James P. Brannen
Chief Executive Officer
James P. (Jim) Brannen was named Chief Executive Officer of FBL Financial Group, Inc. in August, 2012. Prior to his appointment as Chief Executive Officer, Brannen served as Chief Financial Officer, Chief Administrative Officer and Treasurer since 2007. He joined FBL in 1991, and held various positions in finance and executive management. Prior to joining FBL, Brannen worked in public accounting.

A graduate of the University of Iowa, Brannen is a certified public accountant and a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the Iowa Society of Certified Public Accountants. Brannen is active in civic and industry organizations, currently serving on the board of directors of United Way of Central Iowa and The Greater Des Moines Partnership. He also serves as a member of the Property Casualty Insurance Association of America (PCI) Board of Governors and as vice president of the Federation of Iowa Insurers.

Charles T. Happel
Chief Investment Officer
Charles T. (Charlie) Happel is Chief Investment Officer of FBL Financial Group. He joined the company in 1984 as a Farm Bureau Financial Services agent, moving to the corporate office in 1986. Over the next 15 years, he held various positions in investments, including securities analyst and portfolio manager. Happel became securities vice president in 2001, vice president - investments in August 2008, and was named chief investment officer in September 2009.

Happel is a graduate of the University of Northern Iowa and earned an MBA from Drake University. He is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) Charterholder and holds a number of industry designations, including CFP, FLMI, ChFC, CLU, and CPCU. He is also a member of the CFA Institute and the CFA Society of Iowa.

John J. Currier, Jr.
Chief Operating Officer – Life Companies

John D. Currier, Jr. was named Chief Operating Officer – Life Companies on March 1, 2014. He joined FBL as Chief Actuary in June, 2013, bringing more than 20 years of experience in the financial services industry. Prior to joining FBL, Currier held a number of actuarial and product management roles with Aviva USA, ING U.S. Financial Services and Conseco, most recently serving on the executive team at Aviva USA as Chief Actuary.

Currier holds a bachelor’s degree in actuarial science from Butler University. He is a Fellow of the Society of Actuaries and a member of the American Academy of Actuaries. In addition, he is a member of the Butler University Actuarial Science Board of Visitors.

David A. McNeill
General Counsel
David A. McNeill, General Counsel of FBL Financial Group, joined the company in 1989. He held various positions in the legal department before being named to his current position in 2009. Prior to joining FBL, McNeill was in private practice as an attorney in the Springfield, Mo. law firm of Miller & Sanford (now part of Lathrop & Gage) and then later, the Des Moines law firm of Davis, Hockenberg, Wine, Brown, Koehn & Shors (now the Davis Brown Law Firm).

McNeill received his Juris Doctorate degree, with honors, from Drake University Law School and his bachelor’s degree from Simpson College. McNeill is a director and serves as Secretary and Vice Chair of the Kansas Life & Health Insurance Guaranty Association, is a director on the Iowa Chapter of the American Parkinson Disease Association, is a member of the Board of Governors of the Iowa College Foundation and is a member of Simpson College’s Non-Tuition Revenue Committee.

Daniel D. Pitcher
Chief Operating Officer – Property Casualty Companies
Daniel D. (Dan) Pitcher is Chief Operating Officer – Property Casualty Companies of FBL Financial Group. Prior to his current position, he served as vice president, property/casualty companies from 2007 to 2011. Pitcher joined FBL in 1998 and held various information system roles including as information systems vice president in 2002. Prior to joining FBL, Pitcher spent 15 years with Nationwide/Allied Insurance in various life and property casualty information systems roles.

Pitcher holds a bachelor’s degree in business administration from Drake University, and holds the Fellow Life Office Management Institute (FLMI) certification.

D. Scott Stice
Chief Marketing Officer
Scott Stice was named Chief Marketing Officer of FBL Financial Group, Inc. in June 2013. Stice has overall responsibility for sales, marketing and distribution for the company’s brand, Farm Bureau Financial Services, and its multiline exclusive agency force.

Prior to joining FBL, Stice was senior vice president and head of field strategy and execution at Farmers Insurance. Stice began his insurance career with Farmers as an exclusive agent in 1990, and held various agency, marketing and field operations positions. Stice holds a BS in Business Management and Administration from the University of Redlands, and he earned an MBA from Pepperdine University.

Donald J. Seibel
Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
Donald J. (Don) Seibel was named Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of FBL Financial Group, Inc. in August, 2012. He had been Vice President - Finance and a member of the executive management team since 2007. Seibel joined FBL in 1996 and became GAAP accounting vice president in 1998 and vice president-accounting in 2002. Prior to joining FBL, Seibel worked in public accounting at Ernst & Young.

Seibel holds a bachelor's degree in accounting from Iowa State University, is a certified public accountant and chartered global management accountant, a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the Iowa Society of Certified Public Accountants, and holds the Fellow Life Office Management Institute (FLMI) certification. Seibel is also active in civic and industry organizations, currently serving as President and on the board of directors of the Iowa Society of Certified Public Accountants, and on the board of Variety - The Children's Charity.

Raymond W. Wasilewski
Chief Administrative Officer
Raymond W. (Ray) Wasilewski was named Chief Administrative Officer for FBL Financial Group in May 2013, with responsibility for Information Technology, Human Resources and Agency Services. He has been with FBL Financial Group since 1997.

Wasilewski holds a bachelor’s degree in Vocational Education from Southern Illinois University and a master’s degree in Computer Information Systems from Nova Southeastern University. Before joining FBL Financial Group he was a consultant, a commercial software designer, a computer science and electronics instructor at Alaska Junior College, and he served in the U.S. Navy for 17 years in the cryptography field. Wasilewski serves on the board of The Technology Association of Iowa.