MANHATTAN, KANSAS – Frontier Farm Credit (Frontier) stockholders elected two agricultural producers and one Board-appointed Director to the financial cooperative’s Board of Directors.
Barb Downey, Wamego, KS, joins the Board and will serve a three-year term beginning on September 1, 2025. Downey is CEO of Downey Ranch, Inc., which operates an Angus and Sim Angus seedstock herd, supplying bulls and bred females to ranches in Kansas and the Midwest. In addition, Downey runs a commercial Angus-based herd. Downey finishes their cattle at commercial feedyards and occasionally on their home ranch. Downey is a founding member of US Premium Beef and finished beef is marketed through their delivery rights. Downey is a Member of the Kansas State University Livestock & Meat Industry Council Board and Chair of the Kansas State University Livestock & Meat Industry Council Nominating Committee.
Shane Tiffany, Allen, KS, was elected to serve a four-year term beginning on September 1, 2025. Tiffany is president of Tiffany Cattle Co, Inc., a custom cattle feeding operation. He also leads Tiffany Holdings, LLC and Tiffany Holdings II LLC, both agricultural land-holding companies, and Tiffany Enterprises, LLC, a real estate investment company. He is vice president of Tiffany Family Farms, LLC, a farming operation, and has a minority ownership interest in OWNx, LLC, a gold and silver investment company, and Elevate Ag, LLC, an ag company that produces biological stimulants. He is a member of the KLA Cattle Feeders Council Executive Committee. Tiffany has served on the Board since 2017.
Tim Williams, Castle Pines, CO, joins the board as an appointed Director effective September 1, 2025, with a four-year term. He is the Chief Information Security Officer for Insulet Corporation, a global medical device manufacturer and publicly traded leader in diabetes care. He brings more than 20 years of experience in cybersecurity, privacy, and technology risk—spanning healthcare, financial services, and regulated industries.
Tim is also Boardroom Certified as a Qualified Technology Expert (QTE) and has held prior Board of Director positions, including at the Credit Union of Denver. He was appointed to the Frontier Farm Credit Board effective September 1, 2025; his current term ends August 31, 2029
Frontier Farm Credit is governed by a Board of Directors that reflects the diversity of agriculture in the Association’s territory of eastern Kansas. Effective September 1, 2025, the Board will consist of four Directors elected by customer-owners and two Directors appointed by the Board to provide an outside perspective in the areas of financial and technology expertise.
About Frontier Farm Credit
Frontier Farm Credit is a customer-owned financial cooperative proud to finance the growth of rural America, including the special needs of young and beginning producers. With $3.2 billion in assets and nearly $610.2 million in members’ equity, Frontier Farm Credit provides credit and insurance services to farmers, ranchers, agribusiness and rural residents in eastern Kansas. Learn more at www.frontierfarmcredit.com.
