Senior Management

Amie Pala

Chief Executive Officer

Amie Pala was named chief executive officer for Farm Credit Bank of Texas in January 2021.

Previously she served as the bank’s chief financial officer for 10 years, following 15 years as vice president and treasurer. 

Pala serves on the Federal Farm Credit Banks Funding Corporation board of directors and governance committee. She also is vice chair of the Farm Credit System Presidents Planning Committee, and serves on its business practices and finance committees.

Before joining the bank, she worked for American Express and First City National Bank.

Pala holds a degree in finance from the University of Texas and an MBA from the University of Dallas. She is also a certified international cash manager (CERT-ICM) with the Association of Corporate Treasurers.

Brandon Blaut

Chief Operating Officer and interim Chief Financial Officer

Brandon Blaut is the chief operating officer and interim chief financial officer of Farm Credit Bank of Texas. Previously, he was the bank's chief financial officer for three years.

Blaut has worked in the banking sector for more than 20 years and the Farm Credit System since 2006. Prior to joining Farm Credit Bank of Texas in 2015 as vice president of loan operations, he was chief financial officer and later chief credit officer for Great Plains Ag Credit, now AgTexas Farm Credit Services. He began his career as a commercial lender with Amarillo National Bank.

Blaut received his BBA in finance from West Texas A&M University. He also holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation.

SCOTT L. ERLICHMAN

CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER

Scott L. Erlichman oversees the bank’s core technology activities and business systems. This includes computing and connectivity services, information security, IT compliance and disaster recovery planning. He also ensures the bank and its affiliated lending cooperatives have efficient systems for credit delivery and compliance, including FarmView, an integrated suite of technology products for managing the full lending relationship.

Erlichman has worked in the technology field since 1988, including more than 25 years at financial services companies. Before joining the bank in September 2021, he was chief technology officer at Hancock Whitney Bank. Previously, he held management positions at JPMorgan Chase & Co. and Fleet Credit Card Services.

Erlichman holds a bachelor’s degree in computer and information sciences from Stockton State College, now Stockton University. He also is an alumnus of the Graduate School of Banking at Louisiana State University and the Finance for Technology Executives program at the Wharton School of Business.

Thomas Ringler

Executive Vice President, Enterprise Risk

Thomas Ringler was named executive vice president, enterprise risk, for Farm Credit Bank of Texas in January 2023. He is responsible for SOX Compliance, model risk management, business continuity planning, and coordinating SOC 2 activities with the IT compliance team.

He joined the bank in 2017 and most recently was vice president of FarmView relationship management and internal controls compliance.

Before joining the bank, Ringler was with PricewaterhouseCoopers in Texas and Virginia, most recently as a risk assurance director in Austin.

Ringler holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees in accounting with a concentration in information systems from North Carolina State University, and CPA and CISA certifications.

Nisha Rocap

Chief Audit Executive

Nisha Rocap is the bank’s chief audit executive, who oversees the activities of the internal audit department and the credit review function for the Farm Credit Bank of Texas.

In her current position, Rocap is responsible for assessing level of risk in bank activities to ensure sufficient audit coverage, and works closely with the bank’s audit committee. Her department facilitates the Farm Credit Administration’s examination process and works with external auditors. She also serves on the Farm Credit Captive Insurance Board.

Rocap is a Certified Public Accountant in Texas, Certified Information Systems Auditor and Certified Internal Auditor. Prior to joining the bank, she spent 16 years in public accounting. She was most recently a risk assurance director at PricewaterhouseCoopers in Austin. She began her career at Arthur Andersen.

Rocap holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees from the University of Texas at Austin in accounting, with a minor in management information systems.

Ryan Schuberth

Chief Credit Officer

Ryan Schuberth was named executive vice president and chief credit officer of Farm Credit Bank of Texas in January 2025. He leads the bank’s credit division and is responsible for overseeing the bank’s credit analysis function, monitoring credit risk related to the bank’s loan portfolio and managing the bank’s credit operations. He also coordinates credit-related activities for the Texas Farm Credit District and represents the bank on the Farm Credit System Risk Work Group. Previously, he was senior vice president and chief credit risk officer.

Prior to joining the bank in 2015 as its portfolio risk and analytics manager, Schuberth was the managing director of core credit at ArborOne Farm Credit in Florence, South Carolina.

Schuberth holds a Chartered Financial Analyst designation and has a bachelor’s degree in financial management from Clemson University.

Nanci Tucker

Chief Administrative Officer and General Counsel

Nanci Tucker is the bank’s chief administrative officer and general counsel with responsibilities for Legal, Government Affairs, Human Resources, Corporate Events and Administrative Services. She serves as the bank’s corporate secretary, is a member of the bank’s executive committee, chairs the bank’s election committee and serves as secretary of the Tenth District Farm Credit Council.

Tucker joined the bank in 2018 with 25 years of experience leading legal departments for regional banks, financial institutions and global technology companies. As an attorney and executive business leader, she managed business growth initiatives, regulatory compliance, complex contract negotiations and the acquisition, licensing and sale of technology services.

Tucker holds a bachelor’s degree in English from the University of Colorado and a Juris Doctor degree with honors from the University of Houston Law Center.

Aaron Wiechman

Chief Lending Officer

Aaron Wiechman was named executive vice president and chief lending officer of Farm Credit Bank of Texas in January 2025. He leads the bank’s lending division, managing the capital markets lending team along with the bank’s relationship managers. Wiechman’s lending operations group is responsible for managing the direct note relationship with associations and providing lending support to associations on sourcing loan relationships. Previously, he was appointed senior vice president and chief lending officer in 2023 and has been with the bank since 2013. Prior positions include vice president and regional manager, and vice president, agribusiness lending.

Before joining the bank as a senior credit officer, Wiechman was vice president, commercial banking, with Enterprise Bank and Trust. He started his career at M&I Bank, now BMO, in retail, international and corporate banking.

Wiechman earned his Master of Business Administration from Baker University and his bachelor’s degrees in international business and Spanish from Friends University. Wiechman serves on the steering committee of the Farm Credit Rural Investment and Innovation Workgroup and the board of the Texas Agricultural Finance Authority.