The Bridge

On this episode of Strengthen Your Roots, we host Maggie Holub, YBS Relationship Officer. She talks to us about how she turned her love for fitness into a side hustle. “You have one body and that’s all you get.  You have one chance at life, so you need to take care of it and you need to take care of yourself.”  - Maggie Holub  Host: Sarah Walther

On this episode of Strengthen Your Roots, we host Tom Dobbe, Regional Vice President of Business Development, and Erin Aliano, Organizational Change Practitioner. They talk to us about the undertaking of implementing Salesforce to our organization, from the impact COVID had on the work to the change management involved throughout the implementation.   “We used an analogy of moving houses a lo...

On this episode of Strengthen Your Roots, we host Julie Krause and Greg Roberg - leaders from our AgDirect® team. They tell us how AgDirect started as an idea back in 1997 to a nearly $3 billion dollar business today. “There was discussion of what the vision of AgDirect was going to be and if it was sustainable. Out of “firefly”, the #1 idea was to expand AgDirect and expand it within the Farm Cre...

On this episode of Strengthen Your Roots, we host Lori Sisson and Kristin Larsen, our Rural 1st leaders. They take a deeper dive into how the Rural 1st partnership was started and built into a successful consumer lending program with Farm Credit Mid-America. “Our vision is to get customers closer to what matters, what matters is different for everyone, and we want to help customers achieve their d...

On this episode of Strengthen Your Roots, we host Carl Horne and Kody Schrader from the Digital Loan Products and Services Team. They take a deeper dive into how FarmLend® was started and built into a successful digital loan origination platform. Tune in to hear Carl sing the original jingle! “You have to start from the customer’s perspective...achieving business outcomes starts with talking to cu...

On this episode of Strengthen Your Roots, we chat with Brian DeVaney, Carol Brush and Jess Langenberg from the ODL Team. They introduce the Development Circle and how we can use it to reflect on our purpose within the association. Reflect and Rise Up was Roots’ 2021 theme, so the ODL team will give us insight on how to reflect and ways we can start 2022 off strong.  “Taking that time, whether...

On this episode of Strengthen Your Roots, we chat with Chris Obermeyer; Patriot Sponsor and VP of Credit Operations. He talks about his passion for the Patriot Employee Resource Group and Aviation. He also shares stories from the time he served in the Air Force and how you can support Patriot’s mission. “It’s the people [I remember the most]. I’ve served with so many great men and women, from all...

On this episode of Strengthen Your Roots, we welcome Brett Rutter, VP Salesforce Delivery; Derek Hendrickson, VP Business Solutions Delivery; Kristen Phillips, VP Business Solutions; Dustin Haefner, SD West Central RVP Business Development; and Marty Hoefer, IA Eastern RVP Retail Operations.  These 5 former Roots ERG members are now functional leaders, although some aren’t sure which year it...

On this episode of Strengthen Your Roots, we welcome Wes Chambers, Senior Vice President of the North Business Development Unit. Wes shares his thoughts on self-reflection, looking at the bigger picture and the importance of getting out of your own way.  Hear why Wes believes everyone should coach a youth sports team! “Never forget to be humble and admit when you make a mistake" – Wes Chamber...

On this episode of Strengthen Your Roots, we welcome Swapna Marathe, Vice President of Application Development. Swapna shares her thoughts on finding a good mentor and setting goals for yourself.  Hear why Swapna decided to head back to school! Host: Kevin Kennedy

On this episode of Strengthen Your Roots, we welcome Parry Briggs, the Regional Vice President of the Kansas Northeast Region Business Development Team. Parry shares his journey to leadership, the importance of self-awareness, and his advice on how to either prepare for leadership or lead in your own role. Don’t miss out on also hearing about his thoughts on homemade vs. boxed pie/cake! "I've alwa...

On this episode of Strengthen Your Roots, we welcome Mark Jensen, the President and CEO of Farm Credit Services of America and Frontier Farm Credit. Mark dives into his career journey throughout multiple functional roles, his reflections from this past year, and advice to both teammates who strive to be in leadership as well as ones who want to lead in their own role. Don’t miss out on listening t...

Welcome to Strengthen Your Roots, Farm Credit Services of America's Young Professional group! To kick off our first episode, a couple of Roots teammates sat down to share the background of Roots, our initiatives for this year, and why we're excited about this podcast. We share details on what to expect from this podcast and how you can stay in the loop. Hosts: Kate Larsen, Kevin Kenney, Kayla McDo...