Paul DeBriyn

DIRECTOR

Paul DeBriyn is the president and CEO of AgStar Financial Services, ACA and has been with the Farm Credit System since 1977. He is responsible for the success of AgStar - ensuring it has a robust strategic plan focused on serving rural America and executing the plan to achieve extraordinary client service and value to its stockholders.

Paul received his degree in Agricultural Business Administration at the University of Minnesota. He began his career at the St. Paul Bank for Cooperatives and held various 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, he became the President and CEO of FCS of southeast Minnesota. Since then, as a result of a number of mergers, the association has evolved into AgStar Financial Services, ACA.

Paul currently serves on the Board of Directors of the Minnesota Agri-Growth Council. He is also a member of the Farm Credit System Presidents Planning Committee and its Regulatory, Legislative & Public Relations Subcommittee. In 2010, Paul concluded ten years of service as a Farmer Mac Board member and also served on various subcommittees on that board. He has served on the University of Minnesota Agricultural Strategic Study Advisory Committee and on the Minnesota Agriculture and Rural Leadership Council. Most recently, DeBriyn was awarded the 2011 University of Minnesota Siehl Prize in Agriculture recognizing his achievements in agribusiness.