U.S. Bank's Food and Agribusiness Appoints Four Regional Managers.DENVER -- U.S. Bank's Food and Agribusiness division is ramped up and ready to better meet the customer service needs of its clients with an updated national strategy that includes the hiring of four regional managers to oversee its new four geographic regions. Each market is managed regionally to more appropriately address the unique characteristics of each area. "The re-organization of our division reinforces our commitment to be the premier domestic-based food and agribusiness bank in the United States," said Elizabeth Hund, senior vice president and division manager of U.S. Bank's Food and Agribusiness division. "Our regional managers - Jamey Grafing, Clay Jackson, John Ball and Eric Buckman - have more than 100 years of combined experience in banking and agriculture and will help their teams deliver a full stable of financial products to the food and agribusiness industry, including production agriculture, processors, distributors, marketers and cooperatives." Hund has more than 25 years of agribusiness lending experience. She started working at U.S. Bank in September 2006. Previously, she worked as managing director and produce sector head for Rabobank International in San Francisco, where she was responsible for all marketing, credit, compliance, administration and budgeting in the western region. Hund received a Master's of Business Administration with an emphasis in finance from the University of Colorado University of Colorado may refer to:
BS, SB bachelor's degree, baccalaureate - an academic degree conferred on someone who has successfully completed undergraduate studies degree in agriculture, with an emphasis in animal science and industry, from Kansas State University Kansas State University, main campus at Manhattan; coeducational; land-grant and state supported; chartered and opened 1863. There is an additional campus at Salina. Among the university's research facilities are the J. R. in Manhattan. Grafing manages U.S. Bank's central region, which covers Alabama, Arkansas, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, Tennessee and Wisconsin. He comes to U.S. Bank from Farm Credit System's Commercial Finance Group, where he was a senior vice president. Grafing earned his Bachelor of Science degree in agricultural business from Iowa State University Academics ISU is best known for its degree programs in science, engineering, and agriculture. ISU is also home of the world's first electronic digital computing device, the Atanasoff–Berry Computer. in Ames, and his Master of Business Administration in finance from the University of Iowa Not to be confused with Iowa State University. The first faculty offered instruction at the University in March 1855 to students in the Old Mechanics Building, situated where Seashore Hall is now. In September 1855, the student body numbered 124, of which, 41 were women. in Iowa City. Grafing works at the U.S. Bank company headquarters, located at 800 Nicollet Mall in downtown Minneapolis. Jackson manages the western region, which covers Alaska, Arizona, California, Hawaii, Idaho, Nevada, Oregon, Utah and Washington. He was previously employed by Fortis Capital as managing director and head of its North American Group for Food, Beverage and Consumer Products. He also worked for Rabobank and ABN AMRO. Jackson earned his Bachelor of Science and Master of Business Administration degrees from the University of Southern California The U.S. News & World Report ranked USC 27th among all universities in the United States in its 2008 ranking of "America's Best Colleges", also designating it as one of the "most selective universities" for admitting 8,634 of the almost 34,000 who applied for freshman admission . His office is located at 1331 N. California Blvd. in Walnut Creek, California Walnut Creek is a largely affluent suburb several miles east of Oakland in Contra Costa County, California, USA, in the East Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area. While not as large as the neighboring Concord, Walnut Creek serves as the business and entertainment hub for the . Ball manages the eastern region, which covers Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Maine, Massachusetts, Maryland, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Vermont, Virginia and West Virginia. He has been with U.S. Bank's Food and Agribusiness division since 1999, as a vice president. Previously, he worked as a relationship manager for Bank of America
Bank of America (NYSE: BAC TYO: 8648 ) is the largest commercial bank in the United States in terms of deposits, and the largest company of its kind in the world. and Rabobank. Ball received his Bachelor of Science degree from Cornell University in Ithaca, New York
For other places or objects named Ithaca, see Ithaca (disambiguation). , and a Master of Science degree from New Mexico State University New Mexico State University, at Las Cruces; land-grant and state supported; coeducational; chartered and opened 1889 as a college. It became New Mexico State Univ. of Engineering, Agriculture, and Science in 1958 and adopted its present name in 1960. in Las Cruces. Ball works at the U.S. Bank office located at 950 17th St. in downtown Denver. Buckman manages the high plains region covering Wyoming, Montana, Colorado, New Mexico, Kansas, Oklahoma, Nebraska and Texas. He has been a member of the U.S. Bank Food and Agribusiness team since 1993. Buckman earned his Bachelor of Science degree from Southwestern College in Winfield, Kansas, and a Master of Science degree from Kansas State University. He works at the U.S. Bank office located at 800 S.W. Jackson St. in Topeka, Kansas. U.S. Bancorp (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :USB), with $219 billion in assets, is the parent company of U.S. Bank, the 6th largest commercial bank in the United States. The company operates 2,472 banking offices and 4,841 ATMs, and provides a comprehensive line of banking, brokerage, insurance, investment, mortgage, trust and payment services products to consumers, businesses and institutions. Visit U.S. Bancorp on the web at www.usbank.com. Note to editors: digital photos of regional managers are available. |
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