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ArborOne Farm Credit announces the promotion of Leah Hollifield to Chief Credit Officer.

Hollifield earned a BBA in Finance and an MBA from Francis Marion University. Leah is also a graduate of the South Carolina Bankers School and the Graduate School of Banking at Colorado. 

Hollifield began her career at ArborOne in January 2005 as an analyst in the Capital Markets unit and spent her first year at ArborOne working extensively on the Association's tobacco buyout loan and Successor-In-Interest Contract programs before focusing on underwriting large, complex commercial accounts. In October 2008, she transitioned into her current role as the Association's Credit Administrator. She most recently served as the Senior Vice President and Director of Credit Administration with oversight of the Association's loan processing and administration functions, special asset management, and compliance. Hollifield also acts as the Association's Standards of Conduct Official.  In addition, Leah is the chairperson for the AgFirst District Credit Efficiencies Workgroup for 2019-2020 and serves as an AgFirst District representative on the Farm Credit System Review, Audit and Appraisal Workgroup (RAAW).   

ArborOne is a proud member of the National Farm Credit System and serves the following counties: Chesterfield, Clarendon, Darlington, Dillon, Florence, Georgetown, Horry, Lee, Marion, Marlboro, Sumter and Williamsburg.

Since 1916, Farm Credit has provided a reliable and consistent source of credit for farm families and rural communities. ArborOne Farm Credit finances farm operations, equipment, farmland, timber land and rural homes. The cooperative also offers crop insurance.