Douglas C. Filipponi

Douglas C. Filipponi, Board Chair 

Creston, California

Doug Filipponi currently serves as Board Chair of AgWest Farm Credit. Doug was elected to the Farm Credit West Board of Directors in 2006.

Doug is president of Filipponi-Thompson Drilling, Inc., which drills water wells, managing partner of Margarita Vineyards, LLC, and a member of Valor Wine Company, LLC, a producer and marketer of wine grapes. He is also managing partner of Santa Margarita Cattle Company, LLC and owner-operator of Vaquero Water Ranch (a cow-calf ranch). He is co-owner and chief operating officer of Ancient Peaks Winery, Inc.

Doug has served as chairman of the Farm Credit West Enterprise Risk Management Committee and a member of the Corporate Governance Committee. He is also President of the Paso Robles Cab Collective and is a National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD) Governance Fellow. 

In his spare time, Doug enjoys spending time with his family riding, roping and doing winter sports in the mountains.

Term of office: 2020 - 2025