The September 2008 issue of Business People-Vermont magazine has a nice article titled "Doc Rock" about Dr. Rocki-Lee DeWitt, one of two outside directors on the Yankee Farm Credit Board of Directors. Dr. DeWitt is the dean of the UVM School of Business Administration. The article mentions that most people call her Rocki. At Yankee we call her Rocki-Lee to distinguish her from Rocky Giroux, also a director. I once got accused of sounding like her mother, who apparently also calls her Rocki-Lee. (I didn't think I was using that tone of voice!)
Rocki-Lee has been a Yankee director since 2004. She chairs our Audit Committee and Strategic Planning Committee (no one else on the Board has a PhD in strategic planning!), and also serves on the Compensation Committee. Rocki-Lee has an agricultural background: she grew up on a farm, studied agricultural economics, worked for International Harvester. As dean of the business school, she also brings a unique and valuable business perspective to Yankee, as well as many contacts outside our normal circles.
Rocki, we are pleased to have you as part of the Yankee team.
