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Director, Board Chair
Farm Credit Southern Colorado
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Whitney Hansen: Board Chair currently serving a three-year term expiring in 2026 and is a member of the
Association’s Scholarship, Governance and Strategy, and Compensation Committees. Ms. Hansen is a fifth
generation Oklahoma cattle rancher, married to a fourth generation Colorado farmer. She and her husband have two
boys, and they maintain a cow/calf operation in Oklahoma. Over the last 20 years, she has become an integral part of
Hansen Family Farms, an irrigated, dryland farm raising corn, wheat, and millet in the Burlington area. Ms. Hansen is
a partner in D&M Farms Corp and Han-Son’s LLLP, raising corn, wheat, and millet. She is a founding member of the
Blue River Foundation of Oklahoma and a member of multiple organizations throughout Colorado and Oklahoma.
