Iroquois Valley is proud to welcome Farmer, Jeff Anderson, to our Board of Directors. Mr. Anderson is a fifth-generation farmer (second generation organic farmer) in Northern Illinois and former accountant/auditor. He was raised on a 450-acre Illinois cattle farm that was converted to organic grain farming by his father in 1998. From 2012 to 2014, Mr. Anderson transitioned ownership and management of the farming operation from his father. In 2014, he became an Iroquois Valley tenant and is currently leasing five Iroquois Valley farms. Today, he and his business partner farm 6,000 acres organically throughout five counties in various rotations of corn, soybeans, wheat and oats.

From 2003 to 2024, Mr. Anderson worked in many fields of audit/accounting including public accounting, financial statement audit, internal controls and due diligence, most recently as the Director, Internal Audit for Navistar, Inc., where he led a team of internal audit professionals through annual risk assessments and internal audits since 2015.

Mr. Anderson and his wife Katherine have two daughters and a son and reside in North Aurora, IL. He is on the Board of his local youth baseball association, serving as treasurer. His academic credentials include a BS Accounting and MS Accounting from Northern Illinois University.