The Folks at Crop Insurance Services:

Greg Wheelock has been in crop insurance since 1985. He is considered a resource in the industry and fields questions from the U of M, lenders, educators, agents, and farmers on all areas of crop insurance. Greg is always seeking new ways to provide better service through software, new product development, recommendations to crop insurance providers, and ventures such as GPS mapping. His knowledge of federal programs, crop insurance options, farming ventures, and marketing, combined with his innovative service make Crop Insurance Services a leader in the insurance field.

Greg uses his expertise and detailed knowledge of crop insurance to develop a plan which best meets the risk management needs of individual clients. A graduate of the University of Wisconsin-River Falls, Greg was raised on a dairy and crop farm in Waseca, Minnesota and actively farmed most of his life.

Donnette Wheelock has been working with crop insurance since 1989. She and her husband Greg have co-owned and operated CIS since its inception in 1990. Currently, Donnette manages all the financial aspects of the business including the accounting. Her past duties consisted of underwriting, employee training, company communications, and office management. Donnette established many of the procedures and office policies which ensure a highly organized, efficient operation where all federal deadlines are met, agents and farmers are kept apprised of the constant changes in crop insurance, and necessary documentation is obtained and meticulously maintained. With an avid interest in serving others, she places a strong emphasis on customer service. Donnette is proud of the service that CIS provides its agent and farmers, and she is happy to have been a part of growing CIS into the exceptional organization that it is today. Although she now works "behind the scenes", she is an integral part of CIS, and the company benefits from her experience and expertise. Prior to entering the crop insurance industry, Donnette taught elementary and high school students. Donnette is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin-River Falls.

Ashlee Dudley began her crop insurance career in 2001, and her expertise is in underwriting, claims, training, errors resolution, written agreements, policy endorsements (especially BE), and research of the federally-mandated rules and regulations governing all types of crop insurance policies. In addition, she has experience writing policy and training manuals, generating individual policy quotes, and working closely with agents across the Midwest. She has also assisted in software development at two crop insurance companies. Ashlee was most recently employed by Hudson Crop Insurance, and prior to that was employed by ProAg Insurance where she was an underwriter and National Operations Specialist. Ashlee has led CIS/ProAg agent training meetings and was CIS’ underwriter and main contact at ProAg where she provided research, answers, and assistance when CIS had questions or sought additional information.

Ashlee recently relocated to Minnesota from Kansas. She is eager to assist you by putting her expertise to use in this full-time position with CIS.

Linda Wabner Linda Wabner joined Crop Insurance Services in 2004, and she is involved in all areas of crop insurance including underwriting, sales, data collection and verification, data entry, and customer service. Prior to employment with CIS, Linda was in the insurance industry for 18 years, working for agencies and directly with clients and companies. Linda is licensed in both Property/Casualty and Life/Health. She has experience in sales, customer service, problem resolution, and office management. With Linda's strong attention to detail and her meticulous documentation, she ensures that policies are set up correctly and that all federal deadlines are met. She is a knowledgeable staff member, who prides herself on the quality of her work and her ability to provide outstanding customer service.

Tod Stokman has been with Crop Insurance Services since February 2009.  He brings with him over 20 years of Agricultural lending experience as well as five years of bank consulting and auditing experience. During those years he also held a crop insurance license.   As an Ag lender, Tod worked closely with his customers to help them better understand their input costs, and showed them how to use crop insurance as a hedge to forward contract their crops. Tod has Ag knowledge and the willingness to understand customers’ operations, thus creating relationships that will grow both in trust and respect.

Tod is working in the areas of sales, GPS mapping and customer service.
He is a graduate of Minnesota State University – Mankato.

Travis Stewart has experience working with technology and G.I.S. mapping and has been putting his knowledge to good use at CIS working with our in-house mapping software (AgriMaps). He creates and edits personalized maps for CIS clients and also offers technical support. With Travis’ assistance, the mapping endeavors at CIS help further ensure that your crop insurance policy is set up correctly. Travis has also been working on various IT projects and is exploring new ways to search, sort and utilize client information to benefit each farmer. Travis is innovative and self-motivated and has been learning new ways to apply technology while improving customer service.

Travis resides in Mankato, Minnesota and is completing an A.A.S. degree in Civil Engineering Technology at South Central College in North Mankato. In September 2009 he became the proud father of a baby boy. Travis looks forward to further work in crop insurance, mapping and application of his knowledge and experience to provide enhancements to client’s maps and our AgriMaps software.