Mr. Barker has spent 23 years providing commodity price risk management services for the Company’s agricultural clients. He began in the Indianapolis branch office as a commodity broker in 2000. From 2007 to 2014, he was the branch manager of the Kansas City office and spent several years in the Indianapolis office. Mr. Barker served on the Kansas City of Board of Trade and was on the KCBT Clearing Corporation Board of Directors while in Kansas City. He serves on an ad hoc committee for the National Council of Farmer Cooperatives as well as the Ag Advisory Committee for the CFTC. Mr. Barker provides industry perspective and policy feedback to the CFTC during its rule-making process related to implementation of the Dodd-Frank Act.