at the age of 16 years old.   Mr. Hobson is Vice President of Douglass ISD School board and President of the Douglas Youth Baseball Association. Mr. Hobson was elected to the board in January 2008 and serves as member of the Audit Committee.
  
• Ralph Preuss, Appointed Outside Director
  
  Ralph Preuss is a partner in the public accounting firm of Bawcum & Preuss in Sulphur Springs.  In the March 2003 board meeting he was elected to serve as board-appointed outside director.  Mr. Preuss is a certified public accountant and a member of the American Institute and Texas Society of Certified Public Accountants.  He was elected in 2004 to serve on the board of directors of Hopkins County Memorial Hospital, and currently serves as Vice President. He also serves as Chairman of the Audit Committee and represents the Association as the Board’s financial expert.
  
  
• Wayne Ryser, Director
  
  Wayne Ryser lives northwest of Honey Grove in Fannin County. Mr. Ryser was elected to the board in 1987. He and his brother farm soybeans, wheat, milo and hay on approximately 2,500 acres in Fannin County and 55 acres of the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) land. Mr. Ryser is member of the Planning and Compensation Committee.
  
  
• Dennis H. Walker, Chairman
  
  Dennis Walker is president and owner of Walker and Associates Surveying, Inc. and Walker & Associates Construction. He runs approximately 370 head of cattle on 880 acres of owned and leased land in Smith County. He owns a wholesale tree nursery in Smith County. Mr. Walker has been a PCA borrower since 1972. He currently serves on the Texas Surveyors Board of Directors, Tyler Junior College and University of Texas at Tyler Advisory Boards, and serves as Chairman of Finance for Lifepoint Fellowship Baptist Church. Mr. Walker is Board Chairman and member of Planning & Compensation Committee.
  
  

Back Row, left-right:
Bob Christophersen, Wayne Ryser, Michael Blackburn, James Dawley, Richard DeVillier and David Hill

Front Row, left-right:
Bobby Hobson, Mickey Crow, Dennis Walker and Ralph Preuss