United Producers, Inc. announces hiring of Hollie Bunn as Vice President of Credit Services

United Producers, Inc. (UPI), the Midwest’s largest livestock marketing cooperative, is pleased to announce that Hollie Bunn has been hired as Vice President of Credit Services.
 
In her new role, Bunn will provide strategic leadership and operational management to the company’s wholly owned loan subsidiary, Producers Credit Corporation. Bunn will oversee the lending department, organizational loan portfolio and strategy development, among other related duties.
 
Bunn brings a seasoned career in various facets of the agricultural industry, including ag-related financing. In her recent roles, Bunn served as CEO of Honour Ag, an independent company focusing on agricultural input and equipment financing, as well as VP of Lending and Interim CEO of Growers Edge Financial, an innovative business-to-business-to-consumer agriculture fintech company, which promoted technology solutions through financial products. She also spent more than 25 years in agricultural lending within the Farm Credit system.

Bunn obtained her Bachelor of Science degree from Wilmington College and earned a Master of Science in Ag Economics degree from the University of Southern Illinois.
 
“Hollie brings a unique combination of understanding the nuances of ag lending, while also having her pulse on the future with experience in fintech and innovative financing solutions,” said Mike Bumgarner, UPI President & CEO. “We know that our members will benefit from her knowledge and leadership of credit service initiatives as well as her passion and enthusiasm for the agriculture industry as a whole.”
 
Bunn was raised on a hog and tobacco farm in Winchester, Ohio, where she later returned and currently resides. She serves as president of her local beekeeping association and is a board member for the Adams County Chamber of Commerce. She has three grown sons who reside in Cincinnati, Columbus and Seattle, Wash.  
 
UPI serves 30,000 members in Ohio, Kentucky, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan and Tennessee, handling approximately 2.7 million head of livestock per year. UPI also offers risk management services, including marketing agreements and brokerage services; and offers competitive agricultural lending products for real estate, farm, operating and livestock financing. For more information, visit www.uproducers.com or follow United Producers, Inc. on Facebook.
 
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