| For Immediate Release January 26, 2009 |
For more information, contact: Stan Ray, Vice President of Marketing and Corporate Affairs (512) 465-0577 |
Farm Credit Bank of Texas Hires Director of Government Relations
AUSTIN, Texas – Caroline Anderson Rydell has been hired as the senior director of government relations for the Farm Credit Bank of Texas (FCBT).
In this position, Rydell will represent the bank’s legislative interests before members of Congress and outside stakeholder organizations. She also will serve as the legislative liaison with other Farm Credit Banks in the nationwide Farm Credit System, coordinate with the System’s national trade association, the Farm Credit Council, and help lead the bank’s 5-state regional trade association.
Before joining the bank, Rydell was the director of congressional relations for the American Farm Bureau Federation in Washington, D.C., where she worked since 1995. Previously, she worked on Capitol Hill, first as a legislative aide for Congressman Bill Sarpalius (D-Texas) and later as staff director for a congressional subcommittee in the House of Representatives. Rydell graduated from Texas A&M University with a degree in economics.
“Caroline brings a tremendous reputation and a wealth of expertise and experience to our government relations department,” said Stan Ray, FCBT vice president of corporate relations. “We are confident that she will represent us well and add great value to our organization.”
Farm Credit provides loans and financial services to agricultural producers, agribusinesses, and rural landowners and homeowners. The $14.3-billion Farm Credit Bank of Texas is the wholesale lender to a network of rural financing cooperatives serving Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi, New Mexico and Texas.