Leadership Team

Leili serves as the Managing Director of Capital Markets at Farm Credit Mid-America. In her current role, she oversees the Capital Markets team, managing participation and fixed-income portfolios through Farm Credit System and commercial bank partnerships.

She is a seasoned leader with over 30 years of experience in agriculture and finance. Leili began her career at the Bank of Montreal, where she spent 19 years in various roles before joining CoBank. Over her 12-year tenure at CoBank, she advanced through multiple leadership positions, including Western Region President supervising CoBank’s direct lending portfolio, Senior Vice President and Division Manager for CoBank’s Agricultural Export Finance division, and Senior Vice President of the Farm Credit Banking Group where she led the bank’s relationships with Farm Credit Associations and the Digital Business Solutions team. Before joining Farm Credit Mid-America, she served as Chief Lending Officer at Fresno Madera Farm Credit, where she directed credit underwriting, relationship management and capital markets strategies.

Leili holds a bachelor’s in International Political Economy from the University of California, Berkeley, a master’s in International Studies from the University of Pennsylvania and an MBA from the Wharton School of Business.

She and her husband, Leo, along with their two dogs, live in San Rafael, California.