LOUISIANA TIMBER PARTNERS - Key Persons
My favorite part of working at LLB is helping others.
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- Loan Accounting & Operations Specialist
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- Loan Administrator / Winnsboro Branch Office
"Ben" Guthrie, age 40, is a resident of Newellton, Louisiana in Franklin Parish. For the past 16 years, Mr. Guthrie has been the General Manager/Secretary-Treasurer for Panola Company, LTD and the Managing Partner for Balmoral Farming Partnership and Island Farming Partnership, farming and land-holding partnerships that produce corn, cotton, soybeans and cattle on 15,000 acres in the Louisiana delta. He currently serves on the boards of Louisiana Land Bank, ACA (agricultural finance) where he is a member of the Audit Committee, Panola Company, LTD (land holding company), the Louisiana Boll Weevil Eradication Commission (boll weevil management) and the Louisiana Agricultural Corporation Self Insured Fund (workers' compensation insurance coverage). He is a member of the National Cotton Council, past president of the Louisiana Cotton and Grain Association, past Chairman of the Cotton Foundation, and the Cotton Committee Chairman for the Louisiana Farm Bureau. He is a member of the St. Joseph Rotary Club and serves as board member/treasurer of Tensas Academy. Mr. Guthrie is a graduate of Tensas Academy and has a Political Science/history degree from Louisiana State University. He has also completed the LSU Ag Leadership Program.
Job Titles:
- Senior Appraiser - Opelousas Branch Office
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- Senior Loan Administrator
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- Branch Manager
- Vice President
Job Titles:
- Senior Loan Administrator
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- Co - Owner
- Director
- Member of the Directors Elected to Louisiana Land Bank Board
Cullen M. Kovac is a co-owner/operator in Kovac Cattle, Inc., which is a cow/calf and stocker operation, which has been his principal occupation for the past 5 years. Mr. Kovac is Vice-President of the Fiske Union Water System. He also serves as chairman of the West Carroll Soil and Water Conservation District Board and is president of the West Carroll Parish Farm Bureau Board. Mr. Kovac also serves as board director on the West Carroll Parish School Board.
Job Titles:
- Branch Manager
- Vice President
My favorite part of working at LLB is Forming and maintaining customer relations and providing quality service.
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- Senior Vice President / Lending & Field Operations & Shreveport Branch Office
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- Accountant I - Monroe Administrative Office
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- Director
- Member of the Directors Elected to Louisiana Land Bank Board
Edward W. Patrick, Jr. is a self-employed farmer of cotton, rice, corn and soybeans, which has been his principal occupation for the past 5 years. Mr. Patrick is co-owner and operator of Joe's Bayou Gin. Mr. Patrick serves as president and director of Joe's Bayou Farm Supply, PP&E Corporation and Pop Pat, Inc. PP&E Corporation and Pop Pat, Inc. are both farming entities. He is also vice-president and director of Joe's Bayou Gin. Mr. Patrick is a director on the East Carroll Farm Bureau Board.
Job Titles:
- Senior Appraiser & Alexandria Branch Office
Gertrude Hawkins is employed by the LSU AgCenter Sugar Research Station where she is a research associate. This has been her principal occupation for the past 5 years. She farms cotton, corn, soybeans, sugarcane and wheat with her brother. She manages the Edgar LaCour Land Company, LLC which is a family-owned business consisting of timber and row crops. Mrs. Hawkins also manages LaCour & Blake, LLC and Blue Lake Farms, LLC, and is a partner in G&L Farm Partnership and GNG Farm Partnership. She is a board member of the Pointe Coupee Parish Farm Bureau, Edgar LaCour Land Company, LLC, LaCour & Blake, LLC, and Blue Lake Farms, LLC. Mrs. Hawkins is also the president of Schwab Farms, Inc. and secretary for Bouanchaud Farms, Inc., Gilmer Farms, Inc., and G&M Farms, Inc. Mrs. Hawkins serves as a member of American Sugar Cane League, Louisiana Sugar Growers, American Society of Sugar Cane Technologists, and Tri Parish Gin.
Henry A. Capdeboscq, Jr. is a self-employed dairy and beef cattle operator, which has been his principal occupation for the past 5 years. Mr. Capdeboscq is also owner of Capdeboscq Farm Trucking, LLC and Capdeboscq Farm Hauling, LLC. Mr. Capdeboscq serves on the Tangipahoa Parish Cattlemen's Association board, an organization serving the beef industry and is a board member on the Louisiana Brand Commission. Mr. Capdeboscq is also a member of the Tangipahoa Parish Farm Bureau, Tangipahoa Parish Forestry Association, Tangipahoa Parish Dairy Advisory Committee, and Louisiana Cattlemen's Association.
James Mark Morgan has been employed since 1974 by Atco Investment Company, a privately owned investment group. He has served as the general manager of Atco for the last 25 years and this has been his principal occupation for the last 5 years. Mr. Morgan is the managing partner of Louisiana Timber Partners, LLC, a timber land investment organization. Mr. Morgan is also the managing partner of Morgan Brothers Land Co., Morgan Land and Timber, LLC and Morgan Timber Partners, LLC, all family-owned land and timber investment companies. He is also the manager of three farming operations located in Natchitoches Parish, La. They are Bayou Camitte Lands, LLC, Oaklawn Chico, LLC and Melrose Plantation, LLC. Mr. Morgan is Louisiana Land Bank's representative and serves as secretary on the Farm Credit Bank of Texas Stockholder Advisory Council and member of the 10th District Farm Credit Council. He is a member of the Louisiana Forestry Association and the Texas Forestry Association and serves on the board for the Shreveport/Bossier Military Affairs Council.
Job Titles:
- Loan Administrator Associate
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- Branch Manager
- Vice President
Job Titles:
- Branch Manager
- Vice President
John F. Earles co-owns and operates Triple E Farms, which has been his principal occupation for the past 5 years. Mr. Earles is president of Townsend Brothers Farms and serves as secretary/treasurer for Triple E Land Grading. He is president of Earles, Inc., a land and rice dryer organization, Gold Dust Hunting Club Inc., and Black Lake Hunting Club, Inc. Mr. Earles serves as secretary/treasurer of Triple E Land Grading, a precision land leveling and development organization, Townsend Brother Farms, Inc., Cenla Fuels, LLC, and Bunkie Flying Service, Inc. He currently serves as a police juror for Avoyelles Parish.
John L. Van Mol, Jr., age 59, is a life-long resident of Alexandria, Louisiana, in Rapides Parish. He is the owner and managing partner of Leverton Farms, LLC, a 3,000-acre operation producing 950 acres of sugar cane, 400 acres of corn and 1,650 acres of soybeans in central Louisiana. He has farmed for 36 years, and farming has been his principal occupation for the last five years. He also serves as the chairman of the board of managers of Lagniappe Cotton Gin in Hamburg, Louisiana, and he is serving his second elected term on the USDA Farm Services Agency County Committee and Advisory Board for Rapides Parish. He has previously served on the board of the National Cotton Council, the Louisiana Farm Bureau and Rapides Parish Farm Bureau. Mr. Van Mol graduated from St. Stanislaus High School and Louisiana Tech with a degree in Agribusiness.
Job Titles:
- Branch Manager
- Vice President
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- Collateral Evaluator & Alexandria Branch Office
- I Give Back by
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- Loan Accounting Manager - Austin Branch Office
My favorite part of working at LLB is the people here - they are great.
Job Titles:
- Senior Administrative Assistant - Special Assets / Capital Markets
Job Titles:
- Branch Manager
- Vice President
Job Titles:
- Branch Manager
- Vice President
My favorite part of working at LLB is a good group of co-workers and customers. My favorite thing to do outside work is fishing, gardening, and I have a part-time beef cattle operation. The person who inspires me the most is my dad. I give back by working with youth in the area involved in the LSU Agriculture Center Shooting Sports program as a Shotgun Coach. I am also Chairman of the Florida Parishes Friends of NRA Banquet. I also serve as Vice Chairman of the Louisiana Agriculture Finance Authority Board. I am most grateful for my health and my family. Shining professional moment I'm most proud of is my appointment to the Louisiana Agriculture Finance Authority by the Governor.
Job Titles:
- VP / Credit Analysis Manager
My favorite part of working at LLB is
the friendships with coworkers.
Job Titles:
- Loan Accounting & Operations Specialist
Job Titles:
- Loan Accounting & Operations Manager
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- Corporate Secretary
- Executive Assistant
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- Vice President & Loan Workout Officer
My favorite part of working at LLB is
the dedicated and talented people.
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- Chief Appraisal Officer & Winnsboro Branch Office
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- Director
- Member of the Directors Elected to Louisiana Land Bank Board
- CEO of Supreme Rice
Robert A. "Bobby" Hanks is CEO of Supreme Rice, a rice milling business in Louisiana and Arkansas. He currently serves as the chairman of both the USA Rice Federation and the Louisiana Agricultural Commodities Commission.
Job Titles:
- Branch Manager
- Vice President
Robert James "Bobby" Soileau received an M.S. and Ph.D. degree in agricultural education and leadership from Louisiana State University. Since 2005, Mr. Soileau has been the associate director and now is director of agricultural leadership for LSU AgCenter. Mr. Soileau oversees the leadership programs for people in agriculture and agribusiness and the LSU agriculture facility. Mr. Soileau is a member of the International Association of Programs for Agricultural Leadership and Agricultural Leaders of Louisiana.
Job Titles:
- VP & Regional Sales Manager / Southern Region
My favorite part of working at LLB is
the customer relations.
Job Titles:
- Senior Loan Administrator
the friendships I have encountered over the years and the respect we all have for one another. I do what I do (at LLB) because I have been in situations where I was on the waiting end of getting that "YES" answer and the feeling of joy and accomplishment that I felt. I want to be able to help others who are trying to achieve that same goal, no matter how small it may be. My favorite thing to do outside work is travel, camping, fishing, being outdoors. I love spending time with family, friends, and grandchildren. What most people don't know about me is that I am one of 8 children, and grew up in a small rural community. I love the woods, but don't like to hunt. The people who inspire me the most are my parents. They raised a large family on a single income and have been married for over 60 years. I give back by volunteering at social events, and my husband and I assist in fundraisers, or gatherings, handling the cooking and catering. I am most grateful for being blessed with a healthy, loving family. Aside from food/water/shelter, the one thing I couldn't go a day without is God.
My favorite part of working at LLB is I enjoy the people I work with and the customers I meet.
Job Titles:
- Vice President / Human Resource Mgt. - Hammond Branch Office
Job Titles:
- Collateral Evaluator & Winnsboro Branch Office
- to Spend Time With My Wife and Friends