The Bridge

On this episode of Strengthen Your Roots, we welcome Swapna Marathe, Vice President of Application Development. Swapna shares her thoughts on finding a good mentor and setting goals for yourself. 

Hear why Swapna decided to head back to school!

Host: Kevin Kennedy

On this episode of Strengthen Your Roots, we welcome Parry Briggs, the Regional Vice President of the Kansas Northeast Region Business Development Team. Parry shares his journey to leadership, the importance of self-awareness, and his advice on how to either prepare for leadership or lead in your own role.

Don’t miss out on also hearing about his thoughts on homemade vs. boxed pie/cake!

"I've always told myself along the way that if it makes me a little uncomfortable, it's probably something I should jump at" – Parry Briggs

Host: Megan Heying

On this episode of Strengthen Your Roots, we welcome Mark Jensen, the President and CEO of Farm Credit Services of America and Frontier Farm Credit. Mark dives into his career journey throughout multiple functional roles, his reflections from this past year, and advice to both teammates who strive to be in leadership as well as ones who want to lead in their own role.

Don’t miss out on listening to Mark’s answer to “Patrick Mahomes or Tom Brady?”

Mark shares his advice on feeling underqualified by saying, “Don’t use that as a hindrance, but use it more as a motivation, and a challenge to overcome.”

Host: Alden Madsen

Welcome to Strengthen Your Roots, Farm Credit Services of America's Young Professional group! To kick off our first episode, a couple of Roots teammates sat down to share the background of Roots, our initiatives for this year, and why we're excited about this podcast. We share details on what to expect from this podcast and how you can stay in the loop.

Hosts: Kate Larsen, Kevin Kenney, Kayla McDonald, and Marty Hoefer