GreenStone is proud to announce the appointment of three talented teammates to lead sales and customer relations for the cooperative. In the revised organizational model, a senior vice president will oversee each of the cooperative’s market segments: capital markets, agribusiness lending, and local agricultural and country living lending. This alignment will help give each segment the expert attention needed to help customers thrive. We believe this makes GreenStone best equipped to serve our customers.
We are proud to announce the appointments of Nichole Wilcox, Ben Spitzley, and Melissa Humphrey as Senior Vice Presidents for Capital Markets, Agribusiness Lending, and Regional Sales.
These individuals will report to Executive Vice President and Chief Sales and Marketing Officer Ian McGonigal, who is excited about this new model.
“As a growing company, we need to have a robust sales leadership structure that prepares GreenStone for the future,” said McGonigal. “Our executive team believes this new model will ensure efficiency and continued success. Nichole, Ben and Melissa are all very talented leaders who will ensure GreenStone is serving the needs of the marketplace with expertise in their respective loan segments, as well as continuing to provide outstanding value and customer service to all clients.”
{L-R Nichole Wilcox, Ben Spitzley, Melissa Humphrey}
Nichole Wilcox: Senior Vice President and Managing Director of Capital Markets
Nichole Wilcox brings sixteen years of GreenStone experience as the new Senior Vice President and Managing Director of Capital Markets. For the past six years, Nichole served as a Vice President of Lending and most recently as a Group Manager within our agribusiness lending segment.Before that, she served in roles at GreenStone including Credit Analyst, Lending Officer and Assistant Vice President of Capital Markets and Credit.
Nichole brings a wealth of well-rounded knowledge from several different segments, and is no stranger to capital markets. Her experience in this segment will benefit the diverse relationships across the nation and will help strengthen the overall team.
Ben Spitzley: Senior Vice President of Agribusiness Lending
Ben Spitzley has been a part of the GreenStone team since 2002. Most recently, Ben served as the Vice President and Group Manager of Agribusiness Lending – a role he assumed in 2012. During his decade in the role, he successfully oversaw a team serving dairy farms and related agribusinesses throughout GreenStone’s territory.
Before serving in that position, Ben held various roles within the company and brings a wide range of sales and leadership experience to the table.
Melissa Humphrey: Senior Vice President of Regional Sales
For nearly two decades, Melissa Humphrey has served GreenStone customers, first as a Credit Trainee and then Financial Services Officer and, most recently, as the Regional Vice President of Sales and Customer Relations focused on GreenStone’s western territory. Now, she is taking a step forward and has accepted the role of Senior Vice President of Regional Sales.
In addition to her full-time roles, Melissa has co-led the country living segment for GreenStone. The segment saw impressive results during her tenure. Melissa’s expertise in leading a number of different teams at GreenStone will help make our solid sales team even stronger, which in turn, will benefit our existing and future customers.
Nichole, Ben, and Melissa will work closely together to bring a team focus, specialized to each market segment. GreenStone is excited about this new step to help ensure the cooperative delivers excellence in our products and services to best serve our customers.
About GreenStone Farm Credit Services
GreenStone Farm Credit Services, based in East Lansing, Michigan, is Michigan and northeast Wisconsin’s largest agricultural lender and one of the country’s largest associations in the Farm Credit System. A member-owned cooperative, GreenStone owns and manages over $12 billion in assets and serves 28,000 members with 35 locations in Michigan and northeast Wisconsin. More information about GreenStone can be found at www.greenstonefcs.com.
