Paul DeBriyn

IMMEDIATE PAST CHAIR, BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Paul DeBriyn is the president and CEO of AgStar Financial Services, ACA and has been with the system for 32 years. He is responsible for the success of AgStar - ensuring AgStar has a robust strategic plan focused on serving rural America and executing the plan to achieve extraordinary client service and value.

DeBriyn started in 1977 at the St. Paul Bank for Cooperatives and held many different positions. In the 1980s, he became involved in joint management functions for the St. Paul Bank, Federal Land Bank and Federal Intermediate Credit Bank of St. Paul. In 1987, DeBriyn became the president and CEO of SE Minnesota. Since then, as a result of a number of mergers, the association has evolved into AgStar Financial Services, ACA. AgStar has approximately $5 billion outstanding to over 22,000 farmers, agribusinesses, and rural residences in the upper Midwest.

DeBriyn currently serves the Farmer Mac Board of Directors as well as its Governance and Finance Committees, and the University of Minnesota Agricultural Strategic Study Advisory Committee. DeBriyn also served on the Minnesota Agriculture and Rural Leadership Council and numerous other boards and committees nationally. DeBriyn received his degree in agricultural business administration at the University of Minnesota.