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About Us

Leadership Team

Doug Hofbauer -- President/CEO

Doug Hofbauer has been the President and CEO of Frontier Farm Credit, ACA since 2000. Doug started his career with Farm Credit in 1980. He earned a B.S. degree from Iowa State University.

Jim Aylward -- Senior Vice President-Business Development

Jim Aylward leads the business development efforts and supports the teams in Hiawatha, Marysville, Manhattan and Emporia. He began his Farm Credit career in 1982. Jim earned a B.S. degree from Kansas State University.

Janet Bartel -- Senior Vice President-Human Resources

Janet Bartel leads the human resources functions including recruitment, compliance, compensation, and staff and board training and development. She is the staff liaison to the Board Compensation and Governance Committee. She is a certified Achieve Global Leadership Skills trainer. She joined Farm Credit in 1990. Janet earned a B.A. degree from American Christian College and an MBA from Baker University. She also holds the SPHR certification.

Tony English -- Chief Financial Officer

Tony English leads all accounting, financial, and business planning functions for the Association, including budgeting and financial forecasting. He began his career with Farm Credit in 1992. Tony earned B.S. and MBA degrees from New Mexico State University. He holds the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) designation.

Clarke Jackman -- Senior Vice President -- Business Development

Clarke Jackman leads the business development efforts and supports the lending teams in Baldwin and Parsons. He also leads the crop insurance team. He began his career with Farm Credit in 1988. Clarke earned a B.S. degree from Kansas State University.

Dennis Roddy -- Senior Vice President -- Business Services

Dennis Roddy leads the business planning and tax preparation functions for the Association. He began his career with Farm Credit in 2000. He earned B.S. and M.S. degrees from Oklahoma State University and an MBA from Baker University.

Jeff Van Horn -- Senior Vice President Operations

Jeff Van Horn leads the operations, marketing and technology functions for the Association. He joined Farm Credit in 1977. Jeff earned a B.S. degree from Kansas State University and an MBA from Emporia State University.

Jim Weaver -- Executive Vice President-Chief Credit Officer

Jim Weaver supervises the teams providing all credit approvals, credit analysis, loan documentation, special credit, and commercial lending functions. He joined Farm Credit in 1977. Jim holds a degree in Accounting from Wichita State University.