Board of Directors

Bob Eubanks, Board Chairman

Three-year term expiring in May 2013. Occupation – Farmer/Rancher. Former Vocational Technology Education teacher for Welch Schools. Member of the Oklahoma Cattlemen’s Association, Welch Baptist Church, Northeast Oklahoma Rural Electric Trust Board, and Oklahoma Farm Bureau. Co-owner with son of Eubanks-Jorgenson Equipment.

Roger Moore, Board Vice-Chairman

Three-year term expires in May 2012. Occupation - Rural mail carrier, Farmer/Rancher. Serves as Vice President of the Mayes County Farm Bureau. Member American Angus Association, Mayes County Cattlemen’s Association, Oklahoma Cattlemen’s Association, National Cattlemen’s Association, Mayes County Farm Bureau, Chouteau FFA Alumni, and Pleasant View Baptist Church.

Gary Bledsoe, Director

Three-year term expiring in May 2014. Occupation - Farmer/Rancher in Lincoln County.  He is retired from the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture but continues to work on a contract basis as a consultant in rural economic development; recruiting companies, assisting the expansion of existing companies and encouraging new business creation in Oklahoma. Serves as the Secretary/Treasurer of the Cross Timer Prescribed Burn Association and is a board member of the Lincoln County Conservation District. Served as President of the National Market News Association and the National Livestock Grading and Marketing Association. Officiates numerous 4-H/FFA Commercial Cattle Grading demonstrations and contests throughout the state.  Recently appointed by Gov. Brad Henry to the Eastern Red Cedar Registry Board and serves as Vice Chairman.

Dan Childs, Director

Three-year term expiring in May 2013. Occupation – Farming/Ranching operation in Johnston County and employed as an Agricultural Economist with the Noble Foundation. Accredited member of the American Society of Farm Managers and Rural Appraisers, member of Johnston County Industrial Authority Board, Oklahoma Farm Bureau, Oklahoma Cattlemen’s Association, National Association of Enrolled Agents, Gideons International and Mannsville First Baptist Church. He is the Association’s representative on the District Farm Credit Council Board and Stockholders Advisory Committee and is the District representative on the National Farm Credit Council Board.

Jimmy Eller, Director

Three-year term expiring in May 2012. Occupation - Farmer/Rancher. Member of Oklahoma Farm Bureau and Muskogee County Farm Bureau, serves as President of East Central Electric Co-op Board of Directors, and President of the Oktaha Board of Education and a member Freewill Baptist Church of Keefeton.

Jim Freeny, Director

Three-year term expiring in May 2012. Occupation - Rancher and County Commissioner of McCurtain County. Graduate of Oklahoma State University with a Masters degree in Agricultural Education, taught Vo-Ag for 16 years, President of McCurtain County Cattlemen’s Association, member of Farm Bureau, and the Church of Christ, board member of Sevier County Cooperative and life member of American Quarter Horse Association.

Jimmie Jarrell, Director

Three-year term expiring in May 2012. Occupation - Farmer/Rancher. Serves on the Garvin County Conservation District Board of Directors. Member of the Board of Education, Stratford Public Schools and President of the Stratford Public Schools Educational Foundation. Member of East Main Church of Christ and American Farmers and Ranchers Mutual Insurance Company.

Wayne Johnson, Director

Three-year term expiring in May 2013. Occupation - Farmer/Rancher. Member of Oklahoma Soybean Association, Ottawa County Cattlemen’s Association, Oklahoma Cattlemen’s Association, Ottawa County Farm Bureau, OSU Alumni and Afton First Baptist Church.

Ross Love, Appointed Director

Three-year term expiring May 2014. Occupation – Serves as  Oklahoma Cooperative Extension Service Assistant Director for Agriculture, Natural Resources and Rural Development. In that role, he provides statewide programmatic leadership to those programs. He also provides leadership to OCES budgeting, planning, and reporting. Prior to his present position, Ross was a professor in the Department of Agricultural Economics specializing in Agricultural Finance. Ross is the developer and coordinator of Oklahoma Cooperative Extension Service's IFMAPS project and a co-developer of the IFFS financial planning software. He taught a junior-senior level class in Agricultural Finance for 15 years. Ross has a B.S. from Cornell University and a Masters and PhD from Michigan State University in Agricultural Economics, Finance and Management. He has been at OSU since 1982.

R. Dale McDaniel, Appointed Director

Appointed Director.  Three-year term expiring May 2012. Occupation – Currently self-employed as a Certified Public Accountant in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, having established his practice after retiring from the Internal Revenue Service in 1998.  In addition, he is associated with Fidelis Group, LLC and James Management Group, that provides various types of investigative, accounting, tax, and related services to the business and legal community.  He has extensive training in Income Tax Law, Criminal Investigative Procedures, Money Laundering, Asset Seizure and Forfeiture, Bank Secrecy Act, Employment Recruitment, and Classroom Instruction.  Received his B.S. degree from Southeastern Oklahoma State University in 1970 with a double major in Accounting and Management.  Also is a Licensed Private Investigator.

Don Morris, Director

Three-year term expiring in May 2014. Occupation – Rancher. Retired Agricultural Education Instructor from Bryan County.  Don and his wife Michi and son Cooper operate a crossbred cow operation and run stocker steers on 850 acres of owned land and 950 acres of leased pasture.  Serves as President of the Caddo School Board and Bryan County Fair Board. Active in the 4-H and FFA booster clubs, and enjoys going to the lamb and hog shows with Cooper.  He supports the school sports teams. Don and his family are members of the Caddo Nazarene Church.

Billy Wilson, Director

Three-year term expiring in May 2012. Occupation - Registered Land Surveyor, Farmer/Rancher. Member of the Board of Directors of the Haskell County Conservation District. Former President of the National Association of Conservation Districts. Member of the Board of Directors of U.S. LandCare, Topographic Land Surveyors of Oklahoma, Oklahoma Society of Land Surveyors, Arkansas Society of Professional Surveyors, Conservation Technology Information Center, American Farmers and Ranchers Mutual Insurance Company, Oklahoma Cattlemen’s Association, American Quarter Horse Association, National Cattlemen’s Beef Association, and American Limousine Association. Attends the Antioch Baptist Church in Stigler, Oklahoma.