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Mr. Nordholm was first appointed as President and Chief Executive Officer in October 2018 and was reappointed as Chief Executive Officer in October 2025, with his current term extending through March 2027. Before his appointment as Farmer Mac's Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Nordholm was employed by Starwood Energy Group Global LLC (Starwood Energy), currently known as Lotus Infrastructure Partners, in various capacities from 2006 until September 2018, including serving as its first Chief Executive Officer & Managing Director from 2006 to 2016, its Co-Head & Senior Managing Director from 2016 to 2017, and its Vice Chairman & Senior Managing Director from 2017 to 2018. Before joining Starwood Energy, Mr. Nordholm served from 2002 to 2006 in dual capacities as the Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Tyr Energy, an energy infrastructure management firm, and as the Co-Founder & Chairman of Tyr Capital, an asset management and capital investment firm. From 1995 to 1998, Mr. Nordholm served as the Chief Executive Officer of U.S. Central, which was a wholesale financial cooperative for corporate credit unions in the United States. Mr. Nordholm also served in senior-level positions at Aquila, which was later acquired by Kansas City Power & Light, from 1999 to 2002, and at National Cooperative Bank from 1984 to 1995. He was also employed in various capacities by Federal Land Bank of St. Paul (reorganized into AgriBank FCB) and Interregional Service Corporation of Minneapolis (acquired by an entity in the Farm Credit System) from 1980 to 1984. Mr. Nordholm currently serves on the boards of Carleton College, the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, and the Anne Arundel Agriculture Commission. Mr. Nordholm received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics from Carleton College. On September 25, 2025, Bradford T. Nordholm , the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corporation advised the company that he is retiring on March 31, 2027.

Mr. Zachary N. Carpenter assumed the role of President and Chief Executive Officer on July 1 of this year 2026. Mr. Carpenter was appointed Executive Vice President - Chief Business Officer in May 2019, later appointed President and Chief Operating Officer in October 2025, and is scheduled to assume the role of Chief Executive Officer in or before 2027. Mr. Carpenter has devoted much of his career to facilitating dependable credit and financial solutions for American agriculture and rural communities and has accumulated deep expertise developing and innovating financial solutions across the agribusiness value chain while developing strong relationships with other providers of capital. Before joining Farmer Mac, Mr. Carpenter spent nearly a decade in various management positions at CoBank, ACB, most recently as a Managing Director and Sector Vice President of its Corporate Agribusiness Banking Group, and previously as Executive Director in its Capital Markets division. He has also served as a vice president in corporate finance at Goldman Sachs. Mr. Carpenter earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Economics with a concentration in corporate finance from the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania, and a Master of Business Administration with specializations in corporate finance, accounting, and business law from the Stern School of Business at New York University. On June 3, 2026, the Board affirmed that Zachary N. Carpenter would begin service as Farmer Mac's Chief Executive Officer on July 1, 2026

Mr. Pullins was appointed Executive Vice President - Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer in December 2025. He brings more than two decades of experience in corporate finance, accounting, strategic planning, capital markets, and regulatory reporting, most recently serving as Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer - Capital Markets at PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. His career reflects a deep understanding of financial strategy, risk management, and enterprise reporting functions, developed through progressively senior leadership roles. Earlier in his career, Mr. Pullins served as Chief Financial Officer of PNC's institutional asset management division. Raised on a family farm in western Ohio, Mr. Pullins holds a lifelong personal connection to American agriculture. He earned his bachelor's degree in agribusiness and applied economics from The Ohio State University, where he later returned to complete his Master of Business Administration in corporate financial management. Mr. Pullins is a Certified Public Accountant.

Ms. Hayhurst serves as Chief Legal Officer and Secretary and joined Farmer Mac in September 2025 with over two decades of experience practicing law. Most recently Ms. Hayhurst was employed by CoStar Group, Inc., a leading real estate technology and information services firm, where she served as Associate General Counsel, Corporate and Compliance. In that position, she supported the company in all aspects of corporate governance, including filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), as well as, managing M&A transactions and the Compliance and Privacy teams. From July 2021 to November 2024, Ms. Hayhurst served as General Counsel and Secretary at NewPoint Real Estate Capital, a commercial real estate finance firm, providing strategic advice, developing products and executing corporate strategy, while implementing innovative and forward-looking solutions for the company's financing products. In previous leadership roles at Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (Freddie Mac) going back to 2015, Ms. Hayhurst provided counsel to the company's President, CEO, Division Heads, and Board.

Mr. Lowell L. Junkins has been a member of the Board of Directors of Farmer Mac since June 13, 1996 and has served as Board Chair since March 2022. He previously served as Board Chair from September 2010 to January 2020, Acting Board Chair from September 2008 to September 2010, and Board Vice Chair from December 2002 to September 2010 and from January 2020 to March 2022. Mr. Junkins also served as Farmer Mac's Acting President and Chief Executive Officer from December 2017 to October 2018. Mr. Junkins serves as chair of the Corporate Governance Committee and as a member of the Enterprise Risk Committee and the Public Policy and Corporate Social Responsibility Committee. He was appointed to the Board of Directors by President Clinton in April 1996 while the Senate was in recess and was confirmed by the Senate on May 23, 1997, and was reconfirmed by the Senate in June 2003 and September 2010. Mr. Junkins has worked as a political affairs consultant for Lowell Junkins & Associates in Des Moines, Iowa, since 1987. He owned and operated Hillcrest Farms in Montrose, Iowa until 2024. He also served as Mayor of Montrose from 1971 to 1972. From 1974 through 1985, Mr. Junkins served as an Iowa State Senator, including as minority leader and majority leader from 1981 to 1985.

Ms. LaJuana S. Wilcher has been a member of the Board of Directors of Farmer Mac since December 20, 2019, and currently serves as Board Vice Chair. She previously served as Board Chair from January 17, 2020 to March 30, 2022. Ms. Wilcher serves as vice chair of the Enterprise Risk Committee, the vice chair of the Corporate Governance Committee, and as a member of the Public Policy and Corporate Social Responsibility Committee. Ms. Wilcher has owned and operated Scuffle Hill Farm in Alvaton, Kentucky since 2005, where she boards horses and grows and harvests orchard grass and fescue hay. She serves on the board of the Warren County Conservation District and is a Certified Crop Advisor, a Master Grazer, and a Master Cattleman. Ms. Wilcher has also been a partner at the law firm English, Lucas, Priest & Owsley, LLP since 2006, where she represents clients on complex environmental permitting, enforcement, and regulatory compliance matters. Ms. Wilcher's extensive experience as a leader and manager of large federal and state government agencies includes stints at the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and the Commonwealth of Kentucky. She was confirmed by the United States Senate in 1989 to be the Assistant Administrator of Water for EPA, where she served until 1993. Ms. Wilcher also served as the Cabinet Secretary of Kentucky's Environmental and Public Protection Cabinet from 2003 to 2006, which included Kentucky's banking, securities, and insurance regulatory agencies, among other things. She currently serves as the chair of the Energy and Environmental Policy Council for the Kentucky Chamber of Commerce. Ms. Wilcher received a Bachelor of Science degree from Western Kentucky University and a J.D. from Salmon P. Chase College of Law, Northern Kentucky University. Ms. Wilcher has also attained the CERT Cybersecurity Oversight Certification for Directors.

Mr. Charles A. Stones has been a member of the Board of Directors of Farmer Mac since December 22, 2020 and serves as chair of the Audit Committee, acting chair of the Public Policy and Corporate Social Responsibility Committee, and as a member of the Credit Committee. Mr. Stones retired from the Kansas Bankers Association in 2019 after serving 15 years as President and 33 years overall, including roles as director of member relations, director of research, senior vice president, and head lobbyist. At the start of his career, he worked in the investment division of Fourth National Bank for seven years before joining the Kansas Bankers Association in 1986. Mr. Stones previously served on the boards of banking schools in Nebraska and Wisconsin. He graduated from Washburn University in Topeka, Kansas with a degree in Communications.

Mr. Todd P. Ware has been a member of the Board of Directors of Farmer Mac since May 9, 2019 and serves as chair of the Enterprise Risk Committee, chair of the Cybersecurity Subcommittee of the Enterprise Risk Committee, and as a member of the Human Capital and Compensation Committee and the Corporate Governance Committee. Mr. Ware has served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Licking Rural Electrification - The Energy Cooperative in Newark, Ohio, since January 2012. He previously served as its Vice President and Chief Financial Officer from 2001 until 2012 and Vice President - Finance from 1998 to 2000. From June 2015 to June 2021, Mr. Ware served on the board of directors of National Rural Utilities Cooperative Finance Corporation, during which time he served on that board's audit, compensation, corporate relations, and loan committees. Mr. Ware has served as a member of the board of directors of Buckeye Power Cooperative since 2012. He currently serves as its Treasurer and as a member of its executive committee, rate committee, risk management committee, and legislative committee and previously served on its reliability committee. He has also served as a member of the boards of directors of Altheirs Oil Corporation since 2002, National Gas & Oil Cooperative since 2002, The Ohio State University-Newark Regional Campus Advisory Board from 2016 to 2025, and Cardinal Operating Company since 2019. Mr. Ware received his Bachelor of Science in Accounting from The Ohio State University.

Ms. Amy H. Gales has been a member of the Board of Directors of Farmer Mac since May 12, 2020 and serves as chair of the Credit Committee and as a member of the Business Development and Business Strategy Committee and the Finance Committee. Ms. Gales served as Executive Vice President of CoBank, ACB and was a member of CoBank's management executive committee from 2016 to 2018. Ms. Gales also served at CoBank in the roles of Executive Vice President, Regional Agribusiness Banking Group, Central Region President, and Region Vice President, Minneapolis Banking Center, from 2007 to 2016. Ms. Gales previously served as Vice President, Commercial Banking at Wells Fargo, N.A. from 2006 to 2007, as Vice President, Commercial Lending at Commerce Bank, N.A. from 2002 to 2006, the Executive Director for Value-Added Agriculture Development Center from 1999 to 2002, and CEO and General Manager of the United Farmers Cooperative from 1997 to 1999. She began her career at St. Paul Bank for Cooperatives, where she served in various roles from 1981 to 1997, including as Vice President and Banking Center Manager. She has served on various boards during her career, including Farm Credit Leasing (a wholly-owned subsidiary of CoBank). Ms. Gales and her daughter own Hempstead Farms, a family crop farm in Southeast Minnesota that was founded in 1856. Ms. Gales earned a bachelor's degree in business administration with an emphasis in finance from the University of Minnesota's Carlson School of Management.

Ms. Sara L. Faivre has been a member of the Board of Directors of Farmer Mac since September 30, 2010 and serves as chair of the Business Development and Business Strategy Committee and as a member of the Human Capital and Compensation Committee and the Public Policy and Corporate Social Responsibility Committee. Dr. Faivre serves as an independent director of One More Cloud, an AI-enabled sponsored search technology company. She also sits on the advisory board of Harvest Returns, an ag and agtech investment platform. She has served as a board member, advisory board member for several agtech startups. Dr. Faivre is National Association of Corporate Directors Directorship Certified and was named to NACD's Directorship 100 in 2021. She has served on the board and in leadership positions in the Texas TricCities Chapter. Dr. Faivre is a partner in, and general manager of, Wild Type Ranch, LLC, a regenerative farm in Southern Wisconsin producing pastured meat and eggs. She was a principal operator of Wild Type Ranch LP, a grass-fed beef ranch in Texas from 2005 to 2024. As President of Sara Faivre, Inc., she provides executive consulting to emerging agtech and sustainable agricultural firms. Dr. Faivre held various executive positions, including Founder and President, in two agricultural biotech startups from 2000 to 2006. She was also the interim Chief Science and Technology officer from 2021 to 2022 for Earthwise Global, a seed-stage agtech. She began her career as a scientist with human and livestock genome projects at the USDA, University of Iowa, University of Illinois, and Texas A&M before becoming a biotech entrepreneur. Dr. Faivre holds a B.S. in Agricultural Business and Animal Science from Iowa State University and a Ph.D. in Genetics from Texas A&M. Dr. Faivre has earned certificates in Climate Governance, Digital Directorship, Sustainable Capitalism, and Executive Women Leadership.

Mr. Eric T. McKissack has been a member of the Board of Directors of Farmer Mac since February 23, 2021 and serves as chair of the Finance Committee and as a member of the Audit Committee and the Corporate Governance Committee. Mr. McKissack is founder and former CEO of Channing Capital Management, LLC. He retired from Channing, an institutional investment advisory firm, in December 2019 after 16 years. Before founding Channing, Mr. McKissack was Vice Chair and Co-Chief Investment Officer of Ariel Capital Management (now known as Ariel Investments). Before joining Ariel in 1986, Mr. McKissack worked for five years as a research analyst for First Chicago and First Chicago Investment Advisors. Mr. McKissack currently serves as chair of the board of FlexShares, a family of publicly-traded ETF funds managed by Northern Trust, and serves on the audit and governance committees. He is also chair and independent trustee on the board of Morgan Stanley Pathway Funds. He also serves on the boards of directors of two related, privately-held engineering and design firms, McKissack & McKissack of Washington, and McKissack & McKissack Midwest. Mr. McKissack received an SB in Management from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and holds an MBA from the University of California at Berkeley. Mr. McKissack has also earned the Chartered Financial Analyst designation.

Mr. Kevin G. Riel has been a member of the Board of Directors of Farmer Mac since May 16, 2024 and serves as vice chair of the Human Capital and Compensation Committee and as a member of the Business Development and Business Strategy Committee and the Enterprise Risk Committee . Mr. Riel has been a hop farmer for the last 39 years and has served as President of Double 'R' Hop Ranches, Inc. since January 1995. Mr. Riel also served as a manager of Double 'R' Hop Ranches, Inc. from June 1986 to December 1994. Mr. Riel has served on the board of directors of Yakima Chief Hops since 2021 (chair since April 2025). Mr. Riel served on the board of directors of Northwest Farm Credit Services from 2007 to 2017 and served as its chair from 2011 to 2013, where he served on its audit committee, compensation committee, finance committee, and governance committee. Mr. Riel also served on the board of directors of CoBank, ACB from 2014 to 2021 and served as its chair from 2018 to 2021. During that time, he served as chair of CoBank's executive committee and as a member of its compensation committee and succession committee. Mr. Riel also served as board council of Nationwide Insurance Company from 2018 to 2021. Mr. Riel earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Information Systems and graduated summa cum laude from Central Washington University. Mr. Riel also has successfully completed certifications for the Premier Governance Series from the Farm Credit System, as well as the Washington Agriculture and Forestry Leadership Program. Mr. Riel has completed the director certification course from NACD, earning an NACD.DC designation.

Mr. Jeffrey L. Plagge has been a member of the Board of Directors of Farmer Mac since May 16, 2024 and serves as vice chair of the Credit Committee and as a member of the Audit Committee and the Public Policy and Corporate Social Responsibility Committee. Mr. Plagge has been a director of both Northwest Financial Corporation and Northwest Bank since September 2009 and currently serves as Chairman of the board audit committee and is a board member of the executive loan committee of Northwest Financial Corporation. From 2009 to 2020, Mr. Plagge also served as the President and CEO of Northwest Financial Corporation. Since January 2024, he has served as a Managing Director and consultant for Barnes & Co. Since 2007, Mr. Plagge has served on the board of directors of American Bankers Mutual Insurance Co. and served as its chair until 2019. He has also served as a member of the board of directors of the Federal Home Loan Bank of Des Moines since January 2024 and serves as vice chair of its technology committee and a member of its finance committee. In September 2019, Mr. Plagge was appointed Iowa Superintendent of Banking for the Iowa Division of Banking by the state governor and served until December 2023. Mr. Plagge earned a Bachelor of Science in Agriculture Business from Iowa State University and completed the Graduate School of Banking program at the University of Colorado-Boulder.

Daniel L. Shaw has been a member of the Board of Directors of Farmer Mac since March 26, 2025 and serves as vice chair of the Business Development and Business Strategy Committee and as a member of the Credit Committee, the Enterprise Risk Committee, and the Cybersecurity Subcommittee of the Enterprise Risk Committee. Mr. Shaw has owned and operated Shaw Farms, LLC in Edgar, Nebraska since 1975, raising corn, soybeans, wheat, and a commercial cow-calf herd. He has also owned and managed a local grain elevator since 2006 and operated a commercial poultry breeder barn since 2017. Mr. Shaw previously served on Farmer Mac's Board of Directors from December 2019 through May 2021. He also previously served on the board of directors of AgriBank Farm Credit Bank from 2014 to 2021 (including as chair of the Risk Management Committee from 2016 to 2018), and on the board of directors of Farm Credit Services of America from 2007 to 2014 (including as chair of the Compensation Committee and Risk Work Group, a member of the Business Risk Committee, and 2-year terms as both chair and vice-chair). Mr. Shaw is the chair of the Edgar Township Board and studied business and economics at Nebraska Wesleyan University.

The Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corporation announced the appointment of Nader Pasdar as its Executive Vice President - Chief Business Officer, starting August 17, 2026.Mr. Pasdar has more than 25 years of experience in agricultural finance, lending, capital markets, and business leadership. Prior to joining Farmer Mac, he served as Chief Executive Officer of Rabo Securities and Managing Director, Head of Markets North America for Rabobank, where he was responsible for capital markets, sales, trading, business development, and compliance activities across North America. Over his career at Rabobank, Mr. Pasdar progressed through increasingly senior leadership positions spanning relationship management, debt capital markets, syndications, and wholesale banking, playing a key role in developing the organization into a leading capital markets participant in the North American food and agribusiness sector.Mr. Pasdar earned an M.B.A. in finance from Boston University's Questrom School of Business and a B.S. degree in economics from Temple University.

On April 21, 2026, Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corporation appointed Mandy M. Talan, Farmer Mac's Managing Director - Corporate Controller, to assume the duties of Farmer Mac's principal accounting officer starting April 21, 2026. Ms. Talan, age 45, has served as Farmer Mac's Corporate Controller since June 2025. Prior to joining Farmer Mac, she was employed by Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae) as Senior Director of Finance and Regulatory Reporting from September 2022 to May 2025 and Director of Accounting Policy from June 2013 to September 2022. Earlier in her career, she was an Audit Senior Manager at KPMG from July 2010 to June 2013. Ms. Talan is a Certified Public Accountant.

DALE E. CRAWFORD, is an experienced agricultural producer and board leader based in Sullivan, Illinois, with more than four decades of leadership in agricultural finance, cooperative governance, and rural community service. A multigenerational corn and soybean farmer since 1979, he brings deep, hands-on expertise in production agriculture, risk management, capital investment, and long-term land stewardship. Mr. Crawford has served extensively on boards within the Farm Credit System and related agricultural organizations, including as an elected director of AgriBank, FCB (2017-2025), where he held vice chair roles on both the Audit and Risk Committees, and as a long-time director and vice chairman of Farm Credit Illinois (2005-2017). His governance experience also includes national-level policy engagement through the Farm Credit Council in Washington, DC, as well as decades of leadership with local and regional cooperatives, education boards, and community institutions. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Agricultural Technology Systems from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and brings significant board-level expertise in audit, risk, compliance, and fiduciary oversight in service of agriculture and rural America.