Dwain K. Lanier

Dwain K. Lanier, 65, outside director, resides in Raleigh, North Carolina. He is managing director of Pareto Consulting, LLC, specializing in consulting for performance improvement and change management,. Mr. Lanier is also president of Aspire Higher LLC, a real estate rental company, and is retired from the Tennessee Valley Authority, where he served as vice president of Operational and Regulatory Assurance. Previously, he was president and CEO of MEMCO Barge Line and served in various leadership positions with Progress Energy, GKN Automotive and Data General Corporation. Mr. Lanier founded Patriot State Bank, where he served as a director and chair of the governance committee. He serves on the board of the Southeast Raleigh YMCA. Mr. Lanier holds a bachelor’s degree in accounting from North Carolina State University and a Six Sigma Certificate from the University of Texas – Austin. Mr. Lanier serves on the AgFirst Board’s Risk Policy Committee.