Maurice Hyde has served as a director of Homeland since being elected in March 2010. Mr. Hyde was the President and CEO of United Suppliers, Inc. of Eldora, Iowa from 2005 until 2007. Since retirement in 2007, Mr. Hyde has been a consultant for United Suppliers, Inc. assisting in the transition of the new CEO following his reitrement. United Suppliers, inc. is an agriculture wholesale and retail input company with distributions in 17 Midwest states with annual sales in excess of $1 billion and approzimately 650 employees. Mr Hyde is also a director of Harden County Savings Bank, a private company and the Iowa River Railroad, a private company.