Meet Our Staff

Missouri Department of Agriculture
Ag Business
Development Division
Missouri Agricultural and Small Business Development Authority
P.O. Box 630
1616 Missouri Blvd.
Jefferson City, MO 65102
(573) 751-2129
Fax: (573) 522-2416
masbda@mda.mo.gov
Hearing-impaired Missourians
can contact the department
through Relay Missouri,
(800) 735-2966 (TT/TDD).

Missouri Agricultural and Small Business Development Authority

Administration

Tony Stafford, Executive Director
(573) 751-5624

Tony Stafford has a bachelor’s degree in agriculture business and a master’s degree in public administration from the University of Missouri-Columbia. As executive director, Stafford oversees the authority’s grant, loan, loan guarantee, and tax credit programs aimed at helping Missouri farmers. Prior to becoming the executive director, Stafford administered the Missouri Department of Agriculture’s Agriculture Development Fund Program.

Stan Cook, Loan Officer
Region 1 - Northern Missouri
(573) 522-5998

Lyndsey Trinklein, Loan Officer
Region 2 - Southern Missouri
(573) 526-6827

Marla Young, Loan Officer
(573) 751-2670

Wanda Ferrell, Senior Office Support Assistant
(573) 751-2129

Amy Steinman, Accountant I
(573) 522-2446

MASBDA Regional Map (PDF: 416kb)

Board of Directors

Sherry Jones, Chairman
Dawn, MO

Jeff Case, Vice Chairman
Kirksville, MO

Gordon Spilker
Hannibal, MO

Phil Howerton
Chilhowee, MO

Rosanne Hays
Monroe City, MO

Kelly Forck
Jefferson City, MO

Brooks Hurst
Tarkio, MO