USDA Announces Reister As Business And Coop Director In Oregon

USDA’s Rural Development announced last week that Rachel Reister has been selected as the new Business and Cooperative Programs Director in Oregon.  Reister has been with Rural Development for more than 15 years.  She has a diverse background grained through working in multiple programs at the agency.  She started with Rural Development in Oklahoma, where she served as a Single Family Housing Technician, and then as a Business and Cooperative Programs Specialist.

In 2010, she took a job with Rural Development in Oregon as a Community Programs Specialist, and most recently served as a Single Family Housing Specialist.  Rachel has a background in commercial lending from her work in the private sector. She served as a commercial loan officer for Northwest Farm Credit Services (NWFCS), the third largest farm credit cooperative in the United States. She then worked as the Commercial Lending Team Lead for NWFCS in Chehalis, WA. She also spent a year in the special assets division working with troubled credit.

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