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.

Richard J. Kypta
Chief Operating Officer – Life Companies
Richard J. (Rich) Kypta is Chief Operating Officer – Life Companies of FBL Financial Group. He joined the company in August 2007 and served as senior vice president and general counsel through March 2008. Kypta also served as the secretary of FBL Financial Group through April 2009. Prior to joining FBL, Kypta held a number of legal, finance, and operations positions within Aviva USA Corporation and Aegon Insurance Group. He started his career with the public accounting firm of PricewaterhouseCoopers.

Kypta holds a BS degree from Georgetown University, an MS degree from Johns Hopkins University and a J.D. degree from the University of Maryland's School of Law. He is a certified public accountant; a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, American Bar Association and Maryland State Bar Association; and a Fellow of the Life Management Institute. Kypta currently serves as a director of the Iowa and Wyoming Life and Health Guaranty Associations, a director of the Life Insurers Council, a Council of LOMA and as a trustee of the
HCI Foundation.

David A. McNeill
General Counsel
David A. McNeill, General Counsel of FBL Financial Group, joined FBL 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 Des Moines law firm of Davis, Hockenberg, Wine, Brown, Koehn & Shors (now Davis Brown) and an attorney with Miller & Sanford law firm (now Lathrop & Gage) in Springfield, Missouri.

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 is Secretary of the Kansas Life & Health Insurance Guaranty Association.

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.

David T. Sebastian
Vice President – Strategy & Business Development
David T. Sebastian was named Vice President - Strategy and Business Development in June of 2008, having served as vice president in various sales and marketing capacities since joining FBL Financial Group in 2004. Sebastian was a consultant to the companies on sales, marketing and business matters beginning in 1995. Prior to joining FBL, Sebastian was an independent consultant to clients in financial services, professional services, manufacturing, consumer products and education for more than 20 years.

Donald J. Seibel
Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
Donald J. (Don) Seibel was named Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer in August, 2012. Prior to his appointment as Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, Seibel served on the executive management team as Vice President – Finance 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.

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 on the board of directors of the Iowa Society of Certified Public Accountants.

Raymond W. Wasilewski
Vice President – Information Technology
Raymond W. (Ray) Wasilewski was named Vice President, Information Technology for FBL Financial Group in August 2011. In his previous position as Vice President - Technology, Wasilewski was responsible for Life and P/C applications delivery and led the Enterprise Architecture team. 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 PCI Information Technology Committee and is on the board of The Technology Association of Iowa.