Bill Gentry - Broker

Bill was first introduced to the futures market while working for Merrill Lynch as a runner on the floor of the Chicago Board of trade from 1980-81. He spent 4 years in the Air Force from 1981 to 1985. He received his B.S. from Purdue University in Agricultural Economics in 1991 and became a Registered Commodities Representative the same year. His focus in the markets is typically short to medium-term. Technical observations of the market using option volatility and various other indicators are key components to the speculative product initiative currently being undertaken. Short term focus is also an aid in position implementation. Bill provides daily commentary for the company web site, and e-mail to help in maintaining a good flow of market information to clientele.

Chuck Shelby - Broker

Chuck has been involved in the commodity markets since 1988 and a broker since 1992. He graduated from Purdue in 1975, with an Agricultural Economics degree, and currently farms over 4,000 acres in North Central Indiana - where his family has been farming for over five generations. Chuck is frequently a featured panelist for the University of Illinois radio station. He brings to the RMC team agronomic and production related expertise; his ability to understand what producers need is a valuable resource to the firm, as well as to the client.

Sherman Newlin - Broker

Sherman graduated in 1983 from Wabash Valley College with a degree in Management of Agriculture Production. He has been involved with the commodity markets since 1988 when he was a runner at the Chicago Board of Trade for Barnes & Company. In 2003, he started as a commodity broker with Risk Management. He has farmed his entire life and currently operates a 2300 acre farm in southeastern Illinois, raising corn, seed corn, soybeans and wheat. He is also a panelist for the U of I WILL radio station, which features agriculture programs and is a leading source of information for Illinois producers. Many of his customers are farmers, and he helps them implement marketing plans that are realistic and flexible with today’s volatile market environment, using cash sales and option strategies. He resides in Hutsonville IL, with his wife and 2 children on a farm that has been in his family for over 170 years.

Brad Farrer –Broker/Insurance Agent

Brad joined RMC in August 2011. He grew up on a grain farm and showed cattle and hogs from their operation in Royal Center, IN. He is a 4th generation Purdue graduate and has spent the last 5 years as CED for the Michigan FSA, and 5 ½ years as an AG loan officer for Wells Fargo Bank. Most recently he was with the Regions Bank and covered Miami, Cass, Carroll, White, Howard, Tippecanoe, and Clinton counties. Brad brings banking and financial expertise to our organization that will be a valuable resource to the firm, as well as our clients.

Kelly Bilyeu - Office Coordinator

Kelly joined Risk Management in Dec. 2010. She have a B.S. degree from Purdue University in Retail Management, and after 17 years in the retail world she decided she needed more time with family, and made a career change. The past 6 years She has worked for a local swine veterinary practice and did all of the books and helped out in the field in various rolls; weighing and tagging pigs for a research study, recording data, or helping with the local 4-H PQA certifications. Her youngest daughter will be in her 10th year of 4-H and shows pigs and sheep.