SARA L. FAIVRE, 61, 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.