Robert J. Maines

Mr. Maines was appointed to serve as Senior Vice President – Operations in March 2021, after having served as Vice President – Enterprise Risk Officer since joining Farmer Mac in December, 2018. Mr. Maines has over 30 years of experience in Financial Services in a variety of Executive Positions. Prior to joining Farmer Mac, Mr. Maines served as President and CEO of Outer Banking, Inc., a retail services company. From 2008 to 2016, Mr. Maines served as Executive Vice President – Chief Risk / Operations Officer at Beneficial Bank. In this role, Mr. Maines oversaw Enterprise Risk, Credit, Loan Operations, Deposit Operations, Compliance, Bank Secrecy Act (BSA), Security, Information Security, IT and Call Center Operations for the Bank. While at Beneficial Bank Mr. Maines chaired the Credit Risk Committee, was a member of the Asset / Liability Committee, Community Reinvestment Committee and Disclosure Committee. Mr. Maines spent two years prior to his time at Beneficial Bank as a Director at Accume Partners overseeing Audit and Risk Management engagements at a variety of Community Banks and Credit Unions in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast Regions. Previously, Mr. Maines spent the 16 years at MBNA America and Bank of America in a variety of management roles in Credit, Workout, Loan Review, Internal Control, Audit, Information Security and Compliance. Mr. Maines graduated from the University of Delaware with a Bachelor of Science degree in Economics.