Hopkins to Serve as Loan Officer in Rocky Mount and Chatham Branches
Farm Credit of the Virginias (FCV), a lending cooperative that serves Virginia, West Virginia and western Maryland, recently announced that previous loan support specialist, Kelli Hopkins, has moved into the role of loan officer and will be serving the Rocky Mount and Chatham branch areas.
Hopkins is a native of Snow Creek, Va. She graduated from Virginia Western Community College with an associate degree in Business Administration. Prior to joining FCV, she gained six years of experience working for a local bank.
Hopkins joined the FCV team as a business service specialist in 2014. In 2023, she was promoted to business relationship specialist, which later transitioned to the loan support specialist role. Hopkins has served customer-owners well during her tenure, and she is looking forward to taking on greater responsibility in her new position. She shared, “I am excited to serve our borrowers in a different capacity by helping to make their dreams of living in our rural communities a reality.”
Shauna Janczuk, Rocky Mount branch manager, shared, “Kelli has been with Farm Credit for 11 years. She has been an integral part of the success of the Rocky Mount branch and has made strong connections with our customer-owners. I look forward to watching Kelli transition into this new role. I know she will make an immediate impact and continue to be a positive presence for our borrowers and within Farm Credit.”
Outside of work, Hopkins enjoys spending time with her family and supporting her children in their many extracurricular activities.
About Farm Credit of the Virginias
Farm Credit of the Virginias provides over $2.3 billion dollars in financing to more than 12,500 farmers, agribusinesses and rural homeowners throughout Virginia, West Virginia and western Maryland. Farm Credit is a cooperative capitalized largely through investments made by farmers, ranchers and the rural homeowners and businesses that borrow from them. In fact, as part of a nationwide network they are the largest single provider of agricultural credit in the United States and have been for over 100 years. Farm Credit helps maintain and improve the quality of life in rural America and on the farm through its constant commitment to competitive lending, expert financial services and for facilitating and sharing knowledge and resources through the Farm Credit Knowledge Center.