Our People
At American Ag, we are committed to providing exceptional service and expertise to our clients. Our staff includes professionals with years of prior Farm Bureau® insurance company experience, individuals who transitioned from other areas within the insurance field, and others who previously served in the reinsurance brokerage and direct writer segments of the industry.
Executive Leadership Team
Janet Katz
Executive Vice President and CEO
Andrew Boris
General Counsel and Secretary
Pat Larsen
Sr. Vice President, Broker Assumed Reinsurance
Graham Nelson
Sr. Vice President, Administration
Doug Schmid
Sr. Vice President, Business Development
Tim Smith
Sr. Vice President, Operations
August Tripi, Jr.
Sr. Vice President and Treasurer
Chuck Van Kampen
Sr. Vice President and Chief Actuary
Board of Directors
Vincent “Zippy” Duvall
American Farm Bureau Federation®
Jeff Aiken
Tennessee Farmers Mutual Insurance Company
Ronnie Anderson
Louisiana Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Company
Virgil Applequist
Joe Bagger
Rural Mutual Insurance Company
Carl Bednarski
Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Company of Michigan
Russell Boening
Texas Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Company
Richard Felts
Farm Bureau Property & Casualty Insurance Company
Todd Fornstrom
Mountain West Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Company
Richard Guebert, Jr.
COUNTRY Mutual Insurance Company
Mark Haney
Kentucky Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Company
Shawn Harding
North Carolina Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Company
Rich Hillman
Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Company of Arkansas
John Hoblick
Florida Farm Bureau Casualty Insurance Company
Blake Hurst
Farm Bureau Town & Country Insurance Company of Missouri
Randall Kron
United Farm Family Mutual Insurance Company
Charles Kruse
Gerald Long
Georgia Farm Bureau Insurance Company
Mike McCormick
Mississippi Farm Bureau Casualty Insurance Company
Rodd Moesel
Oklahoma Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Company
Steve Nelson
Western Agricultural Insurance Company
Harry Ott
South Carolina Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Company
Jimmy Parnell
Alfa Mutual Fire Insurance Company
Wayne Pryor
Virginia Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Company
Sonny Scoggins
Bryan Searle
Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Company of Idaho
Don Shawcroft
Colorado Farm Bureau Insurance Company
Brad Smith
Donald Villwock