Annual Report - CoBank

Senior Officers (Continued)CoBank, ACBLori L. O’Flaherty,Chief Credit OfficerMs. O’Flaherty was appointed chief credit officereffective August 9, 2010. Ms. O’Flaherty is responsible forcredit approval functions, as well as credit support andanalysis, credit guidelines and training, loan compliance andmonitoring and special assets. Prior to her current position,Ms. O’Flaherty was executive vice president of creditapproval and administration, and, prior to that, she managedCoBank’s Corporate Finance Division. Before joining CoBankin 1997, Ms. O’Flaherty was vice president of WellsFargo/First Interstate Bank, N.A. Ms. O’Flaherty has 30 yearsof experience in commercial banking. She serves as treasureron the Board of Directors of Big Brothers Big Sisters ofColorado, Inc.John Svisco,Chief Administrative OfficerMr. Svisco was appointed chief administrative officereffective September 7, 2010. Mr. Svisco is responsible fordirecting the Bank’s information technology, operations, andcorporate communications areas. Prior to his current position,Mr. Svisco was senior vice president of human resources andadministrative services divisions. Mr. Svisco joined CoBankin August 2002 and managed lease and loan operations duringhis first seven years at the Bank. Prior to joining CoBank, Mr.Svisco spent 20 years with HSBC Bank USA, where his lastposition was senior vice president of operations services. Heserves on the Board of Directors of AgVantis, Inc.Gregory J. Buehne,General CounselMr. Buehne was appointed general counsel effectiveJune 16, 2011. Mr. Buehne is responsible for providing legalcounsel to all areas of the Bank’s business operations. Prior tojoining CoBank, Mr. Buehne served as senior vice presidentfor legal and legislative services at U.S. AgBank, withresponsibility for the bank’s legal, government affairs andstrategic planning functions. With more than 27 years ofexperience in the Farm Credit System, Mr. Buehne has servedin executive legal roles at AgAmerica, FCB, Western FarmCredit Bank and the Farm Credit Bank of Spokane. He serveson the Board of Governors of the Farm Credit SystemAssociation Captive Insurance Company.CoBank 2011 Annual Report127