LOWELL L. JUNKINS, 82, 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.