Edgar A. Terry, MBA
Senior Adjunct Faculty Member
eterry@callutheran.edu
805-656-0310
Areas of expertise: Financial Analysis & Agricultural Finance
About
Edgar Terry is engaged in vegetable and strawberry production with his family company Terry Farms, Inc. Terry Farms, Inc. produces various vegetable and strawberry crops on 2,000 +/- acres in Ventura County, California. Also, he is a Senior Adjunct Professor at California Lutheran University where he teaches finance in the Degree for Professionals Evening Program and the Master of Business Administration Program.
Current Boards & Committees:
- Terry Farms, Inc. 1982 – Current (President and CFO 1990-Present)
- CoBank http://www.cobank.com/
- Limoneira http://limoneira.com/
- Farm Credit Funding Corporation Corporate Governance: Federal Farm Credit Banks Funding Corporation
- Willal, Inc. (President 1990-Present www.terryberries.com )
- Ventura County Fairgrounds Foundation (Chairman)
- Center for Economic Forecasting Advisory Board at California Lutheran University (2009-Present)
Past Boards:
- Farm Bureau of Ventura County 1996-2007 (President 2001-2003)
- Hanson Trust Advisory Board – (Part of the U.C. System 2004 – 2010)
- Leavens Ranches Executive Committee-2007-2013 (Chairman Executive Committee-2012)
- District 63 Umpire Association (CFO 2006-2013)
- Farm Credit West 1992-Present (Chairman of the Audit Committee 1995-2010)
- Farm Credit West 2010-Present (Chairman of the Board 2010-2013)
- Farm Credit West 2013-Present (Member of the Enterprise Risk Management Committee)
- Farm Credit Funding Corporation System Audit Committee (2014-2021) https://www.farmcreditfunding.com/ffcb_live/corporateGovernance.html
- Rancho Adobe, Inc. 1990-Present (Vice President 1995-Present)
- Ventura County Irrigated Lands Group Steering Committee (Chairman 2005-2024)
Work Experience:
Terry Farms, Inc. 1982 – 2013 (President and CFO 1990-Present)
California Lutheran University 1987 – 2026 (Senior Adjunct Professor in Finance) http://www.callutheran.edu/directory/search/index.php?query=edgar+terry
Education
B.S. CLU 1981
MBA CLU 1983
Premier Goverance Program. 2010 (Board of Director Advanced Training)
NACD Board Leadership Fellow Designation 2012 to Present.
BDO: Corporate Boards USA
Expertise
Agricultural Issues
Financial Analysis
www.carcd.org/presentations2010.php - Similar
http://www.fee.org/the_freeman/detail/farming-is-a-business
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/farmer-says-his-strawberry-harvest-depends-on-immigration-bill/
http://www.fannetasticfood.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/IMG_5586.jpg
http://www.vccf.org/programs/civicalliance/lc/8-2013/index.html
http://www.vccf.org/programs/civicalliance/pdfs/LCNewsletter-081514-SOAR-AFarmersPerspective.pdf