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KEN AUER    
President and Chief Executive Officer, Farm Credit Council    

Ken Auer is the President and CEO of The Farm Credit Council. He joined the Council in 1984 and has been actively involved in every legislative effort of the Farm Credit System. He served as the Council's Executive Vice President for Government Affairs from 1990 to 1999. 

Before joining the Council, Ken served as a professional staff member of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, and Related Agencies for seven years. In that position, he oversaw the annual agriculture appropriations bills that provided funding for the Department of Agriculture, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, the Food and Drug Administration, and the Farm Credit Administration. Ken came to Washington in 1974 to work as a legislative assistant for Senator Thomas Eagleton, a Missouri Democrat.

Ken holds a BS degree in Biology from Ursinus College in Collegeville, PA, and did graduate work in political science at St.
Louis University.


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