Ellis W. Taylor, Chairman of the Board, is the owner/operator of a row crop operation, Mush Island Farms, LLC, which consists of cotton, soybeans, wheat, corn and timber. He is also part owner of Roanoke Cotton Company, LLC, which operates cotton gins and a warehouse. He is a director on the boards of AgCarolina Farm Credit, ACA, and Northampton County Farm Bureau, which promotes agriculture, and the Federal Farm Credit Banks Funding Corporation. Mr. Taylor has a Bachelor of Science in Agronomy, a Bachelor of Science in Agricultural Business Management and a Master of Economics from North Carolina State University. Mr. Taylor serves as chair of the Board Coordinating Committee and as an ex-officio member of all Board Committees.