Notification of AgWest Board Member Resignation

Spokane, WA | May 25, 2026

AgWest Board Chair Mark Cook announces resignation of Catherine Fanucchi in letter to customer-members.

Notification of AgWest Board Member Resignation
May 26, 2026

Dear AgWest Customer-Members,

The purpose of this letter is to inform you that AgWest Farm Credit, an Agricultural Credit Association (“AgWest”) received the resignation of its director, Catherine Fanucchi, on May 25, 2026, effective immediately. She cited a need to focus her efforts on her family farm as the reason for her resignation.

Catherine’s family has been a Farm Credit customer since the 1960s and she personally became a customer in 1997. She served on Farm Credit West’s Local Advisory Committee from 2011 until 2015, when she was elected to her first term as a director. She was re- elected to a second term in 2020 and became a director of AgWest when Farm Credit West merged with Northwest Farm Credit Services at the beginning of 2023. She was elected to her third term of service as a director of AgWest in the fall of 2025. She has served in various capacities during her board service to AgWest, most recently as Chair of the AgWest Board’s Governance Committee.

I know I speak on behalf of AgWest’s board and leadership when I say that AgWest is grateful for Catherine’s service over the years. She has played a critical role in the evolution of AgWest and has made significant contributions to the association. Her experience, thoughtfulness and wisdom are attributes that are appreciated by all who have worked with her at AgWest. She will be greatly missed, and we wish her the very best. AgWest will fill the vacated position in accordance with the requirements of its bylaws.

Very truly yours,

Mark A. Cook, Board Chair, AgWest Farm Credit

*Please see following certification.

The signatories below have reviewed the information in this letter, which has been prepared in accordance with all applicable statutory and regulatory requirements, and determined that the information contained herein is not misleading and is true, accurate and complete to the best of the signatories’ knowledge and belief.