Speakers

Robbie Boone

Senior Vice President & General Counsel

Farm Credit Council

Session:

The Role of The Farm Credit Council

Biography

Robbie Boone is Senior Vice President & General Counsel at the Farm Credit Council, the national trade association representing the institutions of the Farm Credit System before the U.S. Congress, the Administration and various federal agencies. Robbie leads the Farm Credit Council's efforts to achieve a regulatory environment favorable to Farm Credit's mission to support rural communities and agriculture. In addition, he is responsible for managing the trade association's legal affairs, including advising the FCC Board of Directors on legal matters.

Before joining the Council in 2009, Robbie served on Capitol Hill for five and a half years -- in a legislative capacity for a Member of the U.S. Senate and the House of Representatives. Prior to that, he was an Assistant Vice President/Analyst for U.S. Trust, an investment management firm.

Robbie holds a J.D. and M.B.A. from the University of Miami (FL). He received his B.A. from Wake Forest University. He is admitted to practice in North Carolina, District of Columbia, and the U.S. Supreme Court.

Robbie, and his wife, Sarah, and their three children reside in Washington, D.C.